Jesica Siham Fernández, PhD
Assistant Professor, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
Dr. Jesica Siham Fernández is an Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies Department at Santa Clara University.
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.
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.
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.
Dr. Fernández is the author of the recently published book Growing Up Latinx: Coming of Age in a Time of Contested Citizenship (New York University Press, 2021).
