Dr. Lillian Moncada-Davidson
Associate Professor
Foundations in Education
Queens College
Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services
Powdermaker Hall 133
65-30 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367
Office Phone (718) 997-5161
E mail: lmsd3@yahoo.com
Biography
Ph.D. Sociology and Education, Columbia University. Lillian Moncada-Davidson also holds a degree in community psychology from New York University. Joined the Queens College faculty in 1988. Founder and president of the Hilda Rothschild Foundation in El Salvador, a non government organization promoting local development through education among women and children in poverty. International consultant in education; frequent speaker at international conferences, advocate for Montessori education, critical pedagogy for social change, and education for social justice.
Research interests
•The impact of globalization on education developments in El Salvador.
•Mass migration to the United States and its effects on Salvadoran society
•The socio-cultural adaptation of Latin American students in the United States.
Courses
Historical, sociological, and philosophical foundations in education, SEYS 201
School and Society SEYS 705
Comparative Education SEYS 706
History of American Education
Urban Education SEYS 767.3
Seminar in Theoretical Studies in Education SEYS 708
Work in progress
Directing Hilda Rothschild Foundation programs. Foundation sponsors a community development program at Joya Grande (Santiago Texacuangos), El Salvador. Responsible for the design and implementation of a development model in a community of 2000 people. This includes a Montessori education program, health program, the HIPPY program (Home instruction for parents of pre-school youngsters), LAMP program, (Literacy and Mathematics through Photography) to El Salvador, and various economic activities leading to self sustainability.
Journal articles
Moncada-Davidson, L (2001) “Construyendo conocimientos sobre educación pra el desarrollo socioecoómico local: el trabajo de la Fundación hilda Rothschild (FHR)” Estudios Centroamericanos, No. 631-632, pp.531539
Moncada-Davidson, L (2001) “Earthquakes and Montessori Seminars, Teacher Training in Central America” Tomorrow’s Child, May.
Moncada-Davidson, L. (2000) “Culture, Education, and Youth Violence in El Salvador,” Procedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of the Global Awareness Society International, May 25-28.
Moncada-Davidson, L. (2000) “Democracia, Educación, Globalización y Justicia Social en El Salvador,” en Eslabón,publicado por el Consejo Consultivo de Políticas de MS America Central (Asociación Danesa para la Cooperación Internacional).
Moncada-Davidson, L. (1999) “Taking Montessori to the Poorest of the Poor: Montessori in Central America,” Tomorrow’s Child, Vol 8, No. 2, pp11-12.
Moncada-Davidson, L. (1999) “Globalization, Free Market Policies and the Declining Condition of Children: The case in El Salvador,” Global Awareness Journal, Bloomsburg University Vol 3, No.1, pp 25-38.
Selected book chapters
Moncada-Davidson, L (2000) “Educación y Violencia, Conociendo la violencia juvenil en El Salvador,” en United Nations Development Program UNDP (ed) Violencia en una sociedad en transición, Agosto 2000.
Ongoing study on the impact of Globalization and Education El Salvador.
Presentation/workshops
Moncada-Davidson L. (2006) “Globalization, Immigration and Social Disorganization, what children in El Salvador need to know” paper to be presented at the Comparative and International Education annual conference
Moncada-Davidson L. (2005) paper presented at the Global Awareness Society
Moncada-Davidson, L. (2001) “Montessori Philosophy and Pedagogy” Workshop presented at the Montessori Progressive School, Queens, New York, Nov. 14
Moncada-Davidson, L (2001) “The possibilities and Limitations through Community Development in El Salvador” Paper to be presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) to be held in Savannah, Georgia, October 11-12.
Moncada-Davidson, L. (2000) “Culture, Education, and Youth Violence in El Salvador” Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Global Awareness Society International, May 25-28.
Membership in professional societies
American Sociological Association
Comparative and International Education Society
American Montessori Society
Global Awareness Society International
United States Coalition for education for All (USCEFA)
