Socorro's research program is in teaching, learning, and educational Improvement. Central to this area is the role that learning environments play in advancing or limiting learning opportunities for diverse learners. Further, this area look at the role of teaching and learning innovations in addressing educational inequities.
Cite as: Cambero, Socorro. 2019. Research Program Description. University of California. November. http://centerforethnography.org/content/kim-fortun-research-program-1/essay
Socorro Cambero is interested in exploring how scholars of color that hail from low-income communities navigate higher education structures. Socorro's PhD research program investigates how service staff including custodial, maintenance, and cafeteria workers—a population not often formally schooled—in higher education institutions broker cultural and social capital to first-generation college students.
Where I imagine sharing my research beyond conventional scholarly article and monograph: