Advising as Servingness

For the final episode of season 6 we bring in a “new to the show” conversation on advising. And the whole episode is about advising and servingness. Dr. Gabe Bermea, a visiting scholar at the The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, is a scholar and expert on advising practices with a keen focus on HSIs. He describes different types of advising models and dives deep into humanistic advising and the ways to use this approach in serving Latine students.  He challenges us to think about the conceptual natures and structures of advising as intertwined with servingness. Gabe reminds us that if 63% of Latines are enrolled in HSIs, that means HSIs are responsible for advising 63% of them, not just enrolling them. Advising is a vital structure for serving that must be intentional and can, in itself, be servingness. Listen and learn

Guest: 

Gabe Bermea

Visiting Scholar, The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbermea/

https://www.gabebermea.com/

Show Notes - all links are are open access:

• Bermea, G. O. (2025). Compañeros en el Camino: Preparing Academic Advisors to Serve at Hispanic Serving Institutions. The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
• Bermea, G.O. (2024). Construir el Camino: How Hispanic-Serving Institutions Design and Deliver Academic Advising. The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
• Bermea, G.O. (2024). Advising Latino students at hispanic-serving institutions: A strategy rooted in servingness and intentionality. Academic Advising Today, 47(4).
• Bermea, G.O. (2023). Advising With Intention: Exploring Academic Advising at Minority-Serving Institutions. The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
• Bermea, G.O. (2022). Humanistic advising: Applying humanistic theory to the practice of academic advising. NACADA Review, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.12930/NACR-20-07 

APA Citation: 

Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2025, June 1). Advising as Servingness. (No.610) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/