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Episode 55: 148 Hours While the World is Burning
La Profesora shares the unseen process behind publishing academic work as a Latina scholar, reflecting on writing, mentoring, and setbacks.

La Profesora
Feb 171 min read
Episode 54: Save EDAD!
A spotlight on a budget proposal threatening to eliminate the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

La Profesora
Sep 28, 20251 min read
Episode 53: Ya Basta!
La Profesora discusses urgent challenges facing Latinx/e and marginalized communities, including Palestine and the dismantling of DEI initiatives.

La Profesora
Sep 15, 20251 min read
Episode 52: La Profesora's Sidenote on Higher Ed/Student Affairs Doctoral Admissions
Practical tips for making informed decisions about the doctoral journey to and through Higher Education & Student Affairs programs.

La Profesora
Oct 30, 20241 min read
Episode 51: In Memoriam
Dedicated to Mrs. Ramona Espino, this episode reflects on what it means to live in, through, and around grief.

La Profesora
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Bonus Replay: Dra. Melissa Abeyta
La Profesora gives flowers to Dra. Melissa Abeyta, host of the Scholar Homies Podcast, discussing her transition to UT Rio Grande Valley.

La Profesora
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Episode 50: Celebrating the 50th Episode!
Season 7 kicks off celebrating 50 episodes with special guest host future Dra. Nancy Camarillo, reflecting on the podcast's journey.

La Profesora
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Replay: Back in the Day - Dra. Gina Garcia
La Profesora returns after a break, giving flowers to Dra. Gina Garcia, revisiting Episode 10: Beyond the HSI Designation.

La Profesora
Jan 9, 20231 min read
Episode 49: To Pivot and Thrive
A tribute to student affairs practitioners who pivoted to support students at the start of COVID-19.

La Profesora
Jul 1, 20221 min read
Episode 48: Paying It Forward: Y Tu También College Access Program
An episode dedicated to victims of gun violence, honoring communities in Buffalo, Santa Ana, and Uvalde.

La Profesora
May 27, 20221 min read
Episode 47: A Shared Sacred Space: The Central American & Isthmian Writers Group
La Profesora talks with Eileen Galvez, Samantha Erskine, Bri Rodriguez, and Jessica Hoppe about a shared sacred space for Central American and Isthmian writers.

La Profesora
Apr 15, 20221 min read
Bonus: The Nominee
A bonus episode capturing moments before, during, and after election day in the Texas primaries, following John Lira's congressional campaign.

La Profesora
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Episode 46: Materializing Worlds that Don't Exist Yet for Queer Latinx People
La Profesora talks with newly-minted Dr. Roberto Orozco about the connection between Jotería Studies and Chicana Feminism.

La Profesora
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Episode 45: Poetry Uncovers Wounds We Thought Had Already Healed
A new Poet-in-Residence, future Dr. Gabriel Pulido, shares his journey with spoken word and slam poetry.

La Profesora
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Episode 44: A Model of Possibility
La Profesora talks with Dra. Dolores Delgado Bernal about her contributions to promoting assets-based frameworks in Latinx/a/o educational pathways.

La Profesora
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Episode 43: Live The Questions
La Profesora talks with Professor Emerita about bridging sensing and thinking to create a vision of higher education with wholeness and hope.

La Profesora
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Episode 42: Beyond Strategy: A Conversation with Dra. Estela Bensimon
A conversation with a veterana in the field who focused more on doing work she cared about than strategizing every career step.

La Profesora
Dec 18, 20211 min read
Episode 41: They're Already Here: Formerly Incarcerated & System-Impacted Students
Dra. Melissa Abeyta discusses encouraging institutions of higher education to pay attention to system-impacted students already on campus.

La Profesora
Nov 23, 20211 min read
Episode 40: Soy Quién Soy: Formal Education After Incarceration
Future Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez shares his path from incarceration to formal education, supported by a community college drug treatment program.

La Profesora
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Episode 39: Representing the Misrepresented: Critical Quant
Critical Quantitative methodology is justice-oriented, acknowledging that national datasets don't accurately reflect historically marginalized lived experiences.

La Profesora
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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