Patrick Camangian

Patrick Camangian, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of San Francisco.

He has been an English teacher since 1999. continuing in the tradition of teacher-research, applying critical pedagogies in urban schools.

Patrick began as an English teacher at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles and currently volunteers at Mandela High School in Oakland teaching English as part of East Oakland's Step to College program.

Patrick has collaborated with groups such as California's Association of Raza Educators, the Education for Liberation national network, and San Francisco's Teachers 4 Social Justice..

His research interests and areas of expertise include: critical pedagogy and transformative teaching in urban schools; critical literacy,culturally empowering education, and urban teacher development.