The Latinx Guide to Graduate School

Equal parts how-to guide, personal reflection, manifesto, and academic musing The Latinx Guide to Graduate School gives a culturally resonant perspective that speaks to the unique Latinx graduate student experience. We hope that students, faculty, and staff can attend to enjoy light refreshments and listen to the authors’ discussion of their book!

Authors:

Magdalena Barrera serves as Vice Provost for Faculty Success at San José State University, providing thought leadership on all aspects of faculty recruitment and professional advancement within a Hispanic-serving institution context. Prior to this role, she was professor and chairperson of Chicana and Chicano Studies. A former first-generation college student, Magdalena is an expert in diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education; her publications and speaking engagements explore navigational pathways and professional development for first-gen and historically underserved scholars. Her work has appeared in a wide range of journals, edited collections, and higher education news outlets. The Latinx Guide to Graduate School is her first book.

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales is a Professor in the School of Education, affiliate faculty in the Migration Studies Program, and Faculty Director of the MA in Higher Education and Student Affairs program all at the University of San Francisco. She was a first-generation college student and grew up near the
U.S.-Mexico border.

Genevieve is an interdisciplinary scholar of education and immigration. Her research focuses on the educational and political lives of undocumented young people; deportation, immigrant families and violence at the border; and the educational navigations of Latinx communities.

Her books include Encountering Poverty: Living and Acting in an Unequal World (co-authored with Ananya Roy, Claire Talwalker and Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, 2016, UC Press), We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States (co-edited with Leisy Abrego, Duke University Press, 2020), and The Latinx Guide to Graduate School (co-authored with Magdalena Barrera, Duke University Press, 2023).