Education

Ph.D., Educational Policy and Evaluation; Economics of Education & School Finance, Arizona State University
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Inc. Dissertation of the Year (1st place).
M.P.A., International Public Management; Applied Economic Methods, DePaul University
B.S., Psychology; Neuropharmacology, Illinois State University

Background

Davíd G. Martínez is an Assistant Professor of Leadership, Learning Design, and Inquiry in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. He has worked extensively in traditionally marginalized, LatinX, and Indigenous communities as an advocate, researcher, and educator. Prior to pursuing his professorship, Davíd was an educational administrator in northern Illinois, and a middle school and high school educator. Davíd earned his doctorate under the mentorship of Professors David C. Berliner, Margarita Pivovarova, and Sherman Dorn at Arizona State University.

Research Interests

Davíd G. Martínez is a protean school finance policy critical scholar connecting policy and praxis through multi-method inquiry. His research focuses on the intersection of School Finance Policy, Critical Theory/ Critical Race Theory, and Equity of Educational Opportunity. Through the lens of Rawlsian Social Justice and Aristotelian Equity Davíd seeks to understand how school funding policy/ reform impacts fiscal capacity and spending in low-income, ethnically and linguistically diverse, minoritized communities.

Areas of Expertise

School Finance Policy and Politics
Race and Racism in Education
P-20 Equity and Access/ Social Justice in Education
LatinX Education/ English Learners
Critical Theory/ Critical Race Theory

Teaching

EDLP 704: School Finance and Business Management
EDLP 705: Legal Basis of Education
EDLP 706: The Principalship
EDLP 735: Introduction to Economics of Education
EDLP 754: Advanced Education Finance
EDLP 809: Field Problems in Education; Quantitative Research Design
EDHE 839: Higher Education Accountability and Assessment

Grants

$10,017 University of South Carolina ASPIRE Grant
The Impact of Disproportionality on Education Finance Equity in South Carolina: A Comparative Analysis.

$5,000 University of South Carolina Program A-Publication Grant
English Learner Scale in Arizona: A Proportional Funding Analysis.

Selected Publications and Editorials

Martínez, D. (2020). Blaming the Victim. Inside Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/09/04/academics-should-continue-mobilizing-against-racist-anti-black-and-patriarchal#.X1Z4_86M7IU

Martínez, D.G., & Spikes, D.D., (2020). Se Acabaron Las Palabras: A post-mortem Flores v. Arizona disproportional funding analysis of targeted English Learner (EL) expenditures. Educational Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904820917370

Martínez, D.G. (2020). The State of Arizona School Finance 2019-2020. Journal of Education Finance, 45(3), 261-263.

Martínez, D.G., & Dorn, S. (2020). Swamping Errors: Comparing Graduation Rate Proxies in Florida. Voices of Reform Educational Research to Inform and Reform, 3(5), 91-121.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). School Finance in New Mexico 2019-2020. Journal of Education Finance, 45(3), 344-346.

Jimenez-Castellanos, O., & Martínez, D.G. (2020). Examining the Relationship between School District Revenue and English Language Learners Post Horne v. Flores in Arizona. Journal of Education Human Resources.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). Nevada School Finance Update 2019-2020. Journal of Education Finance, 45(3), 336-338.

Martínez, D.G. (2019). The State of Arizona School Finance 2018-2019. Journal of Education Finance, 44(3), 244-246.

Martínez, D.G. (2019). School Finance in New Mexico 2018-2019. Journal of Education Finance, 44(3), 304-305.

Verstegen, D.A., & Martínez, D.G. (2019). Nevada School Finance Update 2018-2019. Journal of Education Finance, 44(3), 298-300.

Martínez, D.G., Begay, V.H., & Jimenez-Castellanos, O. (2019). Understanding Navajo K-12 Public School Finance in Arizona through Tribal Critical Theory. Teachers College Record, 121(5).

Martínez, D.G., & Jimenez-Castellanos, O. (2018). Arizona. Journal of Education Finance, 43(3), 226-228.

