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)

• Introduction to intersectional qualitative research International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Educadtion (IJQSE) Vol. 37 No. 9 (2024), Char Ullman.
• Argentinian Innovation in the Anthropology of Education Anthropology News Oct. 5, 2023 (2023), Char Ullman.
• 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.

• Praxi in multilingualism, multiliteracies, schools, and communities (2024), Volume Tampa, FL, Char Ullman.
• Vulnerable Policies and Vulnerable Policy Actors: An Institutional Ethnography of Racial Equity and Gender Inclusivity Policies at a Majority-Minority High Schol in Southern New Mexico (2024), Volume Tampa, FL, 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 .

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