Daphne Taylor-Garcia

Daphne V. Taylor-García is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She holds affiliations with UCSD's Critical Gender Studies Program, Chicanx Latinx Studies Program, Latin American Studies Program, and The Center of Study and Investigation for Global Dialogue at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research focuses on decolonial philosophy, colonialism's impact on racialized identities, and intersections of gender, class, and race. Taylor-García holds a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley (2008) and completed the UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCSB (2008-2010).

Her work critically examines colonial legacies in racial taxonomy, developmental psychology's engagement with anti-Black structures, and the sociohistorical construction of "mixed race" identities. Notable publications include The Existence of the Mixed Race Damnés (2018) and a 2020 contribution to Theory and Psychology. Awards include recognition from the UC Humanities Research Institute.

• Education: Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley (2008)
• Affiliations: Critical Gender Studies, Chicanx Latinx Studies, Latin American Studies
• Key Research Themes: Decolonial frameworks, anti-colonial epistemology, caste systems