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Faculty Profile

Carlos Nevarez

Carlos NevarezIndependent Education Doctorate Program Director
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Office: 328 Eureka Hall
Office Phone: (916) 278-5557
Fax: (916) 278-5557
Email: nevarezc@csus.edu

Background Information

Dr. Carlos Nevarez serves as an Associate Professor and Director of the Independent Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at California State University, Sacramento. He received his doctorate in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and Master’s in Counseling from Arizona State University and has focused much of his work on developing academic programs designed to cultivate transformational leaders. These programs include one master’s and two doctoral programs in educational leadership. His recent research and publications focus on addressing what type of leadership training is available for higher education leaders and its impact on leadership development.

He has taught numerous courses on the topic of leadership theory, diversity, research methods, and student affairs. He currently serves as the Chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group: Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Research, Theory, and Practice and was a Doctoral Fellow for the Kellogg Foundation. Dr. Nevarez has held a multiplicity of internships and fellowships with national organizations: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE); Education Commission of the States (ECS); National Science Foundation (NSF)/The Association for Institutional Research (AIR); and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). He also serves as a consultant for the College Board and the Education Testing Service (ETS).

Publications

  1. Nevarez, C., & Wood, L. (2007). Developing Urban School Leaders: Building on solutions 15 years after the Los Angeles Riots. Education Studies, 42(3), 266-280.

  2. Nevarez, C., & Keyes, K. (2007). Higher Education Leadership Training: Learning To Lead. The John Ben Shepperd Journal of Practical Leadership. Issue 2 (spring).

  3. Nevarez, C., & Rico, T. (2007). A synthesis of recurring recommendations and proposed solutions on improving the current status of Latinos in education. New York, NY: College Board.

  4. Leon, D., & Nevarez, C. (2007). Models of Leadership Institutes for Increasing the Number of Top Latino Administrators in Higher Education. Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education, 6, 356-378.