Eunice Romero-little

Eunice Romero-Little is an associate professor of Indigenous language education and applied linguistics with American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. Romero-Little’s scholarship seeks possibilities for transforming education in ways that are congruent with Indigenous epistemologies, languages and everyday practices. Her research and scholarship grows out of a solid grounding as an education practitioner and as an Indigenous language activist who has assisted Indigenous communities, including her own home community of Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, in language revitalization and advancement, an arena of Indigenous language education and one Romero-Little specializes in. Her longtime interest in how children learn and the role of language(s) in child socialization led to her work with Jemez Pueblo, a Towa-speaking community in New Mexico. The "Becoming Jemez: The Early Childhood of Jemez Children Photovoice Project" was highlighted at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference for its contribution to the understanding of Indigenous children and their early Indigenous language acquisition and cognitive development that occurs prior to pre-school. Her scholarship informs policy and practice in early childhood education and Indigenous language education. In 2010, Romero-Little was awarded the AERA Bobby Wright Award for Early Career Contributions to Research in Indigenous Education for her transformative work leading to significant advancement in the study of Indigenous education and Indigenous peoples. She received her doctorate in language, literacy and culture in the Department of Education from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003.