Christopher Ozuna, a student in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, was awarded a 2020-21 Fulbright Fellowship for research in Denmark. During his ten-month grant, Ozuna will pursue his project, “Understanding Features of Teacher Preparation for Denmark's Changing Classrooms."
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a government-sponsored educational exchange program that aims to promote mutual understanding and partnership between nations. Graduate-level Fulbrighters are selected based on a number of factors, including their grant proposal, academic and professional record, personal qualifications, independent study and research abilities, and knowledge of the host country.
Ouzuna is a 3rd-year Ph.D. student studying education policy in the Department of Education with his advisor, Dr. Michael Gottfried. He earned his B.S. in Human Development from UC Davis and his M.S. in Educational Psychology from UW Madison. Ozuna’s research focuses on better understanding the impacts of community resources and policies on students and schools using mainly quantitative methods. He is currently working on projects involving transportation and school attendance, the availability of school-based health centers as well as teacher education through the CTERIN group. Before coming to UCSB, Ozuna taught 4th and 5th grade for the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, where he became interested in social justice and restorative practices in an elementary context and how policy shapes equity in schools.