Alfredo Artiles among 'Hispanic Business 100 Influentials'

ASU professor Alfredo Artiles has been named to Hispanic Business magazine's 2011 list of  "100 Influentials" and profiled in the October issue. Artiles was one of eight Latinos/Latinas honored  for their influence in the "Academic" arena. 

A professor of culture, society and education in the School of Social Transformation, an academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, he also co-directs the Equity Alliance at ASU. Artiles has achieved an international reputation for his work focused on the educational consequences of inequities related to disability, race and language. In May, he was appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Commissioners advise President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on matters pertaining to the education attainment of the Hispanic community.