Ep 39 Critical Quantitative methodology is justice-oriented and focuses on context. If you plan to be a critical quant or quant crit, you need to acknowledge that national datasets do not accurately reflect the lived experiences of those who have been historically marginalized and are founded upon frameworks that are not critical. La Profesora talks with Dr. Juan C. Garibay about his approach to solving problems that are rooted in critical quantitative methodologies. His approach is influenced by his childhood in Wilmington, CA, a community deeply affected by environmental racism. Dr. Garibay offers advice for our gente interested in engaging in critical quant! Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Cecilia Caballero shares her poem entitled "The Revenge of Henrietta Lacks". Shownotes La Profesora & the Podcast! https://today.umd.edu/la-profesora-and-the-podcast Stage, F., & Wells, R. (2014). New scholarship in critical quantitative research Part I. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1536075x/2014/2013/158 Wells, R., & Stage, F. (2015). New scholarship in critical quantitative research Part II. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1536075x/2015/2014/163 Nichole M. Garcia, Nancy López & Verónica N. Vélez (2018) QuantCrit: Rectifying quantitative methods through critical race theory. Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(2),149-157, DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2017.1377675 To learn more about John Lira, Congressional Candidate for Texas 23rd: www.liraforcongress.com  

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Representing the Misrepresented: Critical Quant

Ep38 It's not often that La Profesora has such an enriching and joyful conversation about quantitative methods, pero, Dra. Elizabeth Rivera Rodas offers a fantastic perspective on using quantitative methods to critique structural inequities in higher education.  We talk about the journey through a joint PhD, the importance of allowing the research question to guide the methodology, and being okay with not knowing it all. Academic Hype Team shout outs! Hope Pacheco, University of Houston Delmy Lendof, Pratt Institute Louie Rodriguez, UC Riverside Juanita Hinojosa, UNLV Ariana Brown, poet _____________ Side Notes: La Profesora's Love, John Lira, is running for Congress in Texas! Learn more about the campaign and help us meet our fundraising goals: www.liraforcongress.com    

It's Not Neutral: Quantitative Methods

Ep. 37 Hola, mi gente! Welcome to Season 5! In our first episode of the season, we welcome our new Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, future Dra. Cecilia Caballero, who talks about her journey as a single mother surviving through COVID-19, intergenerational poverty, and the challenges of academe to (re)claim herself through creative writing. Cecilia shares her poem "Dear Fear". La Profesora also shares significant developments in her life as the partner of a Congressional candidate! Learn more about John Lira for Texas 23rd at www.liraforcongress.com Like our new logo? Slide into our DMs on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @LatinxUplift! Additional Notes: Find the Chicana M(other)work Anthology here: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/the-chicana-motherwork-anthology   Read and Cite Dra. Tellez's scholarship: Téllez, M. (2013). Lectures, Evaluations, and Diapers: Navigating the Terrains of Chicana Single Motherhood in the Academy. Feminist Formations, 25(3), 79-97 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2013.0039   Check out Maria Carmier's art here: https://www.mariacarmierart.com/      

We Are Worthy Because We Exist

Ep. 36 It's our final episode of the season and it is FIRE! We bid farewell to Sarah Gonzales, who is completing her tenure as our inaugural Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia.  Sarah drops knowledge on the critical questions we should all be asking ourselves as we transition to being out in the world with and without masks and social distancing. This summer, we hope that you can search for the answers in ways that are meaningful to you. Of course, Sarah has curated poetry for us from Ada Limón and Langston Hughes. We'll be back in the fall with a new season and a new Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia. Thanks for your support this year! 

Finding Spaciousness Within

*Episode 35* Our conversation with full-time higher education professionals who are enrolled in doctoral programs continues! La Profesora talks with future Dr. Oscar Lanza-Galindo and his daughter Chel about how he navigated his first year in doctoral student amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, he had tremendous support from his partner, Jamie, and from Chel, who knew exactly when to help her dad take a break from studying for foam sword fights! What is most moving from this episode is how much love and support we can find from one another in this doctoral journey. May this episode inspire any of our gente who are contemplating a doctoral program to make informed decisions about the program that will set you up for success. May this episode inspire all our doctoral students out there to seguir pa'lante! For our last BELIEVE THE HYPE segment of the season, our Academic Hype Man, Dr. Nolan Cabrera, uplifts the efforts of Dra. Cati de los Rios. *************** To find more information on Dra. de los Rios' work: https://gse.berkeley.edu/cati-v-de-los-r%C3%ADos To read the article on photo voice: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10665684.2019.1647809    

