Mariana M. Cruz

Predoctoral Fellow in Education

Spring 2012

  • Latino Education: Family, Culture, and Schooling (EDUC 233)
Phone 725-3701
Title Postdoctoral Fellow
Department Education
Work Location 204 Riley House
E-Mail mcruz@bowdoin.edu
Mariana M Cruz: Bowdoin College

Education

B.A., University of Puerto Rico
M.A. in Government, Texas Woman's University
M.S. in Education, Cornell University
Ph.D. Candidate in Education, Cornell University

Mariana Cruz Gonzalez is a Ph.D. Candidate in Education at Cornell University.  Her dissertation research brings together various critical theories including cultural studies, post-structuralism, and feminism in her exploration of neoliberal educational policies for Puerto Rico.  Her research and teaching interests also include community engagement and Latino/Latina studies, decolonial and liberatory curriculum, and feminist pedagogies.  Mariana has taught courses in the areas of educational studies, Latino/Latina studies, and women and gender studies.  She has also worked with community and political organizations in the areas of Latino/a policy and women's leadership development.