José Luis Morín

Understanding Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Background and Context for Serving Latinx Students

Our first shared reading is a position paper written by John Jay faculty members Lisandro Pérez, José Luis Morín, and Isabel Martínez. We will be using this paper to frame our seminar activities within efforts to improve our understanding of John Jay as a Hispanic Serving Institution and to improve our teaching, learning, and mentoring services to our students and each other.

Here is a link to the position paper: John Jay as a Hispanic-Serving Institution_ Meeting the Challenge

Nicholas Vargas

Imagining Hispanic Serving Colleges & Univ. as Integrated Institutions for Ethnoracial Justice

Nicholas Vargas has recommended that we read the following three articles before our meeting on October 15. The first, Latina/o Whitening? Which Latina/os Self-Classify as White and Report Being Perceived as White by Other Americans? is a response to his reading of the speaker series and José Luis Morín’s presentation. The second two articles focus more on Vargas’ HSI research as related to his John Jay presentation.

Please read the articles and provide comments, questions, and concerns to the Nicholas Vargas Readings and Resources Comments page (under this page on the main menu) by Wednesday, October 10 (I will share a selection with Nick Vargas by October 12 so that he can prepare to talk with us).

Articles:

• LATINA/O WHITENING? Which Latina/os Self-Classify as White and Report Being Perceived as White by Other Americans?
• Racing to Serve or Race-ing for Money? Hispanic-serving Institutions and the Colorblind Allocation of Racialized Federal Funding
• Racial Expropriation in Higher Education: Are Whiter Hispanic Serving Institutions More Likely to Receive Minority Serving Institution Funds?

Nilda Flores-Gonzalez

Citizens but Not Americans: Race and Belonging among Latino Millenials

Nilda Flores-Gonzalez has shared two chapters of her recent book for us to consider before our seminar discussion:

• Latinos and the Racial Politics of Place and Space
• Latinos as Real Americans

And here are a few articles you might find helpful in addition to her book (same title as her presentation):

• “Doing Race”: Latino Youth’s Identities and the Politics of Racial Exclusion
• The Structuring of Extracurricular Opportunities and Latino Student Retention
• School Kids, Street Kids: Identity and Development in Latino Students

Please read the articles and provide comments, questions, and concerns to the Nilda Flores-Gonzalez Readings and Resources Comments page (under this page on the main menu) by Friday, November 2.

Anthony Peguero

The Importance for Research, Education, Service, and Representation within the Academic Community

Anthony Peguero has given us four readings to think through in the next month:

• School Strictness and Education: Investigating Racial and Ethnic Educational Inequalities Associated with Being Pushed Out
• Punishing Latina/o Youth: School Justice, Fairness, Order, Dropping Out, and Gender Disparities
• Reflections of a Latino Associate Professor
• Reflections of a Latino junior scholar

Please read the articles and provide comments, questions, and concerns to the Anthony Peguero Readings and Resources Comments page (under this page on the main menu) by Friday, December 7.