Expect the Unexpected

Episode 34 The term "Part-time doctoral student" is a misnomer. Our gente who navigate full-time work, while also engaging in coursework and life outside of campus are full-time, full-time. There's really no part-time to it! La Profesora talks with future Dr. Bri Serrano about their journey to entering the program at Colorado State University, while also working full-time at Cal Poly-Pomona. Bri notes the critical questions that you have to ask of the program, of your work colleagues, and of yourself as you make the decision to enroll. They also remind us that the core motivation to earning this degree can't just be about a credential. There has to be something far deeper to carry you through. Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, curates poetry from Staceyann Chin "For You".

Full-Time, Full-Time

Episode 33 Why They Hate Us: How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education (Teachers College Press) is a powerful compilation that bridges K-12 and higher education teachers, scholars, and practitioners in uncovering how racist rhetoric affects student pathways and experiences. La Profesora talks with Dra. Lindsay Perez Huber y Dra. Susana Muñoz about their journey as co-editors and their determination to tell the story of racism in U.S. educational systems. Our Academic Hype Man, Dr. Nolan Cabrera showcases the efforts of Dra. Anita Fernandez. Muñoz, S. M. (2015). Identity, social activism, and the pursuit of higher education. Peter Lang https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/title/22569?rskey=PDe8TQ&result=1   Solórzano, D. G., &  Pérez Huber, L. (2020). Racial microaggressions using critical race theory to respond to everyday racism. Teachers College Press. https://www.tcpress.com/racial-microaggressions-in-education-9780807764381   Photographer Steve Pavey www.stevepavey.com   Dra. Anita Fernandez  Chief Diversity Officer page: https://www.prescott.edu/faculty-staff-directory/anita-fernandez Xito: https://www.xicanxinstitute.org  Decolonizing Professional Development: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10665684.2019.1649610?casa_token=nbLToA4VM1EAAAAA:wpFm3xfBhjuXJKBixQcsJRq2mZ_5eGN5r1o8oHLnjboge_W5uRXPtyRn8l_qejxLe3ZFFatyD8un1Q 

Racist Rhetoric: It's Always Been There

*Episode 32* La Profesora talks with future Dr. Yolanda Cataño about how she has drawn upon queer chisme to cultivate comunidad within Latinx/a/o queer communities. Our conversation journeys through her relationship with her #ScholarHomies, her commitment to serving Latinx/a/o queer communities in her area, and addressing what "servingness" means when addressing the needs of Latinx/a/o queer students in community colleges designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Our Poet-in-Residence & in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, shares poetry from Ari Tison.  Side Notes: Yosso, T. J. (2005). “Whose culture has capital? A CRT discussion of community cultural wealth.” Race, Ethnicity, and Education 8(1): 69–91. The Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institution Educators: https://ahsie.org/ Please cite this episode as follows: Cataño, Y. (Guest). (2021, April 19). Cultivating comunidad through queer chisme. (No. 32) [Audio podcast episode]. In M. Espino Lira (Host), Latinx intelligentsia. https://latinxintelligentsia.libsyn.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @LatinxUplift Join the Latinx Intelligentsia Club on Clubhouse!

Cultivating Comunidad Through Queer Chisme

*Episode 31* La Profesora talks with future Dr. Sergio Gonzalez y future Dr. Ángel Gonzalez about ethical chisme as a practice of queer radical love and as methodology. We delve into Jotería Scholarship and discuss why the field of higher education has yet to uplift this research. AND we talk about the many ways that academia does not serve us pero we are still here, still engaging in radical love with ethical chisme! For our Believe the Hype segment, our Academic Hype Man, Dr. Nolan Cabrera hypes of sistah-scholar Dra. Susana Muñoz who has a new book out with Dra. Lindsay Pérez Huber: Why They Hate Us: How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education [Link to Teachers College Press below]. Sidenotes: https://cscconline.education.illinois.edu/ https://www.centerforcommunitycolleges.org/  https://amaejournal.utsa.edu/index.php/AMAE/article/view/360/331 José Manuel Santillana & Anita Revilla. "Jotería Identity and Consciousness." Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies 39(1) (2014): 167-180. For Susana's first book, Identity, Social Activism, and the Pursuit of Higher Education: The Journey Stories of Undocumented and Unafraid Community Activists, go to Peter Lang Publishing.    For Susana and Lindsay's book, go to Teachers College Press. We are always looking for guests from across higher education and higher ed adjacent spaces! Nominate great gente here!

