Ramon Vasquez

Ramon Vasquez is an Assistant Professor of Critical Elementary Education at the University of Minnesota, specializing in decolonial approaches to curriculum theory and teacher education. With prior experience as an elementary school teacher in California, he bridges practice and academia through research focused on epistemic violence, racialized oppression, and marginalized knowledge systems.

• PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• EdM in Education, Harvard University
• BA in Education, University of Southern California

His research explores epistemology, affective ontologies, and Latinx education through post-qualitative inquiry. Recent publications address racial gaslighting, epistemicide during the pandemic, and the paradoxes of culturally relevant pedagogy.

Key themes across his work include:

• Disruption of institutional knowledge hierarchies
• Decolonizing teacher education programs
• Collective memory work with marginalized communities
• Intersectional analysis of privilege in education
• Critical examination of cultural hegemony
• Transformative social studies pedagogy

Dr. Vasquez mentors students through a lens of cultural humility, emphasizing dismantling systemic oppression and fostering transdisciplinary dialogues. He is affiliated with the Curriculum and Instruction department at the University of Minnesota.