Rebeca Burciaga

Rebeca Burciaga

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Dr. Rebeca Burciaga (she/her/ella)  is a Professor of Educational Leadership & Chicana and Chicano Studies at San José State University where she developed the Emancipatory School Leadership MA Program and served as the founding Faculty Executive Director of the Institute for Emancipatory Education. Her research and praxis is nested in the nepantla of Education and Chicana/o Studies and her areas of expertise include qualitative methodologies (testimonio & ethnography), critical theories (critical race theory & Chicana feminist theory), and critical pedagogies. Dr. Burciaga earned her B.A. from UC Santa Cruz in Latin American and Latino Studies, an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles in Social Sciences and Comparative Education with an emphasis in Race & Ethnic Studies. Her research has been supported by highly competitive funding including the Spencer Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. She identifies as an artist in scholar residence who is reclaiming joy through weaving and ceramics when she’s not connecting with nature in her garden.