Name & Bio: Macarena Durán-Castro is an English teacher and Ph.D. candidate in Education at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her dissertation examines teacher educators’ understandings of social justice in Chilean IELTE programs, drawing on decolonial perspectives, Testimonios, and arts-based inquiry. She teaches undergraduate English courses and collaborates as an editorial assistant for an academic journal, while engaging in research on language education.

Home Country: Chile

Dissertation Title: Exploring Teacher Educators’ Understandings of Social Justice in Chilean Initial English Language Teaching Education Programs: A Decolonial Inquiry Through Testimonios and a/r/tography

TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education