Professional Title:
Advisor: Christina Baker
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Research Interests:
Black feminist theories, performance studies and theory, informal art, and critical race and ethnic studies.
Bio:
Bethany L. Padron is a mother, partner, scholar, and multidimensional artist, a Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program at UC Merced. She is a Chancellor's Fellow for Inclusive Excellence, the Graduate Student Representative (GSR) for the Academic Senate, Board of Admissions and Student Relations, IH Conference Chair (2025), a CSU Stanislaus Social Justice Conference Planner, and serves as the GSR Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Anti-Racism, and Equity. She has published books and albums as a writer and musician/singer, and fashions paintings as a discourse for her research on Black Feminist Theory and Thought.
