Dr. Arash Daneshzadeh

Dr. Arash Daneshzadeh has served as an equity-oriented scholar-practitioner for the past 17 years. He has held roles as a teacher in Alameda high schools and community colleges as both faculty and dean, as well as Associate Director at Urban Strategies Council. The crux of his praxis converges on the intersections between carceral studies, restorative justice, hip hop pedagogy, identity formation, and organizational theory. Currently, Arash coordinates National Outreach efforts on behalf of the “Save Our Kids [from incarceration] Campaign”, which aims to disrupt and dismantle youth incarceration. He contributes as a lecturer at the University of San Francisco– School of Education (Department of Leadership Studies), as well as faculty for the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Penitentiary.