Spring 2026
Section 4399 of ADED791
Personal Finance -- : Jan 17 - Mar 07 2026
This section will be taught in Spanish. This section requires students to attend live online meetings for each class session at the days/time(s) listed. Students are expected to be online with reliable internet, mic, and/or camera during the entire scheduled window.
Section 4733 of CSKL741
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Math/Science 1 -- : Jan 13 - Mar 10 2026
La sección de arriba enseña matemáticas/ciencias en español. Se requiere que los estudiantes asistan a reuniones en línea en vivo para cada sesión de clase en los días/horas enumerados anteriormente. Los estudiantes deben ser conectados digitalmente con Internet. Los estudiantes deben tener u obtener su identificación de estudiante y código PIN para acceder a los materiales en Canvas semanalmente.
Section 4743 of CSKL741
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Math/Science 1 -- : Jan 12 - Mar 11 2026
This section for basic Math/Science instruction is in English and based on academic levels through 12th grade utilizing GED and HiSET curriculum. Students are to attend live online meetings for each class session at the days/time(s) listed. Students are expected to be online with reliable internet, mic, and/or camera during the entire scheduled window. Students must have or obtain their student ID and PIN Code to access materials on Canvas weekly.
Section 4808 of CSKL742
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Math/Science 2 -- : Mar 24 - May 19 2026
La sección de arriba enseña matemáticas/ ciencias en español. Se requiere que los estudiantes asistan a reuniones en línea en vivo para cada sesión de clase en los días / horas enumerados anteriormente. Los estudiantes deben ser conectados digitalmente con Internet. Los estudiantes deben tener u obtener su identificación de estudiante y código PIN para acceder a los materiales en Canvas semanalmente.
Section 4842 of CSKL742
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Math/Science 2 -- : Mar 23 - May 13 2026
This section for basic Math/Science instruction is in English and based on academic levels through 12th grade utilizing GED and HiSET curriculum. Students are to attend live online meetings for each class session at the days/time(s) listed. Students are expected to be online with reliable internet, mic, and/or camera during the entire scheduled window. Students must have or obtain their student ID and PIN Code to access materials on Canvas weekly.
Section 4928 of CSKL732
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Lang Arts/Soc Studies II -- : Mar 24 - May 19 2026
This section for basic Language Arts/Social Studies instruction is in English and based on academic levels through 12th grade utilizing GED and HiSET curriculum. This section requires students to attend live online meetings for each class session at the days/time(s) listed. Students are expected to be online with reliable internet, mic, and/or camera during the entire scheduled window.
Section 5448 of CSKL731
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Lang Arts/Soc Studies I -- : Jan 12 - Mar 11 2026
This section for basic Language Arts/Social Studies instruction is in English and based on academic levels through 12th grade utilizing GED and HiSET curriculum. Students are to attend live online meetings for each class session at the days/time(s) listed. Students are expected to be online with reliable internet, mic, and/or camera during the entire scheduled window.
Section 5655 of CSKL741
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Math/Science 1 -- : Jan 16 - Mar 13 2026
Esta sección enseña matemáticas/ciencias en español. Se requiere que los estudiantes asistan a reuniones en vivo en línea para cada sesión de clase en los días y horarios indicados. Los estudiantes deben estar conectados digitalmente a Internet.
Section 5657 of CSKL742
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Math/Science 2 -- : Mar 27 - May 16 2026
Esta sección enseña matemáticas/ciencias en español. Se requiere que los estudiantes asistan a reuniones en vivo en línea para cada sesión de clase en los días y horarios indicados. Los estudiantes deben estar conectados digitalmente a Internet.
Section 6609 of CSKL732
Basic Academic Skills & GED Prep - Lang Arts/Soc Studies II -- : Mar 23 - May 13 2026
This section for basic Language Arts/Social Studies instruction is in English and based on academic levels through 12th grade utilizing GED and HiSET curriculum. Students are to attend live online meetings for each class session at the days/time(s) listed. Students are expected to be online with reliable internet, mic, and/or camera during the entire scheduled window.
Fall 2025
Section 4130 of CSKL770
Supervised Tutoring -- : Aug 18 - Dec 17 2025
The Tutorial Center is available for in person and online tutoring with SRJC tutors. It is open MTWTh from 9:00am-7:00pm and F 10:30am-4:00pm. Visit https://college-skills.santarosa.edu/srjc-tutorial-centers for more information.
Section 4131 of CSKL770
Supervised Tutoring -- : Aug 18 - Dec 19 2025
The Tutorial Center is available for in person and online tutoring with SRJC tutors. It is open MTWTh from 8:00am-7:00pm; F 8:00am-5:00pm; Sat-Sun 9:00am-3:00pm. Visit https://college-skills.santarosa.edu/srjc-tutorial-centers for more information.
Felicia is a full-time faculty member and her schedule varies each semester.
DEGREES:
• Stanford University, Stanford, CA, PhD in Math Education, 2016
• Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Concentration in Spanish Language, 2016
• Garcia Robles Fulbright Scholarship, 2015
• Vermont State University, Lyndonville, VT, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction, 1996
• Vermont State University, Johnson, VT, Bachelors in Mathematics, 1992
CERTIFICATES:
• SRJC 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program, 2024
• Empathy Circle Facilitator Training Program, 2024
• CPR Certificate, 2023
• CLAD/CTEL California Certificate to teach English Learners, since 2007
• California Secondary Math Certification, since 2004
Passionate about math instruction that serves all learners
My experiences as a first-generation college student who grew up in poverty and experienced homelessness shaped the questions I asked throughout my career: Who gets to feel that they belong in college? Who gets to see themselves as capable of succeeding in mathematics? And what can educators do to remove the barriers that prevent students from reaching their potential?
