Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes
Biography
Raquel Pinderhughes, Ph.D. is Professor of Urban Studies and Planning (USP) and an activist scholar at SF State, where she teaches courses on urban and environmental planning and policy, that include: “Sustainable Development in Cities,” “Environmental Justice,” and “Alternative Urban Futures” as well as core courses in the USP program. An internationally recognized expert on green jobs, green jobs training, and environmental literacy, Raquel co-authored the first report on the "Greening of Prisons" for the federal Bureau of Prisons and her scholarship and green job training program model informed the development of the Obama Administration’s "Pathways out of Poverty" Initiative funded with ARRA funds. She is the founder of Roots of Success, a federally registered (and California state registered) Apprenticeship/Pre-Apprenticeship that prepares youth and adults that have been failed by the education system (and other systems) for living wage jobs in the water, waste, transportation, energy, building, food and open space sectors. Raquel has been teaching at SF State for more than three decades and remains immensely appreciative of the opportunity to work with the amazing students she meets every semester at SF State.