Elsa Sánchez-Corral Fernández

Elsa Sánchez-Corral Fernández

Elsa Sánchez-Corral Fernández

Full-time Professor of the Psychology department at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, for 16 years. During this period, she has different responsibilities, such as coordinator of the bachelor’s and master´s degree programs, and currently taking care of internship graduate projects. Her formal education includes a doctorate degree in Humanities, master' s degree in Clinical Psychology, bachelor' s degree in Psychology. Further education: Human Rights Education Diploma, Cooperative Learning Diploma, History of Art Diploma and Environmental Education for Sustainability Diploma. In 2015 she was a Fulbright Scholar at George Mason University Washington DC, in the US. She is leading an academic psychosocial intervention program with refugees and asylum seekers in the Mexico City area to promote wellness and cultural adaptation among immigrant population. She has worked as a Human Rights Educator, working with different organizations for several years and have extensive fieldwork teaching Human Rights/Social Justice workshops in Mexico and Africa. She has written four books regarding models, theories, strategies and tools for implementing a social justice perspective in the Psychology profession. Interests: Psychology intersections with Environment education and sustainability, social justice, global migration. Social interests: tennis, piano, movies and trips.