David Barillas-Chon

Faculty

Assistant Professor

Email david.barillaschon@unco.edu
Phone 970-351-1402
Location CAND 0140 B
Office Hours MW 12:00-1:00 pm or by appointment
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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 Experience & Affiliations

  • 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 Expertise & Interests

  • Maya diaspora 
  • Central American diaspora 
  • Raciolinguistics 
  • Critical Latinx Indigeneities 
  • Indigenous diasporic youth 

Publications

  • 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