NCID-2635
Margaret Cantu-Sanchez
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
St. Mary's University
Education/Degree:
1 Latina/o/x Literary and Cultural Studies Latina/o/x Literary and Cultural Studies (The University of Texas at San Antonio)
About
Dr. Margaret E. Cantú-Sánchez is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at St. Mary’s University where she teaches composition and multi-ethnic and Latinx literature courses focusing on Latinx theory, cultural studies, and multi-ethnic pedagogies. Cantú-Sánchez is the founder of the Mexican American Studies Symposium at St. Mary’s, which encourages research and community collaboration regarding Mexican American studies. She also serves as the chair of the Hispanic Heritage Month committee and teaches in the MAS program. Most recently she was awarded the Alice Wright Franzke Feminist Award in recognition of her efforts to “promote peace, empowerment, cooperation, equality and respect of all persons.” Her research focuses on decolonializing pedagogies, immigration, border studies, and Chicanx Feminist theories. Her most recent book publication, Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities offers inspiring ideas for using Anzaldua's concepts.
Current Work
Dr. Cantu-Sanchez's current research and scholarship focuses on the aftereffects of the pandemic on Latinx/Chicanx student populations and pedagogies. She examines how educators and society have yet to fully acknowledge the impact that the pandemic had on our students and communities. Dr. Cantu-Sanchez is focused on helping to re-establish a sense of community for students in K-12 and higher education through examinations of consciousness-raising and community-building via Ethnic Studies and courses, especially in higher education and Universities that identify as HSIs with an emphasis on what it means to serve our Hispanic/Latinx student populations.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Multi-Ethnic Pedagogies, Latinx literature, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Servingness, Mexican American Studies