Latinx Intelligentsia
This bi-weekly podcast is dedicated to cultivating the uplift for Latinx/a/o communities in higher education. Too often, the assets that we bring from family, home, and community are disregarded and ignored in higher education. La Profesora, Dra. Michelle Espino Lira, talks with students, faculty, administrators, and community activists about the ways we can push against oppression in higher education and society at large. By focusing on the ways in which we can uplift our gente to and through higher education, we will find our way to thrive.
Episodes
While La Profesora works on Season 3, here's a sneak peak into an exciting collaboration between the national organization, Excelencia in Education and Dra. Michelle Espino Lira, associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park!
Cultivating Excelencia is a limited series podcast showcasing the colleges, universities, and community organizations that are accelerating Latinx/a/o student success in higher education.
...For our final episode of Season 2, we offer this cross-over with the NASPA Latinx/a/o Knowledge Community, showcasing La Profesora y Dras. Judy Marquez Kiyama y Susana Muñoz. Nestor Melendez moderates. Poet Juan Felipe Herrera is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dr. Victor Saenz about turning his passion project into award-winning scholarship & practice focusing on educational achievement for boys and men of color, especially Latinos. Poet Kay Ulanday Barrett is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dallas ISD Principal of the Year, Dra. Nancy Bernardino about the founding of Solar Preparatory School for Girls and her advocacy for African American and Latinx/a/o children. This is Part II in a series on gender. Poet MS McDonough is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dr. Francisco Galarte about the embodiment of gender in transgender and Chicanx/Latinx studies. This is the first part of a 3-part series on gender in Latinx/a/o communities. Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinosa is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dr. Cristóbal Rodríguez and future Doctora Natalie Muñoz about how they serve Black and Brown students at Howard University, a Historically Black University. Poet Ross Gay is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dra. Vanessa Sansone and Dr. Mark H. Lopez about the importance of population studies in ensuring that we are distributing resources and support in equitable ways to serve nuestra comunidad. Poet Luis J. Rodriguez is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dr. Juan Guardia y Dra. Marissa Vasquez about remaining true to our wellbeing in the midst of caring for family and maintaining our careers. Poet Waheed is featured. Sending love into our world that we commit to caring for ourselves, our families, and our communities as we face the Coronavirus pandemic.
La Profesora talks with Dra. Kristan Venegas and Andrew Gonzalez about what home means to them and how they have managed their careers staying close to home with (chosen) family. Poet Eva Sierra is featured. This episode is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Andrew Gonzalez, who served the University of New Mexico and the NASPA Latinx/a/o Knowledge Community with dignity and grace (QDP).
La Profesora talks with two incredible leaders in higher education, Dr. Sal Mena y Dra. Maggie De La Teja, about their journeys to the Vice President of Student Affairs role. Poet Araceli Montaño is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dra. Gina Garcia and Dr. Andrés Castro Samayoa about pressing against the boundaries of the Hispanic-Serving Institution designation. Poet Lee Maracle is featured.
La Profesora celebrates the first season of Latinx Intelligentsia with folx who cultivate the uplift for Latinx/a/o communities. She talks with Dr. William Liu, Dr. Cameron Beatty, and Dr. Amanda Tachine about what the podcast has meant for them. Poet Mary Oliver is featured.
La Profesora talks with 2 proud community college graduates, Dra. Lorelle Espinosa & U.S. Marine Corps Veteran John Lira, about their journeys to advocacy & leadership in public policy and practice. Poet José Olivarez is featured. PLUS Bonus Content!
La Profesora talks about the many paths that led Dra. Sofia Pertuz and Dr. José Luis Santos to leave the formal structures of higher education and move into spaces that work with higher education: The JED Foundation & 2U, Inc. Poet Vickie Vértiz is featured.
La Profesora talks with Dra. Rebeca Burciaga & Dr. Enrique Alemán, tejedores who weave creativity and lived experience into a documentary and into woven art. Both artforms are a tribute to their parents and their ancestors. Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales showcases an original poem inspired by the episode.
La Profesora draws inspiration from the Next Generation of Student Affairs practitioners. Natasha Piñeiros, Rosemary Ferreira, Jeffrey Ramos, and Fernando Lopez share their journeys through the student affairs and higher education master's programs and their hopes for creating meaningful opportunities for college students. U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, is featured.
La Profesora talks with tenured and early career faculty about disrupting the "publish or perish" mantra in academe, and finding meaning in serving nuestra comunidad. Poet Nikky Finney is featured.
Is scholar-activism possible in higher education? La Profesora talks with Dra. Susana Muñoz and Dr. Nolan Cabrera about how to engage in scholar-activism with intention and humility. Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, shares a poem from Teré Fowler-Chapman entitled "BWCOIWWHD".
La Profesora talks with Sistah-Scholars Susana Munoz and Liliana Garces about the "small world" of higher education and how they first met. Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, shares a haiku from Sonia Sanchez entitled "Haiku [For You]".
La Profesora introduces her sistah-scholar, Dra. Judy Marquez Kiyama, and her Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, Sarah Gonzales, who will showcase poetry at the end of every episode. Judy talks with us about her journey from a mining town in Arizona to life after tenure as a faculty member. Sarah shares how her love of poetry led to creating a spoken word emancipatory project for young people. Both share where they draw inspirat...
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