Faith Yacubian
Adjunct Instructor
Biography
Faith Yacubian, Ed.D. earned her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in 2020. She is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and teaches in both the SoSI and Core Divisions. She is also the Program Coordinator for the Signature Course Program in SoSI. She is avid scholar of Post-Colonial Theory, Feminist Theories, Queer Theory, and Critical Whiteness Studies. As a academic-activist, she filters her scholarly queries through the insights and stories provided by community-activists and advocacy organizations in Burlington and Winooski.
Distinctions & Awards
Outstanding Dissertation Award ” University of Vermont, VT 2021
Service-Learning Faculty Award ” Champlain College, VT 2021
INCLUDE Faculty/Staff Award ” Champlain College, VT 2018
SGA’s Leadership in Excellence Award ” Champlain College, VT. 2018
Office of Diversity and Inclusion Administrator Award ” Champlain College, VT 2009
Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion Ally Award ” Champlain College, VT 2008
Publications & Abstracts
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Professoriate And The Embodiment Of Epistemic Coloniality/whiteness: A Call For A Contemplative Approach To Academic Freedom
Favorite Quote
“If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. If you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
—Aboriginal activists group Queensland, 1970s