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Emma Fuentes is a Full-Time Professor in the Department of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco, where she serves as Department Chair. Her research focuses on critical social theory, racial justice, movement building, and grassroots organizing for educational equity. She received her PhD and MA in Social and Cultural Studies in Education from UC Berkeley (2005, 2001) and a BA in Cultural Anthropology from UCSC.
- Doctorate: UC Berkeley (PhD, Social and Cultural Studies in Education, 2005)
- Master's: UC Berkeley (MA, Social and Cultural Studies in Education, 2001)
- Bachelor's: UCSC (BA, Cultural Anthropology)
Fuentes’ scholarship bridges critical race theory, humanizing pedagogy, and community-based activism. Her recent work explores the intersection of homeplace storytelling and academic organizing, while earlier publications examine anti-Blackness in curricula, political mothering, and participatory action research as tools for social change.
Her academic achievements were recognized in 2016 with the University of San Francisco Sarlo Prize for Teaching Excellence. She has published extensively in journals like Urban Review, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Social Justice Journal, often collaborating with peers such as Cann, Canlas, and Pérez.
