DR. PAU ABUSTAN, PH.D.
(gender fluid, any pronoun)
Queer Crip Pilipinx
Lucbanin Kapampangan
Scholar-Activist-Educator
ACTIVISM
CURRENT LEADERSHIP
CSULA WGSS Student Organization Advisor
PAST LEADERSHIP
UWB Academic Success Coaching, Co-Founder & Coach
PSD K-5 Tutoring Program, Co-Founder & Director
WSU First Scholars, Program Coordinator & Academic Advisor
WSU Office for Access and Opportunity, Food Pantry Coordinator
WSU Academic Success Coach
WSU Queer People of Color and Allies Co-Founder & Advisor
WSU Multicultural Student Services, Team Mentoring Program Coordinator
Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation, Administrative and Fund Development Asssitant
California State Assembly, Field Representative
City of Santa Barbara, Mayor and Council Intern
UCSB Multicultural Center, Student Assistant
UCSB Summer Start Program, Head Resident Assistant
CURRENT SERVICE
Review of Disability Studies (RDS)
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Trans and Queer of Color Studies
Asian American Studies Association (AAAS) Pilipinx Studies
PAST SERVICE
Society for Disability Studies (SDS)
American Education Studies Association (AESA) Disability Studies
American Education Research Association (AERA) Queer Studies
United States Student Association (USSA)
CURRENT UNIVERSITY SERVICE
CSULA WGSS Department Committee
PAST UNIVERSITY SERVICE
WWU Disability Studies Committee
UW Disability Studies Program Committee
UWB Academic Affairs Committee
WSU President’s Commission on Gender and Sexual Diversity
WSU Asian American Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association
WSU Disabled Faculty and Staff Association
WSU Queer Intersections Association
WSU Graduate Students in Education
UCSB Resource Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity
UCSB Kapatirang Pilipino
UCSB Student Commission on Racial Equality
UCSB Associated Students Legislative Council
University of California Student Association
CURRENT LOCAL SERVICE
California Faculty Association
Lucban Association of Southern California
Marikina Association of Southern California
PAST LOCAL SERVICE
Whitman County Food Coalition
Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN)
Coastal Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
People United for Economic Justice Building (PUEBLO)
ACTIVISM
Queer Critical Race Feminist Disability Justice Alternative Worldmaking
Critical Intersectional K-12 Education
Queer Crip Pilipinx Kapwa Dreaming in Youth Eduation, Popular Culture Animated Stories,
TQBIPOC Led Crip Kinship with Shayda Kafai
Disabled Educator Interventions in Teaching with Lydia X.Z. Brown, Subini Annamma, & Saili Kulkarni
Queer Crip Pilipinx Joy, Art, and Storytelling with Sky Cubacub