• University of Denver, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (in)Equality (IRISE), 2018-2020Ìý
• University of Washington, PhD EducationÌý
• University of California Santa Cruz, MA EducationÌý

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University, 2020-2023Ìý
• Editor, Maya America Journal of Essays, Commentary, and AnalysisÌý
• Maya cultural consultant, Museum of US, San Diego, CA.ÌýÌý

• Maya diasporaÌý
• Central American diasporaÌý
• RaciolinguisticsÌý
• Critical Latinx IndigeneitiesÌý
• Indigenous diasporic youthÌý

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• To, M. N., Beltrán, R., Dunbar, A. Z., Valdovinos, M. G., Pacheco, B., Barillas Chón, D. W., Hunte, O., & Hulama, K. (2023). Like water, we re-member: A conceptual model of identity (re)formation through cultural reclamation for indigenous peoples of Mexico in the United States. Genealogy (Basel), 7(4), 90.  
• Kovats Sánchez, G., Mesinas, M., Casanova, S., Chón, D. W. B., & Pentón Herrera, L. J. (2022). Creating positive learning communities for diasporic indigenous students. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-15.  
• Barillas Chón, D. W., & Mejía, A. F. (2023). Learning colonial languages: A commentary on “Undoing competence: Coloniality, homogeneity, and the overrepresentation of whiteness in applied linguistics”. Language Learning, 73(S2), 300-303. 
  
• Barillas Chón, D. W. (2022). K’iche’, Mam, and Nahua Migrant Youth Navigating Colonial Codes of Power. Urban Education, 0(0).