View from Venus

7.9 Mentoring Graduate Students and Faculty with Magdalena Barrera

Episode Summary

In this week's episode, guest expert, Magdalena Barrera, Vice Provost for Faculty Success and Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State University and co-author of The Latinx Guide to Graduate School, joins us to talk about her recently published book, the retention and mentoring of historically underserved faculty and students and her work on Jennifer Lopez. 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:

• Magdalena's new co-authored book, The Latinx Guide to Graduate School. 
• Her motivation for writing the book, informed by her own experiences in graduate school.
• The retention and mentoring of Latinx and other historically underserved faculty and students in higher education.
• Magdalena's role as Vice Provost for Faculty Success at San Jose State University and the story of her career journey. 
• Putting research into practice in administration.
• Magdalena's research on representations of Mexican Americans in early twentieth century American cultural production.
• Her article about  Jennifer Lopez and its reception. 

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Magdalena at San Jose State University
• The Latinx Guide to Graduate School (co-authored with Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales)
• “I Love How We Developed a Community Already”: A Graduate Student Orientation Model for Minority-Serving Programs and Institutions
• Hottentot 2000: Jennifer Lopez and Her Butt

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia