Credentials 

EDUCATION + CREDENTIALS 

Ph.D.                               

Doctor of Philosophy, Ethnic Studies*

University of California, San Diego

M.A.                                  

Master of Arts, Ethnic Studies

University of California, San Diego

B.A.                  

Bachelor of Arts, Chicano Studies

Minor, Women Studies

Honors Thesis, Sociology 

University of California, Santa Barbara

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

Chicano/a Studies, Chicana History, and Women of Color Feminisms and Healing, Social Movements, Community Building, Indigenous Spirituality and Cultural Revitalization, Mexican Traditional Medicine and Herbalism, Modern and Ancient Mesoamerica, Decolonization and Indigenous Perspectives, Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Comparative Race Relations, Community Ethnography, and Interdisciplinary Research      

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Rape Crisis Counselor, Youth Program Director, Curanderismo Teachings, Reiki, Energy Healing, Cultural Worker and Aztec Dance, Herbal Medicine Apprenticeship, Creative Writing, Poetry, and Certified for Online Teaching. Over 20 years of teaching, organizing, and mentoring experience with elementary to college-level students. 

PUBLICATIONS + RESEARCH 

Angélica M. Yañez, Curanderismo and Plant Medicine in the Mesoamerican Diaspora, Research, in-progress  

Angélica M. Yañez, Racial Terms Guidebook, forthcoming  

Angélica M. Yañez and et. al, Our Teeth Before Bed, Colibrí  Writers, 2024

Angélica M. Yañez, Roots: A Poetry Collection, The Ancestral Teachings Institue, 2024

Angélica M. Yañez, Sexual Conquest, Writing in a Woman's Voice, 2024 (recipient of the Moon Prize)

Angélica M. Yañez, First - Generation, The San Diego Poetry Annual, 2023

Angélica M. Yañez, The Way of War on Native Land, The San Diego Poetry Annual, 2023

Angélica M. Yañez, Sexual Conquest, Red Sugarcane Press, Latinas: Protests and Struggles in the 21st Century USA, Vol 2., 2023

Angélica M. Yañez, Rasquache Style: How Mexicans Make Art Out of Anything, Red Sugarcane Press, Latinas: Protests and Struggles in the 21st Century USA, Vol 2., 2023

Angélica M. Yañez, Driving on Highway 99, LitStack, 2023

Angélica M. Yañez, The Ceremony of Birth, Writing in a Woman's Voice, 2023

Angélica M. Yañez, editor, U.S. History from a Chicano Perspective, Cognella, 2018

Angélica M. Yañez, “Think with Your Feet:” The Cultural Politics of Native Dance, University of California, San Diego, 2014

Angélica M. Yañez, Chicano Youth in the Educational System and Alternative Pedagogies in Solving Social Issues through Multicultural Experiences, National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, 2012 

Angélica M. Yañez, Reflections on Teaching the Social Justice/Ethnic Studies Model, San Diego: University Readers, 2011

Angélica M. Yañez, Chicano and Black Radical Activism of the 1960s: A Comparison between the Brown Berets and the Black Panther Party in California, University of California, San Diego, 2008

Angélica M. Yañez, Chicana Youth Rites of Passage: First Menses, Quinceañeras, and Teen Pregnancy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004

Angélica M. Yañez, The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS: Chicanas and Latinas in the United States, UCDC, Washington, D.C., 2003

Angélica M. Yañez, Pre-Colonial Meso-American Worldviews: Spirituality and Celebration, University of California, Davis, Oaxaca, Mexico 2002

*Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the histories, experiences, and contributions of ethnic and racial groups. It aims to address systemic inequalities, promote social justice, and foster inclusivity by examining issues related to power, identity, racism, gender, class, sexuality, intersectionality, discrimination, and social intersections. Ethnic and Chicano/a Studies are fields born out of social justice movements of the 1960s. To inquire about Dr. Yañez's full CV please email via the Contact Page. 

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