Rita Cameron Wedding, Ph.D.
Rita Cameron Wedding, Ph.D. is the Chair of the department of Women’s Studies and a professor of Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies at Sacramento State University. Dr. Cameron Wedding’s scholarship focuses on race and gender disproportionality in institutions like child welfare, education and the juvenile justice system. Dr. Cameron Wedding has taught courses and developed curricula for child welfare and family court personnel for over six years. She presentation for Children’s Bureau in Washington D.C. She also provided the keynote address and facilitated a two-day conference for the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Dr. Cameron Wedding’s work on diversity and social justice is international in scope. Her work in Africa, China and Mexico has focused on gender, domestic violence, environmental racism and immigration. Dr. Cameron Wedding served two terms as a Governor’s appointee to the California Commission on the Status of Women. In 2007 she was also appointed to serve on the International Advisory Board of Global Majority which conducts international and domestic seminars focused on non-violent conflict resolution and negotiations throughout the world.