A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation With Queer Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Eight
  In Roundtable Session: Queer Visibility, Kinship, and Failure in High Education (Table 15)

Abstract

Homophobia, patriarchy, and white supremacy are deeply embedded in academia and our communities; consequently, there is a lack of empirical research that speaks to the collective experiences connected to Jotería, queer people of color, and Latinx/a/o graduate students (Tijerina Revilla & Santillana, 2014). Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory qualitative dissertation is to understand how sense of belonging informs the identity development of queer Latinx/a/o graduate students in higher education. By incorporating Jotería Identity and Consciousness and Sense of Belonging as guiding frameworks, this dissertation study will lay the foundation to center queer Latinx/a/o graduate students’ lived experiences through the co-creation of authentic pláticas.

Author

• Sergio A Gonzalez, Duquesne University
  Presenting Author