Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, Dr. De Jesús
has experience as a social work practitioner, administrator
and researcher in urban schools, community based
organizations, and institutions of higher education.
From 2005-2007 he was Interim Director of the Center for Puerto
Rican Studies at Hunter College where he also served
as a Researcher Associate in Education Policy from
2003-2005.
Dr. De Jesús' research focuses primarily
on addressing the social and cultural barriers which
prevent Latino and African American students from
accessing post secondary educational experiences
and successfully transitioning to higher education.
Dr. De Jesús' professional interests
include Community and School based Social Work Practice,
the History of Puerto Rican/Latino Education Organizing/Activism
for School Reform and the Sociology of Education.
Selected Publications
De Jesús,
Anthony & Pérez, Madeline
(In Press) From Community Control to Consent Decree:
Puerto Ricans Organizing for Education and Language
Rights in NYC. In Matos-Rodriguez, Felix & Totti,
Xavier (Eds.) Puerto Ricans in the U.S.: 30 Years
of Activism and Change. New York, Palgrave.
De Jesús,
Anthony & Antrop-González,
René (2006) Instrumental Relationships and High
Expectations: Exploring Critical Care in Two Latino
Community Based Schools: Journal of Intercultural
Education. 17(3):281-299.
Antrop-González, René
& De Jesús, Anthony
(2006). Toward a Theory of Critical Care
in Urban Small School Reform: Examining Structures
and Pedagogies of Caring in Two Latino Community
Based Schools: The International Journal of Qualitative
Studies in Education. 19(4): 409-433.
De Jesús,
Anthony & Vásquez,
Daniel W. (2005) Exploring the Latino Education
Profile and Pipeline for Latinos in New York State.
New York Latino Research and Resources Network Policy
Brief: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueńos, Volume
2, Number 2.
De Jesús, Anthony (2005)
Theoretical Perspectives on the Underachievement
of Latino Students in US Schools: Toward a Framework
for Culturally Additive Schooling. In Pedraza,
Pedro & Rivera, Melissa (Eds.), Latino Education:
An Agenda for Community Action Research. Mahwah,
N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
De Jesús,
Anthony (2003). "Here it's More like your House:"
The Proliferation of Authentic Caring as School
Reform at El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice.
In Rubin, Beth & Silva, Elena (Eds.), Critical
Voices: Students Living School Reform. London:
Routledge Falmer.
De Jesús, Anthony (2001)
Review of Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-Mexican
Youth and the Politics of Caring by Angela Valenzuela.
In Harvard Educational Review, Fall 2001
De Jesús,
Anthony (1998) Implicit Protest on Urban Battlegrounds:
The X-men the Greater Egleston
Coalition and the Establishment of the Greater Egleston
Community High School . Working Paper. Comm-Org
Website. http://www.utoledo.edu/comm-org
De Jesús,
Anthony & Woodbury-Farina, Peter (1993) "An
Outreach Model for Working with Latino Families"
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Mental
Health Professionals of Color Conference. Paper
Published in Conference Proceedings.
