Tuesday Plenary Diversity Session: What is Latinx? Deconstructing the complexity of the term Latinx

The categories of race, gender, and sexuality continue to be the site of analysis for many higher education researchers, effectively filling the void of intersectional approaches to student development and learning theory. Yet, we still struggle with terminology that honors Latinx/a/o students’ identities, let alone their intersections with systems of oppression. This presentation will engage in a dialogue about the importance of Latinx/a/o/* students’ identities and labels that have been (mis)used, (mis)interpreted, and have not been fully examined. The goal is to illuminate how the politics of naming social identities can perpetuate structures of power and work toward transforming higher education through critical naming processes.

First Learning Outcome: Understanding of the challenges that many multicultural students face within education 

Second Learning Outcome: Multicultural awareness for immigrant students

Third Learning Outcome: Access and equality in higher education

Core Competency: Diversity and Inclusion

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Presenter(s): 

Cristóbal Salinas Jr. Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education