CCHALES Research Collective

• In Event: The Future of Researcher Socialization: The Pursuit of Truth and the Role of Research Teams

Abstract

The CCHALES Research Collective is focused on examining the systems, structures, and practices within higher education that hinder racial equity. We conduct policy-relevant and practice-focused scholarship to improve the conditions, experiences, and outcomes for racially-minoritized students, especially in the community college context. We are scholars of color making a difference in our communities, education, and society at large. We give back to the public education systems that shaped our trajectory and helped us become who we are.
CCHALES is more than research, it is family, it is community; a space for us to grow and thrive without having to reduce or silence ourselves to fit the norms of academia. The research we do, the skills we possess, and the conviction in our writing come from our parents, families, culture, and experiences. We gain strength from them and protect them from academic spaces seeking to erase our identities, experiences, and ways of knowing. As first-gen, community-grown, scholars of color, we say ¡CCHALES! to the whackness of white supremacy in higher education and do our best to dismantle and build something different, a new world is possible.
Themes:
Disrupting Raced-Gendered Socialization in Academia

We all scholars before arriving to these research spaces

Authors

• Eric R. Felix, San Diego State University
  Presenting Author

• Cynthia Estrada, California State University - Channel Islands
  Presenting Author

• Elizabeth Jimenez Perez, University of California - San Diego
  Presenting Author