Learning with RESISTE: STEM Servingness Research

In this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we continue down the path of understanding and conceptualizing STEM servingness with scholars from the Research and Equity Scholarship Institute, affectionately known as RESISTE, at San Diego State University. Dr. Felisha Herrera Villarreal is the director of the institute and widely published scholar who has procured external funding to support STEM servingness and STEM pathways research. Her scholarship employs advanced statistical techniques to examine contextual factors—institutional, geographic, demographic, political, and economic—that impact postsecondary outcomes. She is joined by Dr. Victoria Rodriguez-Operana, postdoctoral research fellow for RESISTE who co-leads efforts on externally funded projects housed at the institute. Her research experience in education, psychology, and human development helps her focus on the experiences and well-being of minoritized students in this work. This episode is full of STEM servingness knowledge creation that centers Hispanic-serving community colleges (HSCCs) and the intentional work that is happening across San Diego HSCCs to ensure successful pathways into STEM majors and STEM careers for students. We also talk about the mentoring (femtoring) and care that goes into doing HSI research at RESISTE.  

Guests:

Dr. Felisha Herrera Villarreal (she/her), Professor & Director of the Research & Equity Scholarship Institute, San Diego State University

X: @DrHerreraSDSU

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/felisha-herrera-villarreal (felishaherreravillarreal) 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/felisha.herrera

Dr. Victoria Rodriguez-Operana (she/her), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Research & Equity Scholarship Institute, San Diego State University | & Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, Human Developmental Sciences

X: @drvictoriarod

APA Citation:

Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, October 15). Learning with RESISTE: STEM Servingness Research. (No.306) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/9d6b91b4/learning-with-resiste-stem-servingness-research 

Attachments / Show notes: 

• X: @resiste_sdsu
• RESISTE https://res-iste.sdsu.edu/
• Dr. Felisha Herrera Villarreal https://felishaherrera.sdsu.edu/
• Herrera, F. A., Rodriguez-Operana, V. C., Kovats Sánchez, G., Cerrillos, A., & Marquez, B. (2022). “It was hard, and it still is . . .”: Women of color navigating HSI STEM transfer pathways. AERA Open, 8(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584221126480 
• Herrera, F. A. and Kovats Sánchez, G. (2022). “Curando la comunidad [Healing the community]: Community-centered STEM identity,” Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, pp. 1–16. https://www.doi.org/10.1177/15381927211069543
• Herrera, F. A., & Rodriguez-Operana, V. (2020). A national portrait of STEM trajectories through two- and four-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Hispanic Educational Technology Services, 11(1), 7–33.