Professor Jiménez joins us as a PRODiG+ Fellow, and as part of the English Teacher
Education Program. Her research focuses on Black and Latina feminisms, feminist and
queer pedagogies, and digital feminist activism in the high school English classroom.
As an English teacher-activist, she taught women of color feminisms and queer literature
classes at the high school level for over 25 years. In 2011, she received a Fulbright
to interview queer and trans high school students in Mexico City on their relationships
and friendships, as well as their experiences with bullying and harassment. She received
her B.A. in English Literature at Smith College; an M.A. in English Literature at
Middlebury College; and a PhD in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia
University. She is @feministteacher on social media platforms.