Elizabeth Murakami Ramalho

Mailing address:
University of Texas at San Antonio, MB 3.476,
One UTSA circle
San Antonio TX 78249

Email: elizabeth.murakami@utsa.edu

MSU degree: Ph.D

Dissertation topic: Leadership from an Integrative Perspective
in American Internatioal Schools

Publications:

Murakami-Ramalho, E., & Durodoye, B. (2008). Looking back to move forward: An examination of the lived experiences of African American female Katrina disaster evacuees. National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Journal, special issue, New Orleans: Gender, the meaning of place, and the politics of displacement, 20(3), 106-128.

Quijada, P., Ek, L., Alanís, I., & Murakami Ramalho, E. (2008). Transformative Resistance as Agency: Chicanas/Latinas Re(Creating) Academic Spaces. Journal of the Professoriate. (24 pp. w/o references).

Murakami-Ramalho, E., Piert, J. & Militello, M. (2008). The wanderer, the chameleon, and the warrior: Experiences of doctoral students of color developing a research identity in educational administration. Qualitative Inquiry, 14 (5), 806-834.

Murakami-Ramalho, E. (2008). Domestic practices in foreign lands: Lessons on leadership for diversity in American international schools. Journal of Studies in International Education, 12(1), 76-95.

Murakami-Ramalho, E. (2008). On what side of “International” are we? Using cognitive frames to explore educational leaders. International Journal of Urban Educational Leadership, 2(1), 16-29.

Militello, M., Murakami-Ramalho, E., & Piert, J. (2008). A view from within: How doctoral students in educational administration develop research knowledge and identity. International Journal of Graduate Education, 1(1).

Murakami-Ramalho, E. (2008). La reina de la casa quiere democracia: Latina executive leaders and the intersection of home and the workforce. Texas Council of Women School Executives (TCWSE) Monograph 2008 (14 pp. w/o references)

Murakami-Ramalho, E. (2007). Combined policies and ideologies in an American international school. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 10(3/4), 1-9.

Current position: Assistant professor in educational leadership and policy studies at University of Texas at San Antonio (address above)

Areas of special competence: leadership in urban settings, and international development

Language: English, Spanish, French, Japanese