Professor Dr. Maribel Santiago

Biography

Maribel Santiago is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington. She specializes in the historical and philosophical foundations of education, focusing on multicultural education and social studies teacher education. Dr. Santiago's work centers on the production and consumption of Latinx social studies, helping students, policymakers, and educators understand Latinx communities and conceptualize Latinx experiences. Her personal experiences growing up in Los Angeles as the daughter of Zapoteco/Oaxaqueño immigrants, who faced anti-indigeneity and anti-blackness, inform her commitment to centering historically marginalized histories in education. Dr. Santiago is also a leader of the History TALLER research group, which explores teaching and learning related to language, ethnicity, and race. She earned her Ph.D. in History/Social Studies Education and an M.A. in History from Stanford University. In 2019, she received the National Council for Social Studies Exemplary Research Award for her article on cognition and instruction.

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