Raymundo Quezada

Raymundo Quezada

he/his/him

Contact Info

	raymundo.quezada@gcccd.edu
	70-221
	1-619-644-7492

Raymundo Reyes Quezada is the Department Chair of the Ethnic, Gender, and Social Justice Studies Department at Grossmont College, where he teaches courses that ask students to grapple with the history of race, power, and possibility in the United States. His classes include Introduction to Race and Ethnicity, History of Race and Ethnicity in the United States, U.S. History from Chicana/o/x Perspectives I and II, and Introduction to Cultural Competency. His teaching attempts to center the stories of communities that have too often been written out of the national narrative while challenging students to see themselves as participants in shaping the future.

Beyond the classroom, Quezada serves as Professional Development Co-Coordinator at Grossmont College, where he leads the Faculty Equity and Innovation Institute and works to cultivate equity-minded teaching practices across the campus. He also helped create Grossmont College's Study Away: New Orleans program, guiding students through an immersive history course in the city during intersession alongside colleagues from his department. Quezada holds a Bachelor's degree in History with minors in Political Science and Theatre from the University of San Diego, and a Master's degree in Social Science from California State University, San Bernardino. When he is not teaching, writing, or organizing programs for students, he enjoys spending time with his Hillcrest Dart League team, and most importantly, spending as much time with his wife Kayla, their son Emilio, and their cat Gwen.