Employing a Community Cultural Wealth Framework to Analyze the Complexities of Latina/o Educational Attainment

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium addresses the application of Yosso’s (2005) community cultural wealth framework to study Latina/o access, achievement, and retention within higher education. Panelists will discuss how this theoretical framework was employed to analyze quantitative and qualitative data on Latina/o high school students, first-year STEM students, high-achieving upperclassmen, and graduate students’ postsecondary educational experiences. Additionally, panelists will offer new insights that extend Yosso’s conceptualization of community cultural wealth and advance discourse regarding the experiences of Latina/o collegians. Audience members will also have an opportunity to engage in dialogue regarding the implications of using this theoretical framework in higher education research.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Hispanic Research Issues

Chair

• Susana Maria Munoz, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Papers

• Is the Bronx in the House? An Inquiry of “Capital” and the College Transition of Latino Males - Alejandro E. Carrion, CUNY - Graduate Center

• Latina/o Students in STEM: An Examination of Navigational, Cultural, and Social Capital - Lorenzo DuBois Baber, University of Illinois; Blanca E. Rincon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Garcia Martinez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Over the Ivy Wall: Latino Male Achievers Nurturing Community Cultural Wealth at a Highly Selective Predominantly White Institution - David Perez II, The Pennsylvania State University

• Whose Capital do I Keep? Negotiating the Tensions between Community Cultural Wealth and Cultural Capital after the Ph.D. - Michelle M. Espino, University of Maryland - College Park

Discussant

• Tara J. Yosso, University of California - Santa Barbara