Julissa Contreras Castanon

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Decolonial Feminist

Researcher & Educator

Ethical Teaching Pedagogy

Areas of Interests

• Gender, Sexuality & QUEER THEORY
• Social Role Theory
• MASCULINITY STUDIES
• GIRLHOOD STUDIES
• Latinx & Diasporic Culture
• Transnational & Third World Women Feminism
• Decolonial Feminist Methodologies
• BLACK SPECULATIVE FUTURES & BLACK RADICAL THOUGHT
• Intersectionality & Cultural Competency

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Education

Claremont Graduate University

August 2021 – May 2023

Dual Masters Degree, Applied Gender Studies and Cultural Studies

University of Maryland

January 2016 – May 2021

Bachelor of Arts, Women’s Studies and Black Women’s Studies

East Los Angeles College

February 2012 - December 2015

Associates in Arts, Social and Behavioral Science

Academic Research and Experience

Sample Research -

Cultural Competency Zine

Claremont Graduate University

• Inclusive Excellence in College Teaching Certificate
  
• Course (Re)Design Institute

Title IX Consulting Group

• Title IX Legislation Literature Reviews
  

Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Maryland

• Teaching Assistant - Women's Bodies in Contention

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