¿Qué pasa, HSIs?
Episodes
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Linguistic Servingness at HSIs
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
For the final episode of season 3 I talk to Vanessa Varela, Assistant Professor in Education, and Jason Meyler, Associate Professor of Spanish at Mount Mary University, a small women’s college HSI in Wisconsin. In this episode we dive into HSI NOW efforts in Milwaukee, the evolution of servingness at Mount Mary University, and the importance of acknowledging language and multilingualism in servingness efforts. Our guests highlight Mount Mary’s multilingual strategic plan, which is embedded in their HSI philosophy, and the Culture, Classroom, and Multilingual Learners Workshop, which builds capacity among faculty, adjuncts, and tutors to deliver academic content in diverse linguistic classrooms. This is the first ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? episode to unpack linguistic servingness in HSI, but it won’t be the last as this topic is truly multidimensional as Vanessa and Jason highlight. Listen in and learn about linguistic mobility at HSIs.
Guests:
Vanessa Varela (she/her/ella), Assistant Professor in Education, Mount Mary University
www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-varelam1
https://twolanguageedition.wordpress.com/
Jason Meyler (He, him, él), Associate Professor of Spanish | Chairperson of the World Languages Department | Coordinator of the Leadership for Social Justice Seminar, Mount Mary University
linkedin.com/in/jason-meyler-48a86573
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, November 12). Linguistic Servingness at HSIs. (No.310) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcasthttps://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/c29d5e2b/linguistic-servingness-at-hsis
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
The Making of an Intentional HSI: Cabrillo College
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
This multi-guest episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? is full of knowledge sharing. I had the opportunity to talk to 5 members of Cabrillo College’s HSI Task Force, who shared their journey to making an intentional HSI. They talk about the accomplishments of their HSI Task Force, share tips for gaining support on campus for HSI efforts, and talk about the secret sauce to servingness work, which includes grassroots leadership and support from positional leaders including the president and trustees. We also learn about the historic moments along Cabrillo College’s path to becoming an HSI. Ann Endris, Title V HSI Director at Cabrillo College and former associate faculty member is joined by Cabrillo College alum Dr. Blanca Baltazar-Sabbah who shares much of the historical aspects of Cabrillo’s HSI identity. Dr. Alicia Bencomo Garcia, a tenure-track instructor of Ethnic Studies at Cabrillo, and Serina Eichelberger, a social justice focused educational leader and Title III HSI STEM Project Director at Cabrillo share information about Cabrillo’s current efforts to embrace an HSI identity. President Matt Wetstein rounds out the group in this episode, sharing a president’s perspective on the process of becoming an intentional HSI.
Guests:
Ann Endris (she/her), Title V Director
Instagram: @akendris
Blanca Baltazar-Sabbah (she/her/ella), Dean, Academic Counseling, Career, and Educational Support Services (ACCESS)
X: @DraBaltazar | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-blanca-baltazar-sabbah-5a2374b2
Alicia Bencomo Garcia (she/her), Faculty
X: @AliG_phdjourney
Serina Eichelberger (she/ella/they), HSI Title III STEM Project Director
linkedin.com/in/serina-eichelberger-335b3220
Matthew Wetstein (he, him), President
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, November 5). The making of an intentional HSI: Cabrillo College. (No.309) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/9e499aaf/the-making-of-an-intentional-hsi-cabrillo-college
Show Notes:
Cabrillo College HSI Task Force Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19fQ43ZqjOyLrYIYk1kub3GGIwYeoNDc-/view
Cabrillo College HSI website: https://www.cabrillo.edu/office-of-instruction/hispanic-serving-institution/
Cuellar, M. G., Garcia, G. A., Nuñez Martinez, M., & Bencomo Garcia, A. (2023). Building capacity for equity and servingness across California’s Hispanic-serving community colleges. USC Race and Equity Center. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62c4ba2609f6370427726636/t/64e3fc4108a23457e70a9415/1692662859454/Report%2B4%2BHSCC-spreads-small+%281%29.pdf
