Jeremy Jiménez

Jeremy Jiménez

Jeremy Jimenez is an Assistant Professor in the Foundations and Social Advocacy Department at SUNY Cortland. Prior to coming to Cortland, he taught high school social studies for about a decade at public high schools in New Jersey and international schools in Venezuela. He has also co-taught courses at San Quentin Prison and a halfway house in the Bay Area (Hope House). Committed to international collaboration and exchanges, Prof Jiménez has visited 150 countries around the world, and has taught, received study grants, and/or conducted research in over a dozen countries including Afghanistan, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Swaziland. 

His research interests and publications have focused on media literacy, historical thinking, cross-national textbook studies, and empathy; his current research focuses on issues related to environmental justice, specifically the intersection of eco-pedagogy with race, class, and gender issues.  He has presented his research at national and international conferences across the United States as well as in Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Norway, and Venezuela.

Prof. Jiménez has received a number of awards, grants, and honors during his academic career, including the Fulbright Roving Scholar in American Studies Fellowship in Norway, the H. Andrea Neves-Barton Evans Fellowship for Social Justice, and the Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence Doctoral Fellowship at Stanford University.