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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Welcome to AcademicZ

A couple of years ago fellow graduate student, Amanda Martinez, and I found ourselves talking a lot about our experiences in academia. In reflecting upon our conversations we noticed that many of our experiences stemmed from a shared experience- our identity as Latino/a. The more we talked with one another about research, teaching and service, the more we realized that we had much to learn from one another through a dialogue about our experiences. Along the way, we engaged other Latino/a scholars at conferences related to our discipline in communication and wondered how we could better sustain this dialogue.

AcademicZ is a space where we can share our experiences and reach out to one another. Our hope is that this serves at least three purposes for Latino/a scholars in higher education: 1) a forum where we can connect with one another and build a network of understanding, 2) exercise our voice, and 3) hopefully identify patterns of challenges and opportunities so that we can be more effective as scholars, teachers, and mentors.

So please join us, hear what we have to share, reach out to one another, and be the change we seek.

kch & am




1 comment:

  1. WE ARE REVIVING THIS BLOG TOWARDS MORE REGULAR POSTS WITH MORE CONTRIBUTORS!!!! WELCOME TO ALL THE NEWCOMERS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL!

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