Delayed name change at Cabrillo College https://www.insidehighered.com/news/institutions/community-colleges/2023/08/17/cabrillo-college-delays-choosing-new-name#
Title V Transfer Pathways: https://www.cabrillo.edu/title-v/
Title V Abriendo El Camino: https://www.cabrillo.edu/abriendo-el-camino/
Title III ACCESSO: https://www.cabrillo.edu/title-iii-hsi-stem/
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Streetwise Epistemology and Servingness
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
In this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we think outside of the normative constructs of higher education learning with and from Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez who is the Director for the Rising Scholars program at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC). Dr. Hernandez is a Streetwise Scholar who attended Mt SAC, Cal State LA, and Cal State Long Beach, all of which are HSIs, having profound effects on his educational journey. But more so than the institutions, he talks about mentors and co-defendants who have guided him along the way, many of whom believed he would get a PhD before he did. He talks to us about his own journey from the carceral system to the graduation stage at Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on the experiences of formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students in higher education with an anti-deficit perspective on this student population. Joe Louis' passion for serving this population arises from his own experience with incarceration and having gone through the criminal justice system. We discuss the Rising Scholars Program, which fosters a college-completing atmosphere and a holistic approach to student development, and his research, which teaches us how servingness can co-exist with streetwise epistemology.
Joe Louis Hernandez (he/him/él), Rising Scholars Director, Mt. San Antonio College | Adjunct Professor, Cal Poly Pomona Department of Educational Leadership
Twitter: @STRWISEScholar | Instagram: @STREETWISE_SCHOLAR
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-louis-hernandez-ph-d-2b223318a
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, October 29). Streetwise epistemology and servingness. (No.308) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/a170d1f8/streetwise-epistemology-and-servingness
Attachments / Show notes:
Hernandez, J. L. (2023). A struggle so beautiful: The roses that rise from the concrete: Exploring transformative ruptures in the higher education journeys of formerly incarcerated Latinx/a/o students through relationships with institutional agents. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Claremont Graduate University.
Hernandez, J. L., Murillo, D., Britton, T. (2023). Hustle in higher education: How Latinx students with conviction histories move from surviving to thriving in higher education. American Behavioral Scientist, 66(10), 1394–1417. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642211054827
Abeyta, M., Torres, A., Hernandez, J. L., Duran, O. (2021). Rising Scholars: A case study of two community colleges serving formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 28(1), 99-109.
Binnall, J. M., Sotelo, I., Vasquez, A., Hernandez, J. L. (2019). Making good one semester at a time: Formerly incarcerated students (and their professor) considering the redemptive power of inclusive education. In K. M. Middlemass & C. J. Smiley (Eds.) Prisoner reentry in the 21st century: Critical perspectives of returning home (pp. 382-395). Routledge.
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Spaces of Empowerment: HSI Student Equipos
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
This episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? features Dra. Dez Zuniga, HSI faculty lead for the Abriendo Caminos project at Pasadena City College (PCC), along with four members of PCC’s Student Advisory Equipo. The Equipo is an HSI initiative with significant impact and influence at PCC, led by Latine student leaders who participate in committees and working groups to help build a campus culture for serving Latine students. Our guests share their many successes and challenges along the way, guided by the love of their femtor Dra Dez, who embodies servingness as an HSI advocate on campus and creator of the student advisory group. Each guest shares their path to HSI consciousness and their journeys into and through college, which are not linear. They also talk about working in solidarity to elevate the needs and voices of Latinx/a/o/e, Black/African American, and Asian Pacific Islander Desai American (APIDA) student populations at PCC. Listen to these students, who are fierce advocates for justice!