Martínez, D.G., & Jimenez-Castellanos, O. (2018). New Mexico. Journal of Education Finance, 43(3), 285-287.

Martínez, D.G. (2018). Arizona School Finance. A 50 State Survey of School Finance Policies. https://schoolfinancesdav.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/03-arizona.pdf [pdf]. Reno, NV.

Selected Invited Lectures and Presentations

Martínez, D.G. (2020, August 11^th). Campus Voices: A Dialogue Centered on Anti-Racism and Justice. Spartanburg, SC: Wofford College.

Martínez, D.G. (2020, July 24^th). Navigating the Pipeline of Access in Higher Education. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina.

Martínez, D.G. (2020, April 7^th). An Ometeotl framework of school finance policy and praxis. New York, NY: Fordham University.

Martínez, D.G. (2019, October 26^th). Resistance, Community Engagement, and the Power of Knowledge. Spartanburg, SC: My Brothers Keeper.

Martínez, D.G. (2019, September 19^th). Equity, Justice, and Participatory Inclusion: Addressing Disparities and Barriers in Education. Spartanburg, SC: Wofford College.

Martínez, D.G. (2019, April 15^th). Improving educational opportunity through emancipatory school finance policy and praxis. Coeur d’Alene, ID: North Idaho College.

Martínez, D.G. (2019, May 17^th). School finance inequity: A racialized perspective on    educational resources. Portland, OR: Portland State University.

Martínez, D.G., and Tran, H. (2020). Teacher shortages, school funding, and legislative austerity: The influence of localized policy on South Carolinas teacher labor market. Paper presentation at the annual National Education Finance Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). The state of Nevada school finance. Roundtable presentation at the annual National Education Finance Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Peters, A., Martínez, D.G., Sabina, L. (2020). Teacher Revolts? The Revolting State of Teaching and Education Post-Recession. Paper presentation at the annual National Education Finance Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). The state of New Mexico school finance. Roundtable presentation at the annual National Education Finance Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). The state of Arizona school finance. Roundtable presentation at the annual National Education Finance Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). Data in a Time of Accountability: Educational Policy Changes and the Constant Reminder of Inequity. Paper presentation at the annual American Educational Research Association conference, San Francisco, CA.

Martínez, D.G., Jackson-Smith, S., & Tran, H. (2020). The Impact of South Carolina Act 388 on District-Level Revenue: A Rural Comparative Analysis. Poster presentation at the annual American Educational Research Association conference, San Francisco, CA.

Martínez, D.G. & Tran, H. (2020). The Influence of Localized Policy on South Carolina's Teacher Labor Market. Poster presentation at the annual Association for Education Finance and Policy, Fort Worth, TX.

Martínez, D.G. (2020). A Study of School Finance in Arizona: Equity, English Language Learners, and the Allocation of Funding. Paper presentation at the annual American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education conference, Costa Mesa, CA.

Tran, H. & Martínez, D.G. (2020). An Event Analysis of State and Local Level Revenue Post Abbeville v. South Carolina. Poster presentation at the annual Association for Education Finance and Policy, Fort Worth, TX.

Service and Affiliations

• AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG Treasurer 2020-2022
• AERA Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance SIG Treasurer 2020-2022
• National Education Finance Academy Board of Trustees 2020-2022
• AERA LatínX Research Issues SIG Secondary/Postsecondary Scholar Award Chair 2020-2021
• Center on Migration Policy and Society Affiliated Faculty-University of South Carolina
• Critical Race Theory Studies Initiative-University of South Carolina
• Richland County of South Carolina First Steps Board Member
• South Eastern Immigration Studies Association
• Project MALES-University of Texas at Austin
• La Allianza Hispana of South Carolina-Spartanburg

Editorial Board

Journal of Education Human Resources (JEHR)
Special Issue Associate Editor (JEHR): Money and People (2020)

Awards

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Inc. Dissertation of the Year (1st place).
Arizona State University GPSA Graduate Peer Mentor Award
Arizona State University Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship