University of Northern Colorado Chicana/o and Latinx Studies Campus Box Greeley, CO 80639
Education
University of Denver, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Research Institute
for the Study of (in)Equality (IRISE), 2018-2020
University of Washington, PhD Education
University of California Santa Cruz, MA Education
Professional/Academic Experience
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University, 2020-2023
Editor, Maya America Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Maya cultural consultant, Museum of US, San Diego, CA.
Research/Areas of Interest
Maya diaspora
Central American diaspora
Raciolinguistics
Critical Latinx Indigeneities
Indigenous diasporic youth
Publications/Creative Works
To, M. N., Beltrán, R., Dunbar, A. Z., Valdovinos, M. G., Pacheco, B., Barillas Chón,
D. W., Hunte, O., & Hulama, K. (2023). Like water, we re-member: A conceptual model
of identity (re)formation through cultural reclamation for indigenous peoples of Mexico
in the United States. Genealogy (Basel), 7(4), 90. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy7040090
Kovats Sánchez, G., Mesinas, M., Casanova, S., Chón, D. W. B., & Pentón Herrera, L.
J. (2022). Creating positive learning communities for diasporic indigenous students. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2022.2159033
Barillas Chón, D. W., & Mejía, A. F. (2023). Learning colonial languages: A commentary
on “Undoing competence: Coloniality, homogeneity, and the overrepresentation of whiteness
in applied linguistics”. Language Learning, 73(S2), 300-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12537
Barillas Chón, D. W. (2022). K’iche’, Mam, and Nahua Migrant Youth Navigating Colonial
Codes of Power. Urban Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859211073902
