Esmeralda Sánchez Salazar , Ph.D.

Esmeralda Sánchez Salazar primary research explores the extent to which education and religious institutions exacerbate or ameliorate educational inequality and science stratification for marginalized racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, specifically Latinos and English Learners. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the Ford Foundation, and The Sociology of Science and Religion Funding Initiative, among others, in support of her work. A first-generation college graduate and daughter of Mexican and Salvadorian immigrants, Esmeralda earned a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University.