These afternoon sessions at C-HER 2026 bring together educators, organizers, artists, and scholars to explore student organizing, spatial justice, youth storytelling and media, radical Black academic discourse, and pathways toward liberatory educational futures.
📅 Register → tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
Another session at C-HER’s 2026 conference: Pedagogies of Solidarity: The Legacy & Future of Ethnic Studies
How Ethnic Studies has been defended, institutionalized, contested, and re-radicalized across K–12 & higher education
March 14 | 10:05–11:35 AM tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
Another session at C-HER’s 2026 conference: Migration Matters: Education for a Future Without Borders
Panelists will reflect on lessons from the past, discuss ongoing struggles for immigration resistance, rights, and dignity.
March 14 | 10:05–11:35 AM tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
Another morning session at C-HER’s 2026 conference:
Earth as Teacher: Climate Imagination and Education Through Collapse and the Seeds for Our Future
March 14 | 10:05–11:35 AM tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
Another session at C-HER’s 2026 conference: Birthing & Birthed Through Radical Youth Spaces
Exploring how community-rooted youth spaces help us imagine education beyond authoritarianism, racial capitalism, & climate collapse
March 14 | 10:05–11:35 AM
tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
Another session at C-HER’s 2026 conference, Reimagining the Possibilities of Higher Education invites participants to reflect on how dominant ideas of excellence, prestige, and success shape our institutions.
🗓 March 14 | 10:05–11:35 AM
tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
One of our morning panels, Embodying the Medicine: Trauma, Healing & (Un)learning Through Social Movements. We will learn from our comrades, Rossa Socco, Dominique Cowling, Pastor Mike McBride, and Farima Pour-Khorshid. This conference is FREE & OPEN to the public! Register at tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
Join us for the inaugural Humanizing Education Conference 2026: Educational Futures—Remembering, Reimagining, and Rebuilding from the Bay.
📅 March 14, 2026 | ⏰ 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
📍 University of San Francisco
Keynote: Dr. Savannah Shange (UC Santa Cruz)
Register → tinyurl.com/c-her-2026
JOIN US TODAY!
Saturday, February 7th
10AM-1PM
🔗 gradapply.usfca.edu/register/Spr...
Join us for a powerful film screening and dialogue hosted by the Teacher Education Department (TED).
🗓 Monday, February 9
⏰ 4:45–7:00 PM
📍 Lone Mountain 100
2820 Turk Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118
Questions? Please email Drs. Farima Pour-Khorshid and Sarah Capitelli.
🌟Join us for the UESJ Research Exposition!
✨ All are welcome.
📍 Lone Mountain, 100
2820 Turk Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118
🗓️ Saturday, Feb. 14 | 2:00 PM
🔗 RSVP gradapply.usfca.edu/register/UES...
Join us for two short documentary films:
🎬 Todavía Estamos Aquí
🎬 We Still Here
🗓 Saturday, February 7 @ 2:00 p.m.
📍 San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
RSVP LINK IN BIO!
Happening tomorrow!
Explore USF’s Marriage & Family Therapy (MA) program in the East Bay during our virtual info session with Prof. Karen Paul.
🗓 Jan 21 | ⏰ 2–3 PM PST
🎓 $55 app fee waiver for attendees
➡️ RSVP: gradapply.usfca.edu/register/?id...
Questions: schoolofeducation@usfca.edu
The Center for Humanizing Education & Research (C-HER) invites you to a conversation with AERA President and Stanford Professor Dr. Maisha Winn & USF Dean Dr. Shabnam Koirala-Azad.
📅 Saturday, January 24, 2026
📍 USF Lone Mountain, 100 or via Live-Stream
RSVP gradapply.usfca.edu/register/C-H...
So inspired by the work our students are doing through C-HER Freedom Dreaming mini-grants 💛
Danyale J ’27 — Crownz & College, empowering Black girls
Lizette A ’28 — uplifting Latina elders’ wellness through art & story
Edith A ’26 — expanding support for Latinx families with Familias Tomando Acción
✨ Explore Your Path in Education This December ✨
We’re hosting a full month of virtual Info Sessions across our School of Education programs from Teaching, Counseling, and Special Education to Human Rights Education, Leadership, and more.
🔗 Register at gradapply.usfca.edu/portal/SOE-E...
Sharing the Healthcare Foundation’s spotlight on Karina Esquer, a Mental Health Talent Pipeline scholar and USF Counseling Psychology student.
We’re grateful for this partnership supporting mental health access in the North Bay.
healthcarefoundation.net/mental-healt...
#SonomaCounty #CommunityCare
In 2017, Dr. Shabnam Koirala-Azad made history as the first female & first woman of color to serve as Dean of the USF School of Education and the first dean of Nepali origin in the United States.
Her leadership continues to inspire educators and future leaders to lead with courage & compassion.
After nearly two transformative terms of leadership, Dean Shabnam Koirala-Azad will step down as Dean of the School of Education on June 1, 2026. During her tenure, she has led with vision, compassion, and a deep commitment to justice.
Learn more about Dean Koirala-Azad’s impact with Link in Bio!
🍂 November is full of opportunities to learn more about USF’s SOE graduate programs! Join one of our virtual info sessions, meet faculty, and explore your next steps.
RSVP: gradapply.usfca.edu/portal/SOE-E...
This summer, USF students traveled to Puerto Rico to learn about community organizing, resilience, and the power of collective action. 🇵🇷
“Resilience shouldn’t be romanticized … the government has responsibility...” — Jazmin MA ’26
Read more → usfca.edu/news/students-learn-on-caribbean-immersion
✨ You're invited! ✨
Join us at the USF School of Education Open House on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 10 AM – 2 PM at 2350 Turk Blvd, San Francisco.
🔗 RSVP now gradapply.usfca.edu/register/Fal...
✨Student Spotlight: Meet Suzy Aguilar!✨
Suzy is a preschool Spanish teacher! 💛📚
She shares:
“Being a Spanish teacher to preschool children is such a joy! Watching them develop a love for learning languages reminds me how powerful and beautiful it is to have a home language."
𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 📣
Sienna, an MA in Teaching student, shares:
"My kindergartners teach me daily the joy of friendship, resilience after tough days, and a love of learning. I want my students to feel the power of collaboration & confidence in their unique strengths.
✨ There’s still time to apply for Fall 2025! ✨
Join our Virtual Info Session to learn about USF’s MFT Program at the South Bay Campus.
📅 Wednesday, July 23
⏰ 5:30 – 6:30 PM PT
📍 Zoom
Don’t miss your chance to start this fall—get your questions answered!
➡️ Register now through the link in bio.
Let’s celebrate Ranesha, graduating this month with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Gerontology from USF and continuing her journey in our Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) graduate program! 💚✨
📖 Learn what inspires her: www.usfca.edu/news/ranesha...
Interested in graduate school? 🎓
This May, USF’s School of Education is hosting virtual info sessions across all programs—teaching, counseling, leadership, TESOL, and more.
💻 All events are virtual
💬 Meet faculty, ask questions, and explore your next steps.
📅 Events all month | 🔗linktr.ee/usfcasoe
Congratulations to IME alumna Kim Garcia-Meza for being named this year’s Family Child Care Provider Champion by the Children’s Council of San Francisco! 🌟
Kim’s heart and leadership shine through in everything she does at Escuelita Las Mañanitas. 💛
🌟 Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Ann Canlas! 🌟
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Melissa Ann Canlas on her well-deserved promotion to Associate Professor in the International and Multicultural Education Department.
📚✨ Here’s to even greater impact ahead!
