¿Qué pasa, HSIs?

HSI Grant Directorship & Implementation

In this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we focus on an essential structure for serving, HSI grant implementation. Many HSIs start their HSI journey by applying for and launching a Title III or Title V HSI grant. This episode’s guest, Dr. Lisa Petrov, serves as the Project Director of a Title V grant called “Strengthening Advising, Teacher Education, and Our HSI Identity” which is in its final year of implementation at Dominican University. Lisa offers a wealth of knowledge about project directorship and offers insight into the challenges and successes of implementing servingness in practice. Dr. Petrov is also an associate professor of Spanish and Transcultural Studies, which informs her work.
Guest: Dr. Lisa Petrov (she/ella), Title V Project Director & Associate Professor, Dominican University
Instagram: @lapetrov_  |  Twitter: @laprofe63
Show Notes
Petrov, L. A. & Garcia, G. A. (2021). Becoming a racially just Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI): Leveraging HSI grants for organizational identity change. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000356
https://www.dom.edu/diversity/title-v-office

Federal HSI Policies & Servingness

In the inaugural episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? I talk to Dra. Stephanie Aguilar-Smith, an Assistant Professor of Counseling and Higher Education at the University of North Texas, about federal HSI policies and servingness. Her research examines educational policies, higher education as a hierarchical stratified system, and the ways that these trends shape HSIs. In this episode we explore the complexities of federal policies that shape servingness and learn about the motivation of HSI grant seekers when they pursue this stream of funding. This episode is also part of HSI Week 2022, a week dedicated to the celebration and acknowledgement of HSIs. 
Guest: Dra. Stephanie Aguilar-Smith (she/ella), Assistant Professor, University of North Texas
Twitter & Instagram: @drsaguilarsmith
Show Notes
https://www.hacu.net/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=3739
Aguilar-Smith, S. (2021). Seeking to serve or $erve? Hispanic-serving institutions’ race-evasive pursuit of racialized funding. AERA Open, 7(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211057097
https://www.hsru.org/
 

¿Qué pasa, HSIs? Trailer

In this short trailer, Dr. Gina Garcia describes the HSI designation as a federal construct, outlines the requirements for becoming federally designated, and challenges the audience to rethink what it actually means to be Hispanic-serving. The purpose of this podcast, ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? is to grapple with this question. With each episode, guests will grapple with topics about servingness, emerging from their research with HSIs and their practice within HSIs. What you will find is that there is no one answer to the servingness question. Join us weekly as we dive into the history and evolution of HSIs, culturally relevant and liberatory practices, current and emerging research with HSIs, and the policies that shape servingness. 
Show Notes:
Title III, V, VII Eligibility
HSI Definition
Excelencia in Education - 25 Years of HSIs