Fortaleciendo Nuestra Comunidad: Mentoring Through Conocimiento

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The 90-minute mentorship session at the 2025 AERA annual conference is an opportunity for Bilingual Education Research SIG members to cultivate community and mentorship relationships with scholars in our field. The first 30 minutes will consist of panelists thinking with Anzaldúa’s conocimiento framework to share about their experiences in academia as both mentors and mentees and will follow with Q&A. Some of the topics will include: navigating academia, the job market, publishing articles, tenure preparation, career/life strategies, and seeking mentorships. The last 60 minutes will be dedicated time for participating mentees to be paired with mentors who have similar or related research interests.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Bilingual Education Research

Chairs

• Susana Ibarra Johnson, New Mexico State University

• Idalia Nunez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Wenyang Sun, University of Utah

• Jiadi Zhang, University of Missouri - St. Louis

• Kyungjin Hwang, University of South Carolina

Moderator

• Minea Armijo Romero, New Mexico State University

Panelists

• Luis Urrieta, University of Texas at Austin

• Patriann Smith, University of South Florida

• Ramon Antonio Martinez, Stanford University

• P. Zitlali Morales, University of Illinois at Chicago