Christian A. Bracho

Christian A. Bracho is an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach, where he is also the Program Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Education, Curriculum & Instruction program. A Southern California native, he received his master’s degree and teaching credential at the University of Rochester and worked as an English teacher and teacher trainer around Los Angeles County for 12 years. After completing his Ph.D. in International Education from New York University, he was a professorial lecturer in American University’s International Training and Education Program, and later worked at the University of La Verne. As a consultant with the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), he led professional development trainings for university faculty in Spain, Morocco, Tanzania, and the Czech Republic. His research interests include Mexican teacher movements, teacher identity, Latinx communities, queer theory, and Hispanic-serving institutions. He is co-editor of the volume Teachers Teaching Nonviolence (DIO Press, 2020), and is an associate editor of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. His creative work on grief was recently published in the anthology Sana, Sana: Latinx Pain and Radical Visions for Healing and Justice (Common Notions, 2023).