Anti-Racist Scholar ⚬ Teacher
Writer ⚬ Consultant
Semi-Professional Travieso
Anti-Racist Scholar ⚬ Teacher
Writer ⚬ Consultant
Semi-Professional Travieso
Dr. Nolan Cabrera is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of racism/anti-racism on college campuses, Whiteness, and ethnic studies. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona, and was the only academic featured in the MTV documentary White People. His new book, White Guys on Campus, is a deep exploration of White male racism, and occasional anti-racism, on college campuses – a text Jeff Chang (author of We Gon’ Be Alright) described as “A timely, provocative, even hopeful book.” Additionally, Dr. Cabrera was an expert witness in the Tucson Unified Mexican American Studies case (Gonzalez v. Douglas), which is the highest-profile ethnic studies case in the country’s history. He has given hundreds of lectures, keynote addresses, and trainings, throughout the country on challenging racism/Whiteness, working through unconscious bias, creating inclusive college campuses, and the expansion of ethnic studies programs. Dr. Cabrera is an award-winning scholar whose numerous publications have appeared in some of the most prestigious journals in the fields of education and racial studies. He completed his graduate work at UCLA in Higher Education & Organizational Change and Dr. Cabrera earned his BA from Stanford University in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (Education focus). He is a former Director of a Boys & Girls Club in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is originally from McMinnville, Oregon.
Recent Blog Posts
Ethnic Studies: Advocacy Resources
In this legislative session, Texas state Representative Christina Morales introduced a bill that would allow Ethnic Studies courses to count as graduation requirements. California, was on its way to making Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement until Governor Newsom vetoed it. As Wayne Au has extensively documented, Ethnic Studies – in particular in K-12 education –
Academic Hype Man #4: Dr. Gina A. Garcia, “Becoming Hispanic Serving Institutions”
When the University of Arizona (UA) became an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), I remember very vividly being in a meeting where we were going to pursue a federal grant for which we were now eligible given our new designation. The conversation, as we were considering how to frame our proposal, kept coming back to the “need for
Academic Hype Man #3: Dr. Mauricio R. Magaña and Cartographies of Youth Resistance
Author: Dr. Maurice (Mauricio) R. Magaña Title: Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico Publisher: Routledge Paperback: 234 pages ISBN: 9780520344624 https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520344624/cartographies-of-youth-resistance (Buy this book, dang it!) If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard some type of, “The problem with kids today…” I would be a pretty wealthy guy. It’s funny because this
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