Wendy Barrales

(she/her/ella)

Ethnic Studies Educator l Scholar – Activist l Manifold Fellow

Wendy is an educator whose work focuses on centering abolitionist & decolonial feminist frameworks. Her research interests are rooted in Black & Chicana feminist theory within: STEM, visual art as research, and preserving the stories of mami & abuelita through the WOCArchive.

Education

PhD Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center (current)

M.A. Literacy Education, New York University

B.A. Education – Urban Learning, California State University, Los Angeles

Academic Interests

abolition & decolonial theory, black feminist theory, chicana feminism, digital humanities, critically sustaining pedagogy, curriculum development, ethnic studies, visual art as research

Positions

Manifold Graduate Fellow, digital humanities, CUNY Graduate Center
Graduate Research Assistant, CUNY-IIE, City College of New York