Faculty

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Department

Aspire+PLLUS

Location

MS-242 (MS3 Bldg)

Bio

Dr. Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano is a queer 2nd generation Pinay (Filipina American) of Igorot & Waray heritage, born and raised in San Diego, CA (Kumeyaay territory). She has over twenty years of community-based, critically engaged cultural work in the Filipinx American community. Her work draws from women-of-color radical thought to address how intersectional struggles of racism, classism, cisheteropatriarchy, and body terrorism impact us every day. The journey of ancestral healing guides her work in teaching, community organizing, and parenting 3 little ones.

Publications

She is the co-editor of, and a contributing author to the anthologies,  (2019)the (2022); as well as (2023). 

Courses Taught

  • ETH 10: Intro to Ethnic Studies ()
  • ETH 42: Asian American Experience ()
  • ETH 11: Ethnic Images in Film

At previous institutions:
Filipinx in the U.S.; Filipinx American Identities; Asian American Culture; Intro to Pacific Islander History and Culture; Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality; Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Media; U.S. Women of Color; Youth & the City.