Hecho en South Carolina: Latinx Teachers Made in and (Re)Making the NuevoSouth

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Abstract

The “New Latinx South” describes recent demographic shifts that make the United States South home to the fasting growing Latinx population in the country. Despite the resulting increase of Latinx students in the South, K-12 Latinx teachers are severely underrepresented in Southern schools. While there are burgeoning, and separate, lines of research about the shifting demographics in the South generally, as well a lack of teacher representation
nationally, there remains a dearth of research on how these two phenomena intersect. Thus, this paper seeks to accomplish two things: 1) map the terrain and provide a base for further research with K-12 Latinx teachers in the South 2) share primary data from a photovoice study with Latinx teaches in South Carolina

Author

• Timothy Monreal, California State University - Bakersfield