Ethical Chisme Rooted in Queer Radical Love

Episode 30 Although we all want to shake our fist at Reviewer #2, we don't usually have a chance to go behind-the-scenes of an academic journal. In this episode, La Profesora talks with Dra. Cindy Cruz, who recently stepped down from her role as associate editor for the Frontiers Journal, which is connected to the National Women's Studies Association. Dra. Cruz offers an inside perspective on what it takes to make a journal viable--from finding an academic home for the journal to recruiting great authors to finding even better reviewers. It is certainly a labor of deep care for putting forth important scholarship, especially when it involves women of color feminists and womanists.  Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales curates poetry from Wanda Coleman. A few sidenotes.... Check out Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social at www.malcs.org Check out the National Women's Studies Association at www.nwsa.org  

Writing Series: The Editor's Perspective

In Episode 29, La Profesora talks with Ricardo Nazario y Colón about the importance of senior leadership in higher education setting a vision for diversity and inclusion. Senior Diversity Officers cannot be effective if a vision is not in place! We also talk about what it means to do DEI work as an office of one, serving the needs of faculty, administrators, and students. You can find Ricardo on LinkedIn at Ricardo Nazario-Colon We also launch our new segment: BELIEVE THE HYPE! with our Academic Hype Man, Nolan Cabrera! Dr. C takes you back to where it all began: selling his book, White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of "Post-Racial" Higher Education from his roller bag!  Check out the side note:  North Carolina Senate Bill 257 Diversity and Inclusion Study

Setting the Vision

We're back with Season 4! For our first episode of the season, La Profesora talks with Dra. Constanza Cabello at Framingham State University about what it's like to be the inaugural Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement. We talk about moving from personal growth in DEI work to structural change and how to stay in the field where the work is never done. Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales curates poetry from Adrienne Rich.  

The Work is Never Done

For the last episode of the season, La Profesora is revisiting the Writing Series we are doing all year. This time, she talks with Dr. Davíd Martínez about writing beyond publications and metrics for tenure and promotion. Writing should be about community, about action, and about praxis.  Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, shares poetry from Paola Valenzuela. As you wait for Season 4, please nominate gente to share their stories on the podcast, listen to previous episodes, and follow the amazing scholars and practitioners who are doing the work! See you in 2021!

Writing Past the Limits

Even before the protests and outrage that stemmed from the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, there have been discussions about anti-Blackness in Latinx/a/o communities. This episode focuses on addressing anti-Blackness by centering Blackness in our comunidad through the tenets of Black-imiento created by Amalia Dache, Jasmine Marie Haywood, y Cristina Mislán in 2019. La Profesora talks with Dra. Amalia Dache about applying the tenets of Black-imiento to the study of higher education, as well as the application of Black-imiento in student success work with Dr. Jason Arrington-Rivera. Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales curates poetry from Diannely Antigua.

From Blanquemiento to Black-imiento

We’re doing a different take on what you have probably been hearing and reading as folx push through the final campaigns for Election Day 2020. Not to say that our current political climate is beautiful, but that our engagement in our local communities, of fighting for justice for our communities is beautiful in its effort. We are focusing on local perspectives—what happens when one of us within higher education runs for elected office? We showcase Dr. Raul Fernandez, who is the first Latino member of the Select Board in Brookline, Massachusetts, which borders Boston University. I also had the opportunity to talk with Dra. Tiffany Gonzalez, who is uncovering stories of mujeres engaged in political activism and resistance, who are still doing the work and not always getting the credit or the acknowledge that their efforts are creating change. Our Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, curates poetry by Richard Blanco entitled "Election Day".

La Política es Bonita

This bi-weekly podcast is dedicated to cultivating the uplift for Latinx/a/o communities in higher education. Too often, the assets that we bring from family, home, and community are disregarded and ignored in higher education. La Profesora, Dra. Michelle Espino Lira, talks with students, faculty, administrators, and community activists about the ways we can push against oppression in higher education and society at large. By focusing on the ways in which we can uplift our gente to and through higher education, we will find our way to thrive.

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