Gerald Tiglao Reyes

Dr. Gerald Tiglao Reyes (Taga-ilog & Kapampangan) is an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership for Social Justice program at California State University, East Bay, where he works as a community-engaged scholar-artist-organizer on Ohlone ancestral land (occupied East Oakland). His academic work is grounded in the empowerment of young people, teachers, school leaders, and cultural workers to value their ancestral traditions while building capacity to transform their realities through critical and socio-cultural frameworks that decenter whiteness and coloniality.

Reyes' research interests span Critical Pedagogy, Urban Schooling, Educational Leadership, Culturally Responsive Leadership, Critical Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Decolonial Education. His scholarly work consistently centers on anti-oppressive education, racial justice, and the empowerment of communities of color. He approaches educational leadership through frameworks that challenge systemic racism and colonial structures while promoting healing-centered and disruptive pedagogies that address both justice and healing for educators and students.

His publication record reveals a strong trajectory focusing on critical race frameworks, decolonial approaches to education, and the experiences of Filipinx Americans within educational and criminal justice systems. Reyes frequently employs Critical Race Hermeneutics, counter-storytelling, and praxis-centered methodologies in his work, with increasing focus on healing-centered approaches alongside disruption of oppressive systems. His scholarship demonstrates consistent engagement with issues of racial justice in educational leadership, teacher development, and community-based knowledge production.

Reyes has created community initiatives including Poetic High, an after-school spoken word program, demonstrating his commitment to translating theory into practice. His work as a facilitator of the Anti-Racist Liberatory Pedagogy Academy shows his engagement in faculty development focused on critical race consciousness. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the available text, his research consistently addresses issues of educational equity, decolonial practices, and racial justice across multiple educational contexts from K-12 to higher education.