Guests:
Dr. Desiree (Dez) Zuniga (she/her/ella), Associate Professor/Faculty Counselor/HSI Faculty Lead, Pasadena City College / HSI Title V Grant: Abriendo Caminos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zunigadesiree
Enith Reyes (she/her/they/ella/elle), Lead Resource Advocate, Former Student Advisory Equipo Leader/Scholar (Cohort 1), Pasadena City College Pride Center/Undoc Dream Center
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enithreyes/
Diego Iniguez (he/him/él), Student Advisory Equipo Leader/Scholar (Cohort 2-5), Pasadena City College / HSI Title V Grant: Abriendo Caminos
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-iniguez
Emmanuel Gómez (he/him/él), Student Advisory Equipo Leader/Scholar (Cohort 1-5), Pasadena City College / HSI Title V Grant: Abriendo Caminos
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-gomez-48b435233/
Gustavo Sanchez (he/him/él), Student Advisory Equipo Leader/Scholar (Cohort 4-5), Pasadena City College / HSI Title V Grant: Abriendo Caminos
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavo-sanchez-lozada-552706252/
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, October 22). Spaces of Empowerment: HSI Student Equipos. (No.307) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/a03adfcb/spaces-of-empowerment-hsi-student-equipos
Attachments / Show Notes:
Instagram: @pcc_equipo https://www.instagram.com/pcc_equipo/
Pasadena City College Equipo https://pasadena.edu/about/hsi/equipo.php
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Learning with RESISTE: STEM Servingness Research
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
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.
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Advocacy for Undocumented Students at One Emerging HSI
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
We turn the focus to one emerging HSI in this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? to learn about how one campus has prepared to become an HSI. Our guest, Dra. Sandy López serves as the Director of the Undocumented Student Resource Center at Northern Illinois University (NIU), an emerging HSI in Illinois. Sandy has over 30 years of experience serving students, staff, faculty, and school business officials as an elementary school teacher, academic advisor, teaching consultant, administrator, and most importantly as a mentor and student advocate. Dra. López talks about her work as an unapologetic educator activist who is heavily involved on campus and in the community, working with and for undocumented students, and shares resources that educators can access. She provides a wealth of information about how NIU has intentionally emerged towards HSI. Dra. López’s energy is unmatched in this episode!
Guest:
Dra. Sandy López (she/her/ella), Director of the Undocumented Student Resource Center, Northern Illinois University
Twitter: @NIU_UndocCenter | Instagram: @niu_undoccenter
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, October 8). Advocacy for Undocumented Students at One Emerging HSI. (No.305) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/a3a604f3/advocacy-for-undocumented-students-at-one-emerging-hsi
Attachments / Show Notes:
Undocumented Student Resource Center | Northern Illinois University
Scholarships for DACA & TPS Students | TheDream.US
Illinois DREAM Act
Temporary Visitor Driver's License (TVDL) for Undocumented (Non-Visa Status) Individuals
Monetary Award Program | MAP Grants
Working from Within | UAPress
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Working with Pre-college Students and their Communities as Servingness
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
In this episode, Aaron Cortes talks about how efforts to create pathways to college for Latine/x students is a part of servingness. Creating pathways is essential to access to higher education, yet institutions must do this work with the student and their families at the center. Aaron serves as the Director of the STEM initiatives (STEAM Pathways) at the Center for College Access and Success of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). In this capacity, he directs the TRIO Upward Bound, TRIO Upward Bound Math and Science, and 21st Century Community of Learning Centers. In addition to directing outreach programs, Mr. Cortes is an adjunct professor for the Computer Science department at NEIU. In this episode you will learn about Aaron, his work, and his ideas for working in collaboration across institutions and communities as a part of servingness.
