I am an educational anthropologist who studies Mexican migration to the U.S. and issues of globalization and language use/learning. I am interested in the identities and ideologies produced in non-formal educational settings.

• Consultant for Amicus Curiae Brief for Ambos Nogales Case - Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP (06/01/2017-06/30/2017)
• Invited Colloquium at Northeastern Illinois University - Dept. of Linguistics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL (01/01/2013-01/31/2013)
• NPD Grant, 2012, FUNDED: $1,812,951 - U.S. Department of Education (04/01/2012-04/30/2012)
• Invited International Lecture - University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) (11/21/2011)
• Discussant at International Conference (11/19/2011)
• COE 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching - UTEP College of Education (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
• Selected to Give Presentation at the New York Academy of Sciences - New York Academy of Sciences (02/22/2010)
• Nomination for the UTEP Excellence in Teaching Award - UTEP, College of Education (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• Recipient of a Research Intern - Brandeis University Ethics Center (05/20/2009)
• Star of Arizona Education Award - State of Arizona (06/15/2002)

• Ph D in Educational Anthropology, University of Arizona (2004)
• MA in Applied Linguistics, Northeastern Illinois University (1993)
• BA in Philosophy and Journalism, University of Wisconsin (1983)

• Not Just Reading About It, But Doing It: Graduate Students Learning the Case Study in a Cross-Disciplinary, Co-Taught Course International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 32 2 (2020), Char Ullman.
• Graduate Students Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Ethnographic Study Routledge 1st edition (2020), Ullman, Katherine W. Mangelsdorf, Jair A. Munoz.
• Cruzar fronteras em espaços acadêmicos: Transgressing “the limits of translanguaging” Applied Linguistics Review 2019-07-19 (2019), Joseph P. O'Connor, Katherine Mortimer, Char Ullman.
• Cruzar Fronteras em espaços acadêmicos: Transgressing “the limits of translanguaging.” Applied Linguistics Review (2019), Brendan O'Connor, Katherine Mortimer, Bartlett Lesley, Maria T. De La Piedra, Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Ana Maria Rabelo Gomes, Gabriela Novaro, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, Char Ullman.

• Unsettling ethnographic focus mid-career to welcome inquiry transformations: Undertaking a comparative ethnography of policy study (2022), Volume Seattle, WA, Char Ullman.
• Working together towards collaborative professionalism: Discussant (2022), Volume Seattle, WA, Char Ullman.
• Graduate Students Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Ethnographic Study (2021):A Discussion with the Authors (2022), Volume UTEP, Blumberg Auditorium, Char Ullman, Kate , Jair .
• “We were never supposed to be here”: Exploring the identity processes of minoritized doctoral students becoming qualitative researchers. (2022), Volume Baltimore, MD, Char Ullman.
• Conflict between Racially Dominated Groups, White Priviledge, and CRT (2022), Volume Virtual, Char Ullman, Christina , .
• Moderator (2021), Volume virtual, Char Ullman.
• Exploring the Linguistic and Cultural Identity Processes of Minoritized Doctoral Students Becoming Researchers (2020), Volume Guadalajara, MX, Char Ullman.
• “We were never meant to be here”: Exploring the linguistic identity processes of minoritized doctoral students becoming ethnographers. (2020), Volume Albuquerque. NM, Char Ullman.
• “All I want is to breathe…won’t you breathe with me?” The Individual and the collective in an LGBTQ and allies community of practice. (2019), Volume Vancouver, BC, Char Ullman.
• Introduction to Queer as a Second Language and Dr. Cynthia Nelson (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Char Ullman.
• Engaging against white supremacy in classrooms and communities: Having critical Conversations (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Char Ullman.
• Cruzar Fronteras em espaços acadêmicos: Transgressing “the limits of translanguaging.” (2018), Volume Bloomington, IN, Brendan O'Connor, Katherine Mortimer, Lesley Bartlett, Maria T. De La Piedra, Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Ana Maria Rabelo Gomes, Gabriela Novaro, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, Char Ullman.

• Queer(in)g Our Classrooms: Expanding capacity to support LGBTQ+ students in El Paso EC-20 education