Stefani Baca-Atlas, Ph.D., MSW is an adjunct faculty member of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. As an instructor, she implements anti-oppressive principles, centers the voices of minoritized people, and fosters an environment that allows for open discussion. Baca-Atlas is an advocate for graduate education and has presented with colleagues at Carolina and across the nation to highlight BIPOC students’ perspectives on graduate education.
Her practice experience focused on providing anti-oppressive and culturally relevant services to survivors of violence, exploitation, and other human rights violations. Informed by her professional experience, Baca-Atlas’ research focuses on structural, political, and ideological contributors to unjust and inequitable outcomes for Black, indigenous, and women of color.
Stefani earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She received her MSW with a dual concentration in clinical social work and community action and social policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.