Guest: Aaron Cortes Minor (he/him/el), Director, STEAM Pathways, Center for College Access and Success, Northeastern Illinois University
Social Media: Twitter: @Aaron_Cortes | Instagram: @aaroncortesminor | LinkedIn: aaroncortesminor
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, October 1). Working with pre-college students and their communities as servingness. (No.304) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/acfc1fc9/working-with-pre-college-students-and-their-communities-as-servingness
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Embodying Servingness: UCR Chicano Student Programs
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Season 3, Episode 3 takes us to the next level of understanding servingness. In this plática, I talk to 5 educators, activists, artists, poetas, and storytellers who take us on a journey to understanding the embodiment of servingness, meaning it is lived out daily in all practices and ideologies at Chicano Student Programs (CSP) at UC Riverside. CSP has been embodying servingness for 50 years by design. The campus and the entire UC system can and should follow CSP, and so should our listeners. Dra. Arlene Cano Matute, a community based scholar, practitioner and mother serves as the Assistant Director of CSP where she nurtures a comunidad that leads the way for Chicanx/Latinx student success in the UC system. In this episode we learn about the Encuentros, Student Participatory Action Research, and Testimonios(ESPARiTU) research project documenting the historical and present-day experiences and trajectories of Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x students at a UC HSRI. She is joined by 4 UCR graduates/alums, alexis meza, Ashley Nicole Diaz, Bibiana Canales, and Brenda De Angel Vega who share their stories of learning, growth, and healing under the care of their femtor Arlene, who embodies servingness con corazon. If you aren’t engaging students in HSI sensemaking, you should be, and this episode provides an example of what this looks like.
Guests:
Arlene Cano Matute (she/her/hers/ella), Assistant Director, Chicano Student Programs & PI, Encuentros, Student Participatory Action Research, and Testimonios (ESPARiTU)
Instagram: @arlene.cano1 | X: @csp_ucr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlene-cano-matute-ph-d-6a840679/
alexis meza (He/Him/His), Graduate Coordinator NYU Office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, M.A. Candidate in Higher Education at New York University
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alexismeza09
Ashley Nicole Diaz (She/Ella/They/Elle), Youth Development Specialist for DLI 1st/2nd Grade Students, H.E.A.R.T.S
Instagram: @pedazos_demi_alma
Bibiana Canales (she/they)
Brenda De Angel Vega (She/Her/Ella)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-de-angel-vega-1118a4211
IG: @b_firebaugh
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, September 24). Embodying Servingness: UCR Chicano Student Programs. (No.303) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/966a6021/embodying-servingness-ucr-chicano-student-programs
Attachments / Show Notes:
https://csp.ucr.edu/
Matute, A.C. (2022). Chicanx/Latinx Student Success at UC Riverside: Capturing the History of a Thriving Hispanic-Serving Institution (pdf). UC Hispanic-Serving Institutions Initiative. Oakland, CA.
https://www.ucop.edu/hsi-initiative/campuses/index.html#riverside
https://www.ucop.edu/hsi-initiative/events/index.html
Cano Matute, A., “Lo Que Nace del Corazón, Siempre Crece: The Origins of Serving at a Hispanic Serving Research Institution the University of California, Riverside,” [Dissertation publication in progress] University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2023.
UCR Chicana/o/x Student Newspapers (ESPARiTU Action Project)
Digital Collection: https://calisphere.org/collections/27876/
https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2022/12/13/historic-chicano-student-newspaper-made-available-online
meza, a. (2023). ‘Pintando’ a Hispanic Serving Institution: The influence of muralism on Chicanx/Latinx student experience at the University of California HSI campuses. NYU Journal of Student Affairs. https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-05/JoSA-Volume19-FINAL.pdf
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Disrupting Racialized Cisheteropatriarchy in Math Classrooms for Servingness
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
In this episode we focus on servingness in math and mathematics spaces on campus. I talk to Dr. Luis Leyva, associate professor of mathematics education & STEM higher education at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Omayra Ortega, associate professor of mathematics & statistics at Sonoma State University, and Ronimar López-Bazán, a first generation nonbinary Chicane mathematics graduate from Sonoma State University. Luis, Omayra, & Ronimar talk about the ways white supremacy and heteropatriarchy have dominated college level math and share ideas for disrupting it. They also talk about the TIPS [Transformational Inclusion in Postsecondary Education] project, funded by an NSF HSI grant and led by Dr. Ortega, Dr. Leyva, and other co-PIs and student researchers such as Ronimar. This episode is full of knowledge about changing mindsets for faculty and educators for servingness, organizational approaches to servingness within mathematics and beyond, and disrupting deficit thinking about how students engage in math.
