Clayton Pierce

Clayton Pierce is an Associate Professor of Youth and Society at the Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University. His work critically examines racial capitalist structures in education and explores food justice through community-based learning. Office hours are Tuesdays/Thursdays 10-11 AM, and he can be reached at piercec6@wwu.edu.

Research focuses on two interconnected areas: 1) the intersection of neoliberalism, racial capitalism, and schooling systems, and 2) food justice initiatives that re-imagine education through sustainable, community-driven practices. His book Education in the Age of Biocapitalism critiques standardized education's alignment with exploitative systems.

Courses address topics like neoliberal education's impact on equity, critical indigenous/black radical theory, and food justice movements linked to campus/community projects. Teaching emphasizes praxis-oriented approaches to dismantle oppressive systems and build just societies.

No specific grants or awards are highlighted in the provided text. Advising and student collaborations form part of his pedagogical practice but are not explicitly listed. Pierce's work connects industrial food systems and schooling as parallel enclosures demanding radical re-imagining through collective knowledge production.