Scholar Homies

In this episode, I talk with the future Dr. Oscar Duran, as we discuss Streetwise Epistemology and how he works to connect his research to practice. We share how we were socialized into academia in such an uplifting environment with the SEMILLAS Research Team led by Dra. Vasquez. We also discuss our positionalities of being carceral impacted and having survivors guilt. 

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In this episode I talk with Dr. Reka Barton where we discuss her positionality on being a Black educator. We talk about how she’s merged her talents by being the Scholarly Sewist and dropping academic visuals as mixtapes to make the research accessible for the community.

Follow our guest on Instagram @thescholarlysewist and visit her website at https://www.thescholarlysewist.com/

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In this episode I talk with Dr. Xuan Santos where we talk about how our communities are surveillanced and criminalized as early childhood and in academic spaces.  We reflect on our experiences of the mobilization that took place in California during Proposition 187, our experiences with campus police, and racialized themed parties. 

Dr. Santos was featured in this the Decolonize Justice - Bad Hombres Documentary. You can watch it online at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1If5rIPqlc

Follow our host on Instagram @academicsoul and on Twitter @MelissaAbeyta

In this episode I talk with Dra. Vanessa Bustamante aka Homegirl Doctora where we discuss the performance that exists in academia and sense of belonging. We also talk about the differences between fraternity and sorority life that exists between panhellenic and multicultural organizations. We talk about the criminology of the term Chola and La Chola Conference. 

You can follow our guest on Instagram at @HomegirlDoctora and visit her website: https://www.homegirldoctora.com/

Follow our host on Instagram @academicsoul and on Twitter @MelissaAbeyta

In this episode, I talk with the future doctor Alejandro Arellano. We discuss how he navigates fatherhood as a practitioner-scholar and the difficulties we face as parents balancing work. We also share our experiences as first-generation investors in the stock market and the importance of building generational wealth.

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In this episode, I talk with the future Doctora Rocio Sanchez. We discuss her academic journey, motherhood, and what it's like to be part of the sandwich generation, where we care for our children and parents. We also share how we saw Twitch communities develop through music and how it brought people together during the pandemic. 

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Welcome to the Scholar Homies Podcast, the game is to be told, not sold. Conversations with the Soul, I am your host Dr. Melissa Abeyta (she/her/dra), I am a mami scholar and higher education professora. Thank you for listening and for taking this audio journey with me.

Follow our host on Instagram at @academicsoul and on Twitter @MelissaAbeyta

The first episode of the Scholars Homie Podcast is with the future Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez where we discuss our postionalities, privilege, and co-opting. We process what it "the game is to be told, not sold" means. 

Content Warnings: General discussions of violence and substance abuse. 

Feel free to give the future Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez a follow on Instagram at @streetwise_scholar and on Twitter at @StrwiseScholar

Follow our host on Instagram at @academicsoul and on Twitter @MelissaAbeyta

In our second episode, we chat it up fellow mami-scholar, Dr. Mara Nohemi Lopez. We discuss how social media platforms increase access and opportunity however that the burden we carry as first-generation scholar-practitioners sharing our lives on social media is a heavy burden we carry. 

Content Warning: Uvalde School Shooting

Feel free to follow Dr. Mara Nohemi Lopez on Instagram at @moximara @academicmujeres and on Twitter at @moximara 

Follow our host on Instagram at @academicsoul and on Twitter @MelissaAbeyta