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.
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