Natasha Hakimali Merchant, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Box: 358531
Email: nmerch@uw.edu

Academic Interests

Dr. Merchant is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Washington Bothell, situated on unceded ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people. Her teaching, largely in the social foundations of education, involves explorations of structural inequity, resistance and liberation. Her research interests stem from curiosities of how students encounter themselves as othered-subjects in social studies curricula.

Teaching

  • BCORE 107 – Discovery Core I: Individuals and Society
  • BEDUC 205 – Education & Equity in the U.S.
  • BEDUC 220 – Education & Society
  • BEDUC 230 – Culture, Knowledge, and Education
  • BEDUC/BIS 255 – Critical Diversity Studies
  • BIS 328 – Diversity, Leadership, and Engagement
  • BEDUC 330 – Race, Culture, and Identity in the Classroom
  • BEDUC 475 – Global Perspectives on Diversity and Citizenship Education
  • BEDUC 512 – Social Justice Education: Oppression, Resistance, and Liberation