Assistant Professor, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
Dr. Jesica Siham Fernández is an Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies Department at Santa Clara University.
As a multidisciplinary teacher-scholar and community-engaged researcher, trained in community-social psychology, Dr. Fernández completed her PhD in Social Psychology with a specialization in Latin America & Latinx Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Fernández's research, pedagogy and community activist scholarship reflects the assemblages of her positionalities and lived experiences as a Chicana, immigrant to the U.S., and first-generation college graduate.