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Bayley J. Marquez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland. They are an Indigenous scholar from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, affiliated with the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Consortium for Race, Gender, and Ethnicity. Their work critically examines settler colonialism, education, and racialized power structures.
Education:
- Ph.D., Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley
- M.A., International and Comparative Education, Stanford University
- B.A., Spanish and Portuguese Literature, Stanford University
Research Focus: Dr. Marquez’s research bridges settler colonial theory, Indigenous education, Black education, and critical ethnic studies. They investigate how schooling and land policies historically functioned as tools of racial domination, emphasizing antiblackness and imperialism.
Key Publications: Their monograph Plantation Pedagogy (2022) analyzes 19th- and 20th-century education systems as extensions of slavery and colonial settlement. Recent articles explore racial grammars in education and language ideologies in colonial contexts.
Awards and Grants:
- Ford Foundation Fellowship
- National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Award
- ARHU Junior Faculty Fellowship
Advocacy and Pedagogy: As Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Marquez mentors students in decolonizing academic practices. Their work challenges the university’s complicity in land dispossession and advocates for abolitionist frameworks in education.
