The Schedule

Reimagining Latinx Studies: A Curriculum Revision for 21st Century Skills in Gender, indigenous and Central American Perspectives. (Sonoma)

PI: Dr. Natalia Villanueva-Nieves, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chicano and Latino Studies, Sonoma State University.

Co-PI:  Silvia Soto, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chicano and Latino Studies, Sonoma State University.

Advancing Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies (SF State)

PI: Professor Leila Malikyar, Lecturer, Race & Resistance Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, SFSU.

Co-PI: Falu Bakrania, PhD, Chair, Race and Resistance Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, SFSU.

Co-PI: Ikaika Gleisberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology & Sexuality Studies, College of Healthy and Social Sciences, SFSU.

Co-PI: Leslie Quintanilla, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Women and Gender Studies, College of Liberal and Creative Arts SFSU.

Lunch

Placemaking: Expanding Black Queer and Feminist Perspectives in Africana Studies (The Placemaking Project) (Fresno State)

PI: Nkenna Onwuzuruoha, PhD, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies Program, Fresno State University.

American Indian Studies in Collaboration with Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and LGBTQ2+ Studies (Fresno)

PI: Leece Lee-Oliver, PhD, Associate Professor & Director, American Indian Studies, Fresno State University.

Co-PI: Sydney Beckmann, PhD, Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, Fresno State University.  

Co-PI: Gloria Gegrete-Lopez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Fresno State University.

Transformational Health General Education Pathways (Sacramento)

PI: Melina Juarez, Phd, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies.

Co-PI: Vanessa Guzman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies.

Co-PI: Nicole Richards, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies.

Co-PI: Erika Salinas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies Program, College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies.

3:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

(New Directions at SF State) Afro-Latinidad: Gender and Sexuality Studies (SFSU College of Ethnic Studies)

Dr. Bárbara Abadía Rexach

Dr. Michelle Gomez Parra

Dr. Eileene Cruz Tejada

Closing Remarks & 2026 Awards Symposium Invitation! 

Robert Keith Collins, PhD, Mellon Project Manager, CSU Advancing and Expanding Ethnic Studies Awards (AEES) Program, Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, SFSU.