LatinXperts

LatinXperts
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  • SOCIETY & CULTURE

The official podcast for Latino Studies at UT Austin

  1. 08/22/2025

    Traveling Abroad to Look Within: An Interview with Victor Sáenz about his Mexico Maymester

    Roxanne Schroeder-Arce interviews Victor Sáenz about a Mexico Maymaster he has run for several years. She asks questions about the content of his course, the impact on students, plus how he has grown as a teacher and person through leading this program. Read Victor’s book, Ensuring the Success of Latino Males in Higher Education: A […]

    59 min

  2. 01/10/2025

    Ep. 41 – Asserting Humanity Through Art

    In this episode of the LatinXperts Podcast, Alfonso Ayala III, a doctoral student at UT’s Mexican American and Latina/Latino Studies department, engages in a conversation with Julio Salgado, a queer undocumented artist based in Los Angeles, California. Julio, who rose to fame for his 2012 “I am Undocuqueer!” artwork shares his journey as a queer, […]

    1h 2m

  3. 01/10/2025

    Ep. 40 – 14 Years Inside, A Lifetime of Latinx Advocacy

    Michael Hames-Garcia speaks with Steven ‘Humble’ Mangual, a former prisoner who has become a national civil rights leader. Steven shares his harrowing experiences in solitary confinement, the trauma of his early life, and his path to transformation through education, self-reflection, and community. Now a Justice Advocate Coordinator for Latino Justice–PRLDEF, Steven discusses his work in […]

    1h 12m

  4. 04/02/2024

    Ep. 39 – Queer Brown on Both Sides of the Lens?

    A conversation with self-taught photographer Fabián Guerrero: a queer, first-generation Mexican American born in Dallas, TX.  Fabián’s work both reflects and is inspired by his upbringing as a first-generation immigrant and a queer brown individual; taking from fashion, film, poems, and music, the lifestyle and everyday survival, to shed light on his family’s history and […]

    45 min

  5. 04/01/2024

    Ep. 38 – Writing Truth in Times of Fear

    “Writing Truth in Times of Fear” spotlights the MALS’ first inaugural Writer-in-Residence mónica teresa ortiz. Ortíz talks with Karma Chavez, Chair of the Department of Mexican American Latina/o Studies, about the importance of land, Texas, as well as ethnic, racial, and queer identity to their creative practice. They also offer important insights for students wanting to pursue their […]

    30 min

  6. 06/30/2023

    Ep. 37 – What is Proyecto Latino: Politics & Policy at UT?

    A conversation between Dr. Angela X. Ocampo and Dr. Angie Gutierrez about Proyecto Latino. Drs. Ocampo and Gutierrez discuss their research collaborative, its mission and bold ideas. They also discuss results from their survey of Latina/o/x Texans after the 2022 Midterm Election, and their ongoing efforts to better understand the political priorities, opinions and behaviors […]

    26 min

  7. 06/09/2023

    Ep. 36 – What is IQRMI-ADS and how does it support underrepresented minority scholars?

    In this episode, Dr. Daisy Morales-Campos talks with Dr. Bernadine Waller about how her participation in the Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute for Advanced Doctoral Students (the Institute) has impacted her research and career trajectory. Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute for Advanced Doctoral Students (IQRMI-ADS) website Dr. Bernadine Waller LinkedIn TEDx Talks: Hindered Help: African […]

    21 min

  8. 05/19/2023

    Ep. 35 – Slow Theory, is this the way?: Star Wars, Storytelling, & Latino Dads

    Being a Latino father is almost as hard as being a Latina daughter. Dr. Domino Perez discusses how her youth watching films with her father inspired her to write a book about the complex construction of Latino fatherhood in the cultural and geographic borderlands. Dr. Perez illustrates that sometimes slow methods of research are the […]

    39 min
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The official podcast for Latino Studies at UT Austin

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  • Creator
    LatinXperts
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
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    © 2026 LatinXperts
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