Faculty Directory
Raquel Muñiz
Assistant Professor
Liaison to the Law School
Raquel Muñiz
J.D., Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 226
Telephone: 617-552-2401
Email: raquel.munizcastro@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Texas A&M International University
- J.D., Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law
- Ph.D., Penn State University
Courses
Education Law and Public Policy
Research Interests
Education Law and Policy
Civil and Children’s Rights
Expertise
- Higher Education
- Educational Law
- Social Justice Teaching and Leadership
- Social & Emotional Development
Department
Biography
Hailing from Texas, Raquel Muñiz studies how education law and policy can create more equitable educational opportunities for all students, particularly students who have experienced substantial adversity. This research interest has led Muñiz to study laws and policies that contribute to the educational experience of different children, youth, and young adult populations. During her J.D. studies, she participated in the Children’s Advocacy Clinic—where she help found the Pennsylvania Trauma-Sensitive Education Task Force—and the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic—where she conducted a research study that examined the experience of lawyers and law students who hold DACA status under the Trump administration. For her Ph.D. dissertation, Muñiz examined how the summer staff at Upward Bound, one of the federal TRIO programs serving underprivileged student populations, conceptualize socio-emotional skills and promote socio-emotional learning opportunities during the program's summer academy.
In her first year, Muñiz will be teaching Education Law and Public Policy.
Publications
Articles
Johnston-Walsh, L., Russell, C., Dias, M. S., Boehmer, S., Muñiz, R., & Levi, B. H. (2018). The unreasonably uncertain risks of “reasonable medical certainty” in child abuse cases: Mechanisms for risk reduction. Drake Law Review, 66(2): 253-306.
Muñiz, R. (2018). Religious arbitration in primary and secondary private schools: A cost-benefit analysis model. Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, 19: 1-24.
Muñiz, R. (2017). You are now entering the school zone, proceed with caution: Educators, arbitration, & children’s rights. Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation, 9: 197-231.
Book Chapters
Muñiz, R., & Frankenberg, E. (anticipated 2019). Race and education: Desegregation and resegregation since Brown. In The Oxford Handbook of Children and the Law. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Policy Issue Briefs
Zrzavy, M., & Muñiz, R. (Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic). (anticipated 2018). Discrimination at the border under the Trump Administration. Washington, DC: Muslim Advocates.
Muñiz, R., Zrzavy, M., & Svajlenka, N. (Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, lead researcher). (2018). DACAmented law students and lawyers in the age of Trump. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress.
Scholarly Forums
Muñiz, R. (May 2017). From Brown to Green toward equality: The foundation toward equity. The Pennsylvania Education Equity Project. (special piece in celebration of Brown v. Board).
Muñiz, R. (February 2017). Process-oriented approach to educational equity in a democratic society. The American Journal of Education Forum.
Muñiz, R. (June 2016). Call to action: The case of maltreated children and the role of education policy. The American Journal of Education Forum.
Presentations
Muñiz, R. (2013). Differential Equations: Population Dynamics. Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics Fall Conference, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX.
Muñiz, R. (2013). Exploring the Riemann Zeta Function. Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics Fall Conference, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX.
Muñiz, R. (2013). Guest Speaker, United High School-Longhorns for Change, Laredo, TX.
Muñiz, R. (2012). Fractals. Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics Fall Conference, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX.
Grants
Muñiz, R. (Team Member). (2017). Upward Bound Math and Science. U.S. Department of Education. Awarded: $310,856.
Muñiz, R. (Team Member). (2017). Upward Bound Regular (serving predominantly rural student populations). U.S. Department of Education. Awarded: $499,000.
Muñiz, R. (Team Member). (2017). Upward Bound Regular (serving predominantly Latinx student populations). U.S. Department of Education. Awarded: $275,000.