C Elenes

C. Alejandra Elenes' interdisciplinary scholarship bridges the humanities and social sciences. Her scholarship centers on the application of Anzalduan philosophy, Chicana feminist transformative pedagogies, epistemologies, methodologies, spirituality, and social justice to examine Chicana education in formal and informal settings. Her current research project studies the experiences of Chicanas in women, gender and sexuality studies and the formation of Chicana intellectual thought. In this research project she is conducting genealogical, archival and ethnographic research.

She is the author of "Transforming Borders: Chicana/o Popular Culture and Pedagogy" (Lexington Books 2011) and co-editor of "Chicana/Latina Education in Everyday Life: Feminista Perspectives on Pedagogy and Epistemology" (SUNY Press) and winner of the 2006 American Educational Studies Association book critics' award.

Her articles have appeared in a variety of journals such as Educational Theory, Frontiers, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies. She has published chapters in anthologies on the history of women's studies, education, Chicana/o studies, and Latin American studies. From 2014-2017, she served as co-lead editor of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social.