Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Christina V. Luna

Associate Professor

Educational Leadership | 559.278.0362

christinal@csufresno.edu

Education

University of Southern California 1999-2005
Ed.D. Learning and Instruction

California State University Los Angeles 1976-1995
Master of Arts Educational Administration

Bachelor of Arts Child Development

Bachelor of Arts Mexican American Studies

Courses Taught

Doctorate-Level courses include:

EDL 503 Educational Policy Environments
EDL 506 Conceptual Curriculum Perspectives
EDL 599 Dissertation Supervision/Chair

Masters-Level Courses Include:

EAD 261 Introduction to Educational Leadership
EAD 262 Educational Leadership
EAD 263 Seminar in Instructional Supervision
EAD 269 Site Based Leadership
EAD 274 Instructional Systems and Leadership for Equity
EAD 280T Assessment, Analysis and Information Systems
EAD 287/288 Internship I,II
EAD 298 Master's Degree Project

Dr. Christina Luna is an Associate Professor at California State University, Fresno, where she is an instructor in the Department of Educational Leadership Masters and Doctorate Programs. She has served as the Coordinator of the Multiple Subject Credential Program at Fresno State since 2022.

Dr. Luna has been an adjunct professor for the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University in Orange and for the MAT program at the University of Southern California, where she taught in the preservice teacher education programs. Dr. Luna has dual bachelor’s degrees in Child Development and Mexican American Studies, teaching and administrative credentials, and a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Cal-State University Los Angeles. Dr. Luna earned her doctorate degree at the University of Southern California with a Major in Learning and Instruction and an emphasis on World Languages.

Dr. Luna is a career educator with over thirty years of experience at the University and in PK-12 public schools in Los Angeles, Orange, and Central Valley counties. She has held positions ranging from classroom teacher to Superintendent.

Research interests include the education of Children of color and language minority students, with an emphasis on Long Term English Learners and Mexican American schooling. Additional research interests include issues regarding equity and access, higher level administration, science education and The Hmong people and their United States relations.

Luna, C.V, (2020) La Necesidad for More Latina Superintendents! An Autoethnographic Account of a Latina Navigating to the Superintendency (Dale, Dale, Dale! A.k.a., The Mexican Piñata song) Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies | Vol. 9 No. 1

Luna, C.V. (2020) Promoting equity and access for California’s Long Term English Language Learners, NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 10:1, 21-29, DOI: 10.1080/26390043.2019.1653054

Luna, C.V., Xiong, P.N., & Tracz, S.M., (2020). Refugee Contributions Shouldn’t Be Kept a Secret: Hmong United States Relations. Journal of Social and Political Sciences, 3(2), 571583. https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1991.03.02.192, DOI: 10.1080/26390043.2019.1653054

Nash, K.T., Arce-Boardman, A., Luna, C., Panther, L., Thomas, R. K. & McNeil, H. My Teaching comes from Them: Mediating Guided Reading in a Multilingual Classroom. In Capatano, Thompson, Jones. Toney, & Huisman (Eds). More Mirrors and Windows. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Linton, A., Luna, C. V., & Arnak, S. L. (2018). High School biology in the age of the next generation science standards: A student centered approach. CLEARVoz Journal, 4(1). Retrieved from journals.sfu.ca/cvj/index.php/cvj/index

Hollins, E. R., Luna, C. V., & Lopez, S. (2014). Learning to teach teachers. Teaching Education, 25(1), 99-124.

Luna, C. V. (2007). Book Review: Classroom Instruction that works with English Language Learners. Issues in Teacher Education, 16(1).

Luna, C. V. (2005). The instructional challenges encountered by bilingual educators (3220125) (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (3220125)