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Social Work

Gaben Sanchez

Associate Teaching Professor

School of Social Work

Contact:
250-853-3209
Credentials:
MSW (U of Utah), RCSW, LCSW
Area(s) of expertise:
Poststructural practice and narrative practice, 2SLGBTQ+, Immigration, Impact of structural oppression, Transnational Social Work, Anti-racism and anti-racist Social Work education

Gaben’s work experience includes over twenty years working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer people and immigrants in various community settings in the United States. He has many years of teaching experience at the University of Utah in the U.S. and his philosophical framework includes poststructuralism, critical theory, and post-colonialism. He pursues to implement anti-racist and inclusive classroom that examines and challenges academia’s over reliance on Western, European, and North American ways of knowing.