Dr. Faheemah N. Mustafaa joined the University of California, Davis’ School of Education as an assistant professor in 2019. She is also a member of the Human Development Graduate group.She is currently principal investigator (PI) of a project on Black girls’ well-being in California,and Co-PI on a $2.4M National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the experiences of
Black girls and college women participating in a culturally-relevant robotics and engineering leadership program.

Dr. Mustafaa is driven by a passion for teaching and supporting other people’s life journeys. Prior to joining the faculty at University of California, Davis, she was a postdoctoral researcher in Social-Personality Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, and in Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development.

Dr. Mustafaa earned a Ph.D. in the Combined Program in Education and Psychology, and M.A.in Higher Education, both from the University of Michigan. Earlier in her career, she was a middle school science teacher in Miami, Florida and still enjoys collaborating with early adolescents to support them with imagining and pursuing paths toward their highest potential. Beyond work, she enjoys traveling, nature, and spending quality time with loved ones.