Joanna C La Torre
Biographic Data
| ID | 181502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna C La Torre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna C |
| FAMILY NAME | La Torre |
| SIGNATURE | LA TORRE J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9027-4379 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Atangs to kuwentos
Pilipinx Americans (PAs) are situated at a unique intersection as descendants from colonized peoples living in the diaspora. They endure ongoing deleterious effects of colonization, including mental health (MH) disparities. Simultaneously, PAs live as settlers on Indigenous lands and need to interrogate any complicity in the ongoing colonization of First Nations from what is now called America. To examine their role in decolonial and liberatory M…
Weaving Our Kuwentos (Stories) toward Ginhawa (Aliveness)
Five Pilipina American (PA) social work MotherScholars, from a doctoral student to an interim dean, used kuwentuhan (Pilipinx methodology) to amplify their survivance and thrivance despite attempted exclusion, reduction, and distortion as Pilipinos by coloniality/modernity. Grounded in decolonial feminism (the view that oppressions such as sexism and racism co-constitute coloniality and that unsettling oppressions disrupts hegemony) and Pinayism …
Prioritizing Indigenous Peoples' knowledge in federal decision-making
In response to the mounting global climate crisis, the Biden administration began developing guidelines for incorporating Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge into US federal decision-making. Though Indigenous Peoples are the original caretakers and stewards of the land, colonization, breached treaties, and false narratives have affected self-determination, treaty rights, and land management. This has negative consequences on the environme…
Atangs to kuwentos
Pilipinx Americans (PAs) are situated at a unique intersection as descendants from colonized peoples living in the diaspora. They endure ongoing deleterious effects of colonization, including mental health (MH) disparities. Simultaneously, PAs live as settlers on Indigenous lands and need to interrogate any complicity in the ongoing colonization of First Nations from what is now called America. To examine their role in decolonial and liberatory M…
Weaving Our Kuwentos (Stories) toward Ginhawa (Aliveness)
Five Pilipina American (PA) social work MotherScholars, from a doctoral student to an interim dean, used kuwentuhan (Pilipinx methodology) to amplify their survivance and thrivance despite attempted exclusion, reduction, and distortion as Pilipinos by coloniality/modernity. Grounded in decolonial feminism (the view that oppressions such as sexism and racism co-constitute coloniality and that unsettling oppressions disrupts hegemony) and Pinayism …
Prioritizing Indigenous Peoples' knowledge in federal decision-making
In response to the mounting global climate crisis, the Biden administration began developing guidelines for incorporating Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge into US federal decision-making. Though Indigenous Peoples are the original caretakers and stewards of the land, colonization, breached treaties, and false narratives have affected self-determination, treaty rights, and land management. This has negative consequences on the environme…
Atangs to kuwentos
Pilipinx Americans (PAs) are situated at a unique intersection as descendants from colonized peoples living in the diaspora. They endure ongoing deleterious effects of colonization, including mental health (MH) disparities. Simultaneously, PAs live as settlers on Indigenous lands and need to interrogate any complicity in the ongoing colonization of First Nations from what is now called America. To examine their role in decolonial and liberatory M…
Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Critical Race Theory in Education (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work)