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North Cooc is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education and a core faculty member of the Center for Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research agenda focuses on the roles of schools and social institutions in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in academic and social outcomes, as well as investigating the unequal opportunities faced by children with disabilities in navigating the special education system. Additionally, he aims to prepare a culturally sustaining teacher workforce. Cooc's work has involved evaluations of afterschool programs and literacy initiatives, and he has experience teaching middle school English in Shizuoka, Japan. He holds an Ed.D. in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education and an Ed.M. in International Education Policy from Harvard University, along with a B.A. in History and Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley. His contributions to the field include numerous articles addressing issues such as disparities in special education, teacher perceptions, and the impact of migration and race in U.S. schools.
University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Teaching and conducting research in the areas of special education and educational equity.
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