Dr SÁNCHEZ HERNÁNDEZ, Rubén A.

Research Interests

• Educational Leadership, Policy, and School Improvement
• Global Perspectives on Equity in Education
• Culturally Responsive Educational Practices
• Identity and Diversity in Education
• Sociology of Education
• Qualitative Research Designs

• 2024 Dissertation Year Fellowship, Graduate School, The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education, Hong Kong

• 2024 American Education Research Association (AERA) International Travel Award, American Education Research Association (AERA), USA

• 2020 Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship (2020-2023), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong

• 2020 HKU Presidential Scholarship (2020-2024), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• 2020 Dean’s honors list (MEd), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Sánchez Hernández, R. A., Alemán, E., & Téllez Contreras, L. F. (2026). Social justice mentoring in the borderlands of academia: Developing a transnational mentoring network for mutual scholarly support. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 1–14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-09-2025-0127
• Goel, P., Tan, C., & Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2026). Confucian empathy as an epistemological foundation of care and cultural responsiveness for educational leadership in Hong Kong and other Confucian heritage cultures. Educational Administration Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X261432654
• Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2026). Culturally responsive leadership in Hong Kong: Establishing an imperfect counter-space through an inclusive school climate. Educational Administration Quarterly 62(1), 100-132. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X251397531
• Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2026). “They listen to us”: Leadership possibilities for culturally responsive family engagement in a diverse Hong Kong secondary school. Urban Education, 61(3), 513-545. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859251353774
• Sánchez Hernández, R. A., & Goel, P. (2026). “They thought that we were only going to make it halfway…”: a collective testimonio on schooling and exclusion in the U.S. New Latinx South. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2026.2647222

Conference Papers

• Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2024, 11). Culturally responsive leadership: Developing an inclusive school climate in Hong Kong. Presented at the 38th annual University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Convention, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

• Sánchez Hernández, R. A., & Goel, P. (2024, 4). Culturally responsive leadership for South Asian Children in Hong Kong. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2023, 11). Leading for Hong Kong South Asian students: Educators' challenges and leadership perspectives on cultural responsiveness. Paper presented at the 2023 World Education Research Association (WERA), Singapore.

• Goel, P., & Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2023, 11). A deep dive into the promise of data use. Paper presented at the 37^th Annual University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Convention, Minneapolis, MN, USA

• Sánchez Hernández, R. A., & Goel, P. (2023, 11). Charting a new path for South Asian Hong Kongers: Educators' perspectives on culturally responsive leadership. Paper presented at the 37th annual University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Convention, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

• Sánchez Hernández, R. A. (2021, 4). Culturally responsive leadership and Latinx student outcomes. Presented at the virtual American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting.

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