Guests:
Luis Antonio Leyva (he/him/él), Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College of Education & Human Development
Twitter: @LuisLeyvaEdu
Faculty Webpage: https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/luis-leyva
Research Lab Webpage: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/prismlab/
Dr. Omayra Ortega (they/she), Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Assistant Dean of Research & Internships, School of Science & Technology, Sonoma State University
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omayra-ortega-94859bb/
Faculty webpage: https://math.sonoma.edu/faculty-staff/omayra-ortega
Ronimar López-Bazán (They/them/theirs), Student Assistant, Sonoma State University
Instagram: @Veryberryqueer
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, September 17). Disrupting Racialized Cisheteropatriarchal Math Classrooms for Servingness. (No.302) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/episode/9ec0eda5/disrupting-racialized-cisheteropatriarchy-in-math-classrooms-for-servingness
Attachments / Show notes:
Leyva, L. A. (2022). Latin* queer students intersectionality of experiences in mathematics education as a white, cisheteropatriarchal space: A Borderlands perspective. In A. Lischka, E. B. Dyer, R. S. Jones, J. N. Lovett, J. Strayer, & S. Drown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 79-97). Nashville, TN. https://doi.org/10.51272/pmena.44.2022.
Leyva, L. A., McNeill, R. T., Balmer, B. R., Marshall, B. L., King, V. E., & Alley, Z. D. (2022). Black queer students’ counter-stories of invisibility in undergraduate STEM as a white, cisheteropatriarchal space. American Educational Research Journal, 59(5), 863-904. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312221096455.
Leyva, L. A., Mitchell, N. D., McNeill, R. T., Byrne, M. H., Ford, B., Chávez, L. A., & Abreu-Ramos, E. D. (2022). Faculty and student perceptions of instructional servingness in gateway mathematics courses at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. In A. Lischka, E. B. Dyer, R. S. Jones, J. N. Lovett, J. Strayer, & S. Drown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 444-452). Nashville, TN. https://doi.org/10.51272/pmena.44.2022
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Anti-Blackness at HSIs
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
In the first episode of season 3 of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? I talk to Dr. Whitney Pirtle, Associate Professor of Sociology and McArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of California, Merced, where she also directs the Sociology of Health and Equity (SHE) Lab. As a formative critical race scholar, her research explores issues relating to race, identity, inequality, health equity, and Black feminist praxis. Her latest work includes writing on Covid-19 pandemic inequities and institutional anti-Blackness. In this episode we talk about her experiences as 1 of 5 Black tenure track faculty members at an HSI and about how she stepped into research about anti-Blackness within HSI spaces. While Dr. Pirtle describes ways that we can acknowledge and disrupt anti-Blackness in HSIs, she also tells her story about how she has mentored Black students and protected them from anti-Blackness, while also thriving as a critical scholar and teacher who centers race and raced students in her classroom. In this episode Dr. Pirtle asks, “what’s good, HSIs?”
Guest: Whitney Pirtle (she/her), Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced
Social Media: Twitter: @thephdandme | Instagram: @whitneypirtle_thephdandme
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/whitney-pirtle-phd/home
APA Citation:
Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2023, September 10). Anti-Blackness at HSIs. (No.301) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/301
Show Notes
Pirtle, W. N., Brock, B., Aldonza, N., Leke, K., & Edge, D. (2021). “I didn’t even know what anti-Blackness was until I got here:” The unmet needs of Black students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Urban Education. Online first https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859211044948
Pirtle, W. N. L. (2020). Racial capitalism: A fundamental cause of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic inequities in the United States. Health Education & Behavior, 47(4), 504-508. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198120922942