Chicana Feminist Approaches to Theorizing About Chicana/Latina Educational Inequalities in Higher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium session reflects the ways in which Chicana feminist concepts are vital theoretical and methodological tools for uncovering and theorizing about educational inequalities that affect the lived experiences of Chicanas/Latinas in higher education. This symposium asserts new directions for conceptualizing research about Chicanas/Latinas by examining how they have resisted and survived educational systems that fragment and compartmentalize their lived experience as they seek wholeness through family, community, and, most recently, social media. Designed as an intergenerational scholarly conversation among Chicana/Latina doctoral students, early career faculty, and a senior faculty member, this symposium offers an important contribution for scholars and practitioners who are committed to improving educational access and opportunity for Chicanas/Latinas and other racial/ethnic populations.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on Women and Education

Chair

• Michelle M. Espino, University of Maryland - College Park

Papers

• Using Cultural Intuition to Contextualize the College Choices of Latinas: Nepantleras Colegiales Guiding Conocimiento Colegial - Nancy Acevedo-Gil, California State University - San Bernardino

• Digital Mestizaje: Chicana Doctoral Student Testimonios via Social Media - Estee Hernandez, Florida State University

• Daughter and Scholar: Latina Graduate Students Navigating Familismo and the Good Daughter Dilemma - Molly Morin, University of Maryland - College Park; Veronica Pecero, The Ohio State University

• Profesoras: Chicana Professors Revisiting Aspirations and Experiences in Academia From Graduate School to the Professoriat - Rebeca Burciaga, San José State University

Discussant

• Laura I. Rendon, The University of Texas - San Antonio