Those questions have informed my teaching, research, writing, and community work—from getting a PhD in mathematics education at Stanford to getting a Fulbright to do research with Yucatec Maya communities to writing Teachin' It! to working with first-generation and historically marginalized students.
I am a Full Professor at Santa Rosa Junior College and a Math Lecturer at UC Berkeley merging my passion to help all students to excel in math with my drive for social change.
I wrote Teachin’ It! Breakout Moves that Break Down Barriers for Community College Students to guide teachers to reach and teach students from groups who have been historically left out of college. I wrote Empathy Unchained™ Heal Your Trauma, Uplift the World to make the world better. My Empathy Unchained™ DEIA Conversation Deck helps nurture conversations that create a culture of belonging in classrooms and campuses. I weave yoga, social justice, and mindfulness expertise into my math and teacher education courses to reduce math anxiety and create a more inclusive and empathy-informed classroom community. You might laugh while reading my books, since I illustrate them with my untamed Professor Funnies©. My work has been spotlighted by prominent platforms including Inside Higher Ed, Education Week, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Chronicle of Higher Education.
Felicia was Faculty Advisor of the SRJC FLIP Club in 2022. This is a student club for First-Generation-College, Low-Income Students. She loved to lead mindfulness, Hour of Bliss, or Empathy Circle sessions for students, staff, or faculty.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Darling, F. (awaiting publication) Chapter 3. Inclusive, active math: innovative instruction centered around the whole student and their creativity inExploring the Richness of Being Human through the Philosophy of Mathematics Education.International Congress on Math Education (ICME).
- Darling, F. (2024) Empathy Unchained™ DEIA Conversation Deck. Gracepoint Publishing.
- Darling. F & Barragán Torres, M. (2021). Estrategias comunitarias de resolución de problemas matemáticos en una comunidad maya en Yucatán, RLEE.
- Make Cultural Assets Count in Community College: Lessons learned from piloting math tasks in a Yucatec Maya school. (July, 2020) Innovation Abstracts, 7(25), NISOD, University of Texas Austin.
- Darling, F. (2019) Teachin’ It! Breakout Moves that Break Down Barriers for Community College Students. Columbia University Teachers College Press.
- Darling, F. (2019). Incorporating cultural assets in Yucatec Maya math classrooms. Opportunities missed?Journal of Mathematics and Culture. 13(1), 20-60.
- Darling, F. (2019). SRJC Lecture & Arts, Santa Rosa, CA. Making Cultural Assets Count: Funds of knowledge in a Yucatec Maya math classrooms.
- Darling, F. (2017). Outsider Indigenous Research: Dancing the Tightrope Between Etic and Emic Perspectives. Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 17(3).
- Darling, F. (2016). Psychology of Mathematics Education-North America(PME-NA) Conference, Tucson, AZ. Making Cultural Assets Count: Community approaches to problem-solving in Yucatec Maya math classrooms.
- Darling, F. (2016). American Psychological Association (APA) Society for the Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Conference, Stanford, CA. Is this math? Community approaches to problem-solving in a Yucatec Maya village.
- Darling, F. (2012). Book Review: Maths in the Kimberley: Reforming Mathematics in Remote Indigenous Communities by R. Jorgensen, P. Sullivan, P. Grootenboer, R. Niesche, S. Lerman, and J. Boaler.International Journal of Multicultural Education. 14(1).
- Darling, F. Steele, C. (2010). Book Review: Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us. NY: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. 242 pp., ISBN: 012133603 Linkedin.
PUBLICATIONS FOR A WIDER AUDIENCE
- Darling, F. (2024) Empathy Unchained™: Heal Your Trauma, Uplift the World. Gracepoint Publishing.
- Ten Ways to End Elitism in Math Classes (2024). Inside Higher Ed
- Community College of Vermont Article About Belonging and Learning(2024) by K. Keszey
- Kirkus Review of Empathy Unchained: Heal Your Trauma, Uplift the World (2024)
- Walk! …and Live Longer in Serenan Newsletter, (2023)
- Connect to Nature. Breathe More. Live Happier inSerenan Newsletter, (2023)
- “What is the best way to respond to educators when they say they don’t see race?”(2019) Felicia Darling with Education Week with Larry Ferlazzo.
- How to respond when a colleague says or does something that is racist?” (2019). Felicia Darling withEducation Weekwith Larry Ferlazzo.
- Fair is not Equal (2019). Education Week with Larry Ferlazzo.
- Student Agency is Ownership (2019). Education Week with Larry Ferlazzo.
- Interview about Teachin’ It! by Scott Jaschik, (2019). Inside Higher Ed
- Chronicle of Higher Education (2019). Selected Books on Higher Education
- How to Make Authentic Research Experiences Widely Available (2019). Chronicle of Higher Education
RADIO/VIDEO/PODCASTS
- The New College MindsetJerica Lamar interviews Felicia Darling May, 2024
- EmpathyCenterSummit(2025) presents on Equity- and Inclusion-Focused Empathy Circles Help Create a Culture of Empathy and Belonging
- EmpathyBook Author Summit(2023) Presents on, Empathy Unchained™: Heal Your Trauma. Uplift the World.
- Achieving the Dream 2020 Conference Keynote (February, 2020) The Future of Teaching and Learning: Collaborating across institutional divides.
- Interview, The Best of Our Knowledge, host Bob Barrett (2019). WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Interview, Education Today, Kitty Kelly Epstein (2019). KPFA 94.1FM
- Interview, Modern Education, Ben Woodford (2019). Stanford’s KZSU 90.1FM