Marcia Hernandez

Marcia Hernandez is a Professor and Department Chair in the College of the Pacific at the University of the Pacific, where she also serves as the Faculty Advisor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives. She is based in Room 117 of the Wendell Phillips Center in Stockton and is actively engaged in teaching, research, and institutional leadership.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, University at Albany-SUNY, 2007
• Certificate in Women and Public Policy, University at Albany, 1999
• BA in Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1994

Her research and teaching are centered on critical sociological inquiry into systemic inequality. She emphasizes student empowerment through critical thinking about race, gender, and class privilege. Her courses incorporate diverse learning materials including academic texts, documentaries, opinion pieces, and autobiographies, and utilize active learning strategies such as debates, group projects, and presentations. She encourages students to apply their sociological imagination to challenge and reimagine structures of power and privilege in the United States.

Her research focuses on race and ethnicity, sex and gender, sociology of education, sociology of culture, African American fraternities and sororities, and qualitative methodologies. These interests reflect a deep commitment to understanding and addressing social stratification and cultural dynamics within educational and social institutions.

There are no scientific awards listed in the available information.

Marcia Hernandez advises on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the institutional level and plays a leadership role as Department Chair. While specific student advisees and research grants are not mentioned, her role implies mentorship and administrative oversight within her department.

There is no information provided about specific research labs or collaborative teams.