Latinx Intelligentsia

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

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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

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

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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/

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!

*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.

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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

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".

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

*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/

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*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!

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

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