Biography and education
Cindy Peña obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biology and her Master of Arts degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies from The University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research interests include the use of Testimonios as a research methodology that serves as decolonizing method to (re)tell oral histories from the subjective narrative of marginalized people/communities. Her Master's thesis special project developed a short video documenting the educational experiences of Latinas in higher education. Dr. Peña currently researches the educational pathways of immigrants in community-based adult education programs. Her dissertation was based on the testimonios of mexicanas learning English as a second language. She graduated from the Adult, Professional and Community Education doctoral program at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Cindy Peña is a native of San Antonio, Texas, where she resides.
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Featured scholarly/creative works
- Peña, C., Lopez, S. R., Castañeda, E., Quintero, J. M., & Askari, M. (2023). Chicana/Latina feminism: What is it and how does it define us? New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023(180), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1002/ace.20512
- Brooks, A., Park, E., Ropez, R., Pena, C., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Women’s intergenerational learning: learning from each other about being female in the world. Adult Education in Global Times.
- Coryell, J. E., Sehin, O., & Pena, C. (2018). Adult Education Through a Cosmopolitanism Lens: A Review of the Research Literature. Adult Education Quarterly, 68(3), 179–196. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741713618761092
- Machado-Casas, M., Talati, K., Abdul-Razaq, H., Martínez-Suárez, A., Fonseca, M., & Pena, C. (2017). Pedagogies of Puppetry: Marginalization, hegemony and colonized treatment of immigrant and refugee families. Ehquidad. Revista Internacional de Políticas de Bienestar y Trabajo Social, (7), 11–42. https://doi.org/10.15257/2017.0001
Featured service activities
- University Mentor