Chicana/os Latina/os in Higher Education ((3))

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This course engages intersectionality as an analytical framework and pedagogical approach to explore the histories and relationships between Chicana/o Latina/o students, families, communities, and the various school settings that comprise the education pipeline, with emphasis on high school, community colleges, undergraduate and postgraduate experiences. To this end, this course incorporates multiple disciplinary perspectives--sociological, historical, literary and cultural-to understand the experiences of Chicana/os Latina/os in schools. We will also discuss important epistemological shifts in education shaped by women and queer Chicanas Latinas. With a focus on pedagogies that are grounded in spirituality, the body, experiential knowledge, queer identities, and/or borderland sensibilities, this course invites students to develop and present a research project that focuses on the education of Chicana/os Latina/s, or a topic that incorporates the lens of Chicana feminist epistemology.