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by Margaret Cantú-Sánchez (Editor), Candace de León-Zepeda (Editor), Norma Elia Cantú (Editor)
Gloria Evangelina Anzald a--theorist, Chicana, feminist--famously called on scholars to do work that matters. This pronouncement was a rallying call, inspiring scholars across disciplines to become scholar-activists and to channel their intellectual energy and labor toward the betterment of society. Scholars and activists alike have encountered and expanded on these pathbreaking theories and concepts first introduced by Anzald a in Borderlands/La frontera and other texts.
Teaching Gloria E. Anzald a is a pragmatic and inspiring offering of how to apply Anzald a's ideas to the classroom and in the community rather than simply discussing them as theory. The book gathers nineteen essays by scholars, activists, teachers, and professors who share how their first-hand use of Anzald a's theories in their classrooms and community environments. The collection is divided into three main parts, according to the ways the text has been used: "Curriculum Design," "Pedagogy and Praxis," and "Decolonizing Pedagogies." As a pedagogical text, Teaching Gloria E. Anzald a also offers practical advice in the form of lesson plans, activities, and other suggested resources for the classroom. This volume offers practical and inspiring ways to deploy Anzald a's transformative theories with real and meaningful action. ContributorsCarolina E. Alonso
Cordelia Barrera
Christina Bleyer
Altheria Caldera
Norma E. Cant
Margaret Cant -S nchez
Freyca Calderon-Berumen
Stephanie Cariaga
Dylan Marie Colvin
Candace de Le n-Zepeda
Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto
Alma Itz Flores
Christine Garcia
Patricia M. Garc a
Patricia Pedroza Gonz lez
Mar a del Socorro Guti rrez-Magallanes
Leandra H. Hern ndez
Nina Hoechtl
R an Lozano
Socorro Morales
Anthony Nu o
Karla O'Donald
Christina Puntasecca
Dagoberto Eli Ramirez
Jos L. Sald var
Tanya J. Gaxiola Serrano
Ver nica Sol s
Alexander V. Stehn
Carlos A. Tarin
Sarah De Los Santos Upton
Carla Wilson
Kelli Zaytoun
Author Biography
Margaret Cantú-Sánchez is an instructor of English at St. Mary's University, where she teaches Latinx theory and literature. Her research emphasizes the identity conflict that Anglocentric institutions of learning impose on Latinx students. As an instructor at a Hispanic-serving institution, she strives to include multicultural texts in all courses.
Candace de León-Zepeda is an associate professor of English at Our Lady of the Lake University. Her research explores how Hispanic-serving institutions can better serve their population of Latinx students by supporting culturally relevant pedagogies, programming, and curriculum. Norma E. Cantú is a scholar-activist who currently serves as the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University. She is founder and director of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa. She has published fiction, poetry, and personal essays in a number of venues.
