Here To Stay: Education and Activism Among Undocumented College Students in California
Undocumented students are a critical part of the migrant justice movement. This talk will present the ways that such students mobilize their education outside of the classroom to share information, gain allies,
and mobilize—all as forms of activism. Through their “undocumented pedagogies,” these students teach us important lessons about immigration, family, and building community.
Bio: Jennifer R. Nájera is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Riverside. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Education from Stanford University. She
earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology with a doctoral portfolio in Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Nájera’s research interests lie at the intersections of race, immigration, and education, and she is committed to producing
work that is community-accountable. Over the past three years, Dr. Nájera has been conducting qualitative research with undocumented student activists at UC Riverside. She is the author of
The Borderlands of Race: Mexican Segregation in a South Texas Town (University of Texas Press, 2015).
Christian Zlolniski
Director
Center for Mexican American Studies
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19444
Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: (817) 272-2933
Fax: (817) 272-2948