Dr. Sakara Wages

Dr. Sakara Wages is a critical social work scholar and educator whose work centers on challenging dominant narratives and structures within social work education. She earned her Master of Social Work and Ph.D. from the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she also served as a graduate teaching assistant and later an instructor. Her research employs Critical Theory and Black Feminisms to examine how social work pedagogy can perpetuate systemic oppression, with particular attention to the experiences of Black women, children, and families.

Dr. Wages is committed to anti-oppressive practice and has taught courses at UW–Madison and the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, in subjects including Social Work, Psychology, Ethnic and Gender Studies. She is also the founder of Subversive Social Work, a platform that promotes critical engagement and transformative approaches in the field.