Lecturer
I am an educator, advocate, graduate student, and Baba. When I am not teaching, researching, or doing special education advocacy work, I enjoy playing with my precocious, wonderful daughter, purposely singing my wife’s favorite songs off-tempo and out of key, and watching Star Trek (mostly Deep Space Nine).
Recently, I have (restarted) studying and playing chess, and have just started learning Bridge.
Current reads:
- Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment, James Charlton (1998)
- Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987)
- The Fifth Season, N.K Jemisin, (2015)
- Ph.D – Education with Emphasis in Feminist Theory & Research, University California, Davis (In Progress)
- MA – Special Education, Sonoma State University (2019)
- BA – Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University (2011)
My academic interests include disability education studies, theories of embodiment, feminist theory and research, & critical youth participatory action research.
Special Education, Universal Design for Learning, Pre-Service Educator Supervision
Education Specialist (Mild/Moderate): Lawrence Jones Middle School, 2016 – 2017; Windsor High School, 2017 – 2019; Cali Calmécac Language Academy, 2017 – 2018; Dunham Elementary School, 2019 – 2021
Guest Lecturer: Sonoma State University, 2020 – Present.
Disability & Special Education Advocate, 2015 – Present.
Research: Data collection and analysis for Paths 2 the Future for All Study; a study measuring the effectiveness of a career and college readiness curriculum for underserved youth.
Pamatmat, S. (2020). Case Study: Christopher. In Mahdavi, J. N., A Teacher's Guide to Progress Monitoring: Track Goals to Refine Instruction for All Students. Brookes Publishing.