Baldeep Pabla

Baldeep Pabla serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, where he has taught AA S 591 - Asian American Community Health Issues since 2017. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), he integrates frontline community mental health experience with academic instruction, focusing on systemic inequities affecting marginalized populations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Education:

• MSW, University of California, Berkeley (2015), specializing in Community Mental Health
• BA in Psychology and Minor in Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University

His research centers on community health and mental health within Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, emphasizing trauma-informed, culturally sensitive interventions for populations experiencing displacement, homelessness, and poverty. His work critically examines capitalist gentrification's impact on health disparities through acceptance- and commitment-based modalities delivered directly in street encampments, clinics, and jails.

Publications demonstrate applied scholarship bridging academic theory and community practice, with recent works addressing South Asian health promotion, Vietnamese American interethnic relations, and Asian American financial practices. His scholarship consistently prioritizes culturally responsive solutions to structural disenfranchisement.

As a Clinical Supervisor since 2015, Pabla leads case management teams providing intensive outpatient services across San Francisco and Santa Clara County. His advocacy focuses on decolonizing state and county policies through community organizing, directly connecting classroom instruction with real-world policy transformation efforts.