Dr. Sandra Alvarez
Assistant ProfessorWilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department
of Political Science
Political Science, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Expertise:
Latin American/Latina/o studies; Peace and Justice; Feminist studies;
Office Location: Roosevelt Hall 251
Office Hours: Mon 2pm-4pm (Zoom), Wed 10am-11am (In-Person), and Thurs 3pm-4pm (In-person), or by
appointment
Email: salvarez@chapman.edu
- Education:
- University of California, Davis, Bachelor of Arts
University of California, Santa Cruz, Ph.D.
Biography
Sandra Alvarez is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Chapman University
and an activist scholar involved in peace and justice movements. She earned her doctorate
in Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with designated emphases
in Latin American and Latina/o Studies and Feminist Studies. Her research focuses
on critical human rights, sovereignty, feminist methodologies, and transnational advocacy
networks, particularly the theory and practice of Indigenous social movements across
the Americas.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- “Their Shadows Still Walk with Us”: Mapping a Decolonial Cartography of Struggle with Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa” Lectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat (22): 97-108.
- Alvarez, Sandra, Pascha Bueno-Hansen, Roya Rastegar, and Susy Zepeda. "Building on" the Edge of Each Other's Battles": A Feminist of Color Multidimensional Lens." HYPATIA-A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY 29, no. 1 (2014): 23-40.