Student Relations Liaison
Lirio Patton
Program Manager + Clinical Assistant Professor
MLF Teachers College
lirio.patton@asu.edu
Dr. Lirio Patton is a clinical assistant professor and program manager for the grant-funded Preparing Educators for Arizona’s Indian Communities (PEAIC) program. At ASU she has also served as an Elementary Multilingual Education (EME) site lead, supervising K-8 internship and residency experiences.
Dr. Patton is guided by critical pedagogies and decolonial perspectives, committed to serving historically excluded communities in education.
Education
Ph.D. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
M.A. in Education, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Arizona State University.
B.A. in Psychology, California State University, Northridge.