Department of Ethnic Studies

Mary Roaf, Ph.D., Chair

Associate Professors: Bañales, Roaf, Sandoval
Assistant Professors: Caporale, Motes,Tefera

Office: Bizzini Hall 123
Phone: (209) 667-3127

Ethnic Studies at CSU Stanislaus is a transdisciplinary program that provides critical, intersectional, and decolonial approaches to the study of racism and racialization. The program centers histories, contemporary experiences, and cultural expressions of Native American/Indigenous people, Black/African Americans, Chicano/a/xs-Latino/a/xs, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders within a regional, national, and/or global context. The Ethnic Studies curriculum, which incorporates scholarship, art, and community engagement, provides students with critical inquiry that advances their analysis of racial privilege and oppression in relation to other axes of power, such as class, gender, sexuality, and legal status. In particular, the major provides students with a critical understanding of structural inequities and social movements in the United States and beyond in order to actively engage personal and collective transformation. A degree in Ethnic Studies is relevant to a variety of fields, including: education, business, law, health, social services, community organizations, and/or the arts. Ethnic Studies faculty are dedicated to teaching and mentoring diverse students, producing critical/creative scholarship, and working toward social change.

Programs

• Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies  
• Minor in Ethnic Studies  
• Liberal Studies degree concentration in Ethnic Studies and Social Justice   
• Social Sciences degree concentration in Ethnic Studies  

Program Learning Outcomes

Ethnic Studies majors will:

1. Examine the field of Ethnic Studies, including awareness of principles, concepts, theories, pedagogies, and/or methods.
2. Describe the histories and experiences of marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the United States from a regional, national, and/or global perspective.
3. Demonstrate community engagement by participating in activities that center knowledge, culture, and/or contributions of marginalized populations. 
4. Develop original projects that promote awareness of equity through intellectual, creative, and/or collective ways.