Roland Sintos Coloma

Roland Sintos Coloma is a Professor of Teacher Education at Wayne State University in Detroit. His research examines the cultural politics of difference in education with a focus on race, class, gender, and sexuality from historical, intersectional, and transnational frameworks. His publication record consists of 4 books and over 40 articles and book chapters in prominent journals and academic presses. He has garnered over $3 million of external funding from federal, education, and philanthropic agencies to support youth, career-pipeline, and community development initiatives. Roland was elected president of the American Educational Studies Association, chosen as editor of the Educational Studies journal, and appointed by the Governor as member of the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission. He has also received two recognitions from the American Educational Research Association with the Distinguished Scholar Award (2017) from the Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans SIG and Article of the Year Award (2015) from the Queer Studies SIG. Born in the Philippines and raised in California, Roland was a high school English teacher, minority student affairs professional, and community organizer prior to becoming an academic.