Domingues Michelle Angela

Dr. Michelle Angela Domingues (pronouns she/they/ella) describes herself as mixed race Chicana. Dr. Domingues spent 17 years with Portland State University, where she is most proud of co-constructing a creative reuse cultural education center in the College of Education Reggio-inspired lab school, and co-publishing in the Journal of Childhood Studies. Dr. Domingues main focus is leadership in bridging early childhood ecology, culture and learning. Other areas of interest include Reggio Emilia approach, neo-materialism, inclusive identity studies, critical mixed race studies, Chicana studies and critical feminist post humanism. Their work supports ECE practitioners to critically examine and resist historically constructed, normative views of young children, their families, schools, and communities. Dr. Domingues looks forward to germinating Inventing Remida Fresno, a creative reuse cultural education center at Fresno State in collaboration with the Huggins Early Education Center.