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Gina A. Garcia

Researcher at University of Pittsburgh

Publications -  40
Citations -  1643

Gina A. Garcia is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Organizational identity. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 35 publications receiving 1239 citations. Previous affiliations of Gina A. Garcia include University of California, Los Angeles & University of California.

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Complicating a Latina/o-serving Identity at a Hispanic Serving Institution

TL;DR: A case study with 88 participants at a four-year HSI found that members made sense of their organizational identity through an expression of values and processes for sustaining and enhancing the culture and education of Latina/o students.
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Decolonizing Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A Framework for Organizing:

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that "Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) should realign their organizational approach in order to liberate themselves and their students" and "as colonized institutions enrolling colonized people, HSIs must...
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Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization

TL;DR: In the book, Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization, the author Cia Verschelden highlighted the deleterious effects of...
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Does Percentage of Latinas/os Affect Graduation Rates at 4-Year Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Emerging HSIs, and Non-HSIs?:

TL;DR: As the population of college-aged Latinas/os grows, the number of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) increases as mentioned in this paper, and the percentage of Latinas has not increased.
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When Parties become Racialized: Deconstructing Racially Themed Parties.

TL;DR: Using critical race theory as a lens, the authors provides a contemporary overview of these events and deconstructs these incidents as examples of overt forms of racism often emanating from subtle, everyday occurrences of covert racism or racial microaggressions.