Latinx Intelligentsia

Latinx Intelligentsia

Dra. Michelle Espino Lira

Episodes 59
Avg. Duration 46m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (42)
Since Aug 2019
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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31%
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About This Podcast

This bi-weekly podcast is dedicated to uplifting Latinx/a/o students, administrators, faculty, and stakeholders in higher education. La Profesora, Dra. Michelle Espino Lira, focuses on the ways in which we can uplift our gente to and through higher education so we can all thrive.

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Recent Episodes

148 Hours While the World is Burning

Feb 17, 2026 19m

Ep 55 La Profesora shares the often unseen process behind publishing academic work as a Latina scholar in higher education. Reflecting on her latest publication, La Profesora shares the journey of…

S9E54 Save EDAD!

Sep 28, 2025 27m

Ep. 54 La Profesora turns the spotlight on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where a sweeping new budget proposal threatens to eliminate the Department of Educational Administration (EDAD)—the only…

S9E53 Ep 53 Ya Basta!

Sep 15, 2025 9m

Ep. 53 La Profesora discusses the urgent challenges facing Latinx/e and marginalized communities today. She shines a light on pressing issues such as the ongoing crisis in Palestine, the targeting of…

S8E52 La Profesora's Sidenote on Higher Ed/Student Affairs Doctoral Admissions

Oct 30, 2024 19m

Ep. 52 As La Profesora, Dra. Michelle Espino Lira, slowly returns to the podcasting space, we thought it would be helpful to talk about the daunting world of doctoral program admissions. In this…

S7E51 In Memoriam

Aug 04, 2023 18m

Ep 51 This episode is dedicated to Mrs. Ramona Espino, who was and remains a brilliant light in La Profesora's heart. La Profesora talks about what it means to live in, through, and around grief.…

S7 Back in the Day Replay: Dra. Melissa Abeyta

Feb 06, 2023 28m Bonus

It's a Back in the Day Replay, ya'll! La Profesora is giving flowers to Dra. Melissa Abeyta, the creator and host of the Scholar Homies Podcast: The Story is to be Told, Not Sold, Conversations with…

S7E50 Celebrating the 50th Episode!

Jan 23, 2023 31m

Wow, ya'll! We're kicking off Season 7 by celebrating 50 episodes that showcase the amazing work that our gente are doing in higher education! We have a special guest host, future Dra. Nancy…

S6 Back in the Day Replay: Dra. Gina Garcia

Jan 09, 2023 26m Bonus

La Profesora is coming back, ya'll! Thank you for your patience and support! As we prepare for a new season of the podcast, we want to give a shout out to an amazing scholar who is holding it down in…

S6E49 To Pivot and Thrive

Jul 01, 2022 33m

Ep 49 This episode is a tribute to all the student affairs practitioners out there who went beyond the "other duties as assigned" at the start of COVID-19. Student Affairs practitioners had to pivot…

S6E48 Paying It Forward: Y Tu También College Access Program

May 27, 2022 40m

Ep 48 It is with so much sorrow in my heart that I post this episode. I do not want to lose hope. The Black community in Buffalo deserves everything we have. The Taiwanese parishioners in Santa Ana…

S6E47 A Shared Sacred Space: The Central American & Isthmian Writers Group

Apr 15, 2022 40m

Ep47 What started as a way to gather to write at the start of the pandemic evolved into a shared sacred space among Central American and Isthmian writers who sought a space to tell their stories from…

S6 The Nominee

Mar 24, 2022 22m Bonus

BONUS EPISODE! Ya'll didn't think that after talking about my love, John Lira's campaign for the past few seasons that I wouldn't showcase a critical moment in our journey, right?! In this BONUS…

S6E46 Materializing Worlds that Don't Exist Yet for Queer Latinx People

Mar 16, 2022 37m

Ep 46 La Profesora talks with newly-minted Dr. Roberto Orozco (felicidades on your dissertation defense!) about the connection between Jotería Studies and Chicana Feminism. Early Chicana Feminists…

S6E45 Poetry Uncovers Wounds We Thought Had Already Healed

Feb 28, 2022 35m

Episode 45 Ya'll! We have a new Poet-in-Residence and in Resistencia, future Dr. Gabriel Pulido! Gabriel shares his journey with spoken word and slam poetry, noting that his creative writing and…

S6E44 A Model of Possibility

Feb 15, 2022 43m

Ep44 It's always inspiring to learn from a scholar who centers comunidad in her work. La Profesora talks with Dra. Dolores Delgado Bernal about her incredible contributions to promoting assets-based…

S5E43 Live The Questions

Jan 01, 2022 40m

Episode 43 Bridging sensing and thinking is not often valued in academia. So-called "objectivity" is what is honored. Yet, our gente know something about sensing and thinking that can create a vision…

S5E42 Beyond Strategy: A Conversation with Dra. Estela Bensimon

Dec 18, 2021 38m

Ep. 42 In higher education, we tend to hear that we should be strategic in teaching, service, publications, and grants--pretty much EVERYTHING! What if I told you that one of our veteranas in the…

S5E41 They're Already Here: Formerly Incarcerated & System-Impacted Students

Nov 23, 2021 44m

Ep 41 To have the courage to say that one is system-impacted is just the tip of the iceberg in this thought-provoking conversation with Dra. Melissa Abeyta. Dra. Abeyta is working with her Scholar…

S5E40 Soy Quién Soy: Formal Education After Incarceration

Nov 01, 2021 37m

Ep 40 Future Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez has lived several lifetimes. By the age of 19, Joe Louis was an addict and facing incarceration. His life was changed after attending a drug treatment center that…

S5E39 Representing the Misrepresented: Critical Quant

Oct 05, 2021 28m

Ep 39 Critical Quantitative methodology is justice-oriented and focuses on context. If you plan to be a critical quant or quant crit, you need to acknowledge that national datasets do not accurately…

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Latinx Intelligentsia has published 59 episodes since August 2019, covering topics in Education, Society & Culture.

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