View from Venus

7.4 Racial Conflict and Color Evasion with Blanca Vega

Episode Summary

In this week's episode, guest expert, Blanca Vega, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, joins us to talk about her work on color evasive frames used in higher education and strategies for supporting faculty advancement, especially women of color. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

Episode Notes

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

•  Experiences of women of color in faculty positions at our teaching-oriented institutions. 
• Strategies for individuals and institutions to support faculty advancement
• Color-evasive frames deployed by higher education and  student affairs professionals

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Blanca Vega at Montclair State University
• Delegitimizing Race: The Role of Color-evasive Ideologies and HESA Professionals
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions as Racialized Organizations: Elevating Intersectional Consciousness to Reframe the “H” in HSIs
• Serving Black Communities at Hispanic Serving Institutions
• Delegitimizing Race
• “What Is the Real Belief on Campus?” Perceptions of Racial Conflict at a Minority-Serving Institution and a Historically White Institution
• Scholar Mami Strategies: Advancing in the Teaching-Oriented Institution at Mid-Career.

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia