Sabrina Sanchez

Sabrina Sanchez is a Professor in the History Department and serves as Assistant Dean of the Social Science Division at Bellevue College, where she has been a faculty member since 2012. She previously chaired the History program for seven years before transitioning into academic leadership in 2022.

Her educational background includes a B.A. in History with High Honors from the University of California-Berkeley, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Dr. Sanchez specializes in U.S. and Latin American history, with focused research on Women’s history, Mexican-American history, and the Southwest Borderlands. Her work explores themes of race, gender, and masculinity in the U.S.-Mexico border region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her dissertation, In the Name of the Father, the Governor, and ‘A-1 Good Men’: Performing Gender and Statehood in Territorial New Mexico, 1880-1912, was supported by multiple national fellowships, reflecting the scholarly significance of her contributions.

She is actively involved in academic and community engagement, serving as faculty adviser for the History Club, Amnesty International, Rotoract Club, and Helping Hands Club at Bellevue College. Additionally, she holds a leadership role as Vice President of the Association of Washington Historians.

• American Association of University Women Fellowship
• State Historian of New Mexico Scholars Fellowship
• University of California New Racial Studies Program Fellowship
• Institute for Humanities Research Fellowship
• Chicano/Latino Research Center Fellowship

Dr. Sanchez has secured competitive research funding and continues to mentor students through extracurricular and academic avenues. While no formal graduate advisees are listed, her leadership in student organizations demonstrates a strong commitment to undergraduate development. She has not published any articles in the provided text, but her research trajectory indicates sustained engagement with historical scholarship on identity, power, and regional development in the American Southwest.