HSI Equity Talks

The HSI Equity Talks are a place for regular discussion on topics relevant to UCSC as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. We seek to engage speakers from across campus as we welcome the attendees to engage critically with the content presented at these talks. Together we will unpack complex topics centered on the praxis equity and servingness.

Invited guests for the 2023 - 2024 academic year:

Fall 2023	Winter 2024	Spring 2024
Dr. Christine Hong, Professor, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) and Literature	Dr. Jody Greene, Associate Campus Provost for Academic Success	Dr. Ebonée Williams, AVC for  Student Success and Equity
Thursday, November 30, 2023 1:30 - 2:30 PM | Hum. 1, Rm 210 Video Recording	Thursday, February 22, 2024 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Hum. 1, Rm 202 Video Recording	Thursday, May 2, 2024 2:30 – 3:30 PM | Hum. 1, Rm 210 Register Here

Previous Equity Talks

• A Success Story: Using Embedded Course Advising to Disrupt Barriers in Foundational STEM Courses (May 16, 2022)
• Practicing Equity with Fidelity to Racial Justice (April 14, 2021)
• Championing a Transfer Receptive Culture (January 29, 2021)
• Becoming a racially-just HSI: Conversation with Dr. Gina Garcia (October 15, 2020)
• Interactive Theater Strengthens Cultural Humility in Advising Through Messages of Belonging (April 18, 2019)
• Equity Framework for STEM Gateway Courses: Current Practices in Cellular and Molecular Biology - BIO 20A (December 13, 2018)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Preliminary Findings & Implications of the WORD Writing Summer Institute (November 1, 2018)
• Campus Climate and Institutional Change: Advancing Diversity and Institutional Practice (March 8, 2018)
• Complicating A Latinx - Serving Identity (December 6, 2017)