Professor/Dept Chair of Women's Studies, mom, spouse of a teacher, UTSA grad. I write about higher ed, faculty diversity & equity, motherhood & student parents.

Fresno, CA and South Texas
Joined August 2013
My article recently hit 10k views and the feedback I have received from faculty of color is that it speaks to what they believe the university needs to do to retain them. It’s not a mystery! Please share! #highered #facultyofcolor medium.com/national-center-f…
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NEW Extended Deadline to apply for our 2025-26 cohort! CA EPFP is an eight-month professional development opportunity for education leaders across K–12, higher ed, government, philanthropy, and advocacy. Learn more and apply by August 7: epfp.edinsightscenter.org/ap… #highered #policy
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Incredible achievement!!!
𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡🏆 Cierra Jackson is the women’s discus national champion with a new meet record throw‼️
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I’m at the @UCLA vs @UTSABSB game and the staff are refusing to remove a man shouting “sh**t the (UTSA) pitcher” because he’s a veteran. This is unacceptable.
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This was just moments after the pitcher took a hard hit to the leg and was trying to recover.
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Cheering on @UTSABSB in Los Angeles! Go Runners! 💙🧡💙🧡
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We fought the good fight for years and I’d do it all over again because I still believe it’s the right thing to do and a cause worth fighting for. #pbs #publicbroadcasting
Replying to @levarburton
@levarburton Thank you for fighting for us since “Roots”. This same speech could be given today. Sadly. I an so thankful I got to experience Jim Henson, Fred Rogers, Bob Ross, LeVar Burton & countless others on PBS growing up.
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Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we are all bound by moral obligations to God and one another. Today, Michelle and I mourn with everyone around the world – Catholic and non-Catholic alike – who drew strength and inspiration from the Pope’s example. May we continue to heed his call to “never remain on the sidelines of this march of living hope.”
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Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year.
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Larissa Mercado-López, PhD (she/her) retweeted
.@AOC answers a question via Instagram about how introverts can get involved and take action.
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If only it worked like this in higher ed 😅
The greatest lesson can be found in coffee.
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All Americans can agree on this: no president should use disaster victims as political pawns. Yet President Trump is doing just that—focusing on validating his own conspiracy theories rather than helping Americans. Our families need help and compassion—not political games.
REPORTER: You talk about condition being placed on aid to California, voter ID and the like. Are there any conditions you're gonna put on aid to North Carolina? TRUMP: We're gonna do a lot for North Carolina R: So no conditions? T: Well, in CA I have a condition. We want them to have voter ID ... this is a different kind of thing.
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It’s a good thing we’ve been doing DEI before DEI was a thing.
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“I have a dream.” 🧡 About 150 members of the UTSA community gathered in downtown San Antonio this morning to remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to participate in the nation’s largest MLK march. #UTSA #MLKDay2025
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Hey @Starbucks, let’s end this practice, of asking for our names in the drive-through. I want a coffee, not a relationship 😭
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This MLK Day, if you'd like to celebrate what's great about this country and go visit a national park. Free admission that day. Nothing else going on that day.
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LA is largely comprised of normal ass people who are not rich and famous and I’m sick of the fact that grown ass ppl On Here think that the best time to share their ignorance about this city and its inhabitants is when LA is experiencing a devestating series of fires.
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As a Chicana with a PhD in literature, I feel this in my bones.
According to a recent paper, the vast majority of academics gain their elite status the old-fashioned way, they were born with rich parents.
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