Sheridan Wigginton

Professor Sheridan Wigginton serves in the Department of Languages and Cultures at California Lutheran University, where she joined in fall 2011 and chaired the department until January 2018. She currently holds the position of Professor and serves as Humanities Senator to the Faculty Senate (elected 2022), with a forthcoming role as Executive Committee Vice-Chair for 2023-2024.

Her expertise spans Caribbean Studies, Dominican Republic and Curaçao scholarship, Critical Pedagogy, National Identity in Textbooks, and Equitable Education Practices. She teaches Spanish courses from elementary levels through advanced seminars on Race and Ethnicity in Latin America, reflecting her commitment to inclusive pedagogy.

Dr. Wigginton's research examines intersections of education, national identity, and race in Caribbean contexts, particularly through textbook analysis and critical race frameworks. Her co-authored book "Unmastering the Script" (2019) exemplifies this focus on reconciling Haitian-Dominican relations.

Her scholarly recognition includes:

• 2018 Research Fellowship at the Antiana and Caribana Collection, University of Curaçao
• 2021-2022 Research Fellowship at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute for textbook representation analysis

She actively shapes academic governance as President of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association (ALARA) since 2014, and pioneered the Equity Advocates program for faculty searches while serving on multiple search committees.