C. Alejandra Elenes, Ph.D.

Department Chair and Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies

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C. Alejandra Elenes. Ph.D. (she/her/ella) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies and PI of the Democratizing Racial Justice Mellon Foundation Grant at UTSA. Her interdisciplinary scholarship centers on the application of Anzalduan philosophy to examine Chicana feminist epistemologies, testimonio pedagogies and methodologies, spirituality, and social justice. She is the Principal Investigator for the Mellon-Funded Democratizing Racial Justice Project. She is the author of Transforming Borders and co-editor of Chicana/Latina Education in Everyday Life (winner AESA book award). She served as co-lead editor of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS. Her current research projects are based on oral history, archival research, and social justice. Her recent publications have appeared in a variety of journals such as, Aztlán, Frontiers, Journal of Latinos in Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Educational Theory and Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies.

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COEHD will be an international model for developing inclusive, transformative leaders guided by principles of community, integrity, excellence, scholarship and service. The COEHD will have a critical impact on the realization of human and community potential through its leadership in education, health and wellness, human development and policy studies. All programs of study include a focus on developing competencies for working effectively in multicultural and cross-national contexts.

C. Alejandra Elenes, Ph.D.