Stephanie Aguilar-Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 6270901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Aguilar-Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Aguilar-Smith |
| SIGNATURE | AGUILAR-SMITH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5370-7670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Homegrown scholars: An analysis of faculty hiring patterns across Hispanic-serving research universities in Texas
When Scholarship Serves: A Content Analysis of Recommendations Within HSI Research
Amid the growth of Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) scholarship, we analyzed the nature of recommendations across more than 20 years of HSI peer-reviewed articles. Specifically, we identify the types of recommendations authors offer and to whom they offer this guidance and consider what this suggests about the potential of this research to serve HSIs. Ultimately, we offer implications for researchers, graduate program faculty, and journal edito…
The Underbelly of Congressional Pork: A QuantCrit Study of Partisanship, Race, and Distributive Politics
Purpose: Federal academic earmarks represent a revealing site to examine the racialized dynamics of higher education funding policy. Considering this and drawing on the concept of racialized change work, the present QuantCrit study investigates mechanisms underlying the racialized distribution of academic earmarks, including relative partisanship and racialized congressional caucus membership, by the two main US political parties. Research Method…
The Expansion of Title V: A Historical Analysis of the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program
Understanding the development of major educational policies is essential, especially federal policies integral to Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)—one of the fastest-growing types of postsecondary institutions in the United States, which collectively serve over two-thirds of Latina/o/x-identified college students. Accordingly, in this archive-based study, we explore the expansion of Title V, specifically the creation of the Postbaccalaureate …
Living in a liminal space: Possibilities for pre-tenure faculty to refuse loveless neoliberalism
Toward ensuring the equitable allocation of federal funding: An analysis of Hispanic-serving institutions’ pursuit and receipt of Title V grants
Despite Hispanic-serving institutions’ (HSIs) growing number and ongoing institutional diversification, appropriations to Title V, capacity-building grants, has plateaued. Considering these trends, we constructed a unique dataset of Title V non-applicants, applicants, and recipients from 2009–2017 to examine how equitably these federal funds were allocated across HSIs. Through our analytic modeling, we examined HSIs’ pursuit and receipt of these …
A Critical Qualitative Study of Inequities in Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ Grant-Seeking Competitiveness
Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ (HSIs) diversification and Title V’s anemic funding present a ripe condition for inequity. Hence, I interviewed 29 institutional actors across 17 HSIs to understand how they view their competitiveness for these grants and sources of inequity of this program. I identified four themes, demonstrating that an HSI’s institutional capacity, (in)actions, knowledge, and leadership inform its competitiveness for Title V fund…
Making Good on Our Promises to Language Justice: Spheres of Coalitional Possibilities across the Discipline
In this article, we argue for a coalitional orientation for writing programs and centers to advance language justice and make good on the promises delineated over fifty years ago in the Conference of College Composition and Communication’s publication of the Students’ Right to Their Own Language . Specifically, we argue that writing centers are ripe sites of teaching and learning—not merely auxiliary support for the composition classroom. Indeed,…
The Evolving Portrayal of Hispanic-Serving Institutions? A Systematic Review of More Than 20 Years of Research
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a pivotal role in the higher education of Latina/o/xs. Considering the growth and diversification of these institutions over time, we systematically reviewed more than 20 years of literature on HSIs. Specifically, we explored the nature of the HIS scholarship and the ways it reflects these institutions’ evolution, finding that while literature has grown in the last decade, it has not kept pace with HSIs’ …
Toward ensuring the equitable allocation of federal funding: An analysis of Hispanic-serving institutions’ pursuit and receipt of Title V grants
Despite Hispanic-serving institutions’ (HSIs) growing number and ongoing institutional diversification, appropriations to Title V, capacity-building grants, has plateaued. Considering these trends, we constructed a unique dataset of Title V non-applicants, applicants, and recipients from 2009–2017 to examine how equitably these federal funds were allocated across HSIs. Through our analytic modeling, we examined HSIs’ pursuit and receipt of these …
A Critical Qualitative Study of Inequities in Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ Grant-Seeking Competitiveness
Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ (HSIs) diversification and Title V’s anemic funding present a ripe condition for inequity. Hence, I interviewed 29 institutional actors across 17 HSIs to understand how they view their competitiveness for these grants and sources of inequity of this program. I identified four themes, demonstrating that an HSI’s institutional capacity, (in)actions, knowledge, and leadership inform its competitiveness for Title V fund…
Making Good on Our Promises to Language Justice: Spheres of Coalitional Possibilities across the Discipline
In this article, we argue for a coalitional orientation for writing programs and centers to advance language justice and make good on the promises delineated over fifty years ago in the Conference of College Composition and Communication’s publication of the Students’ Right to Their Own Language . Specifically, we argue that writing centers are ripe sites of teaching and learning—not merely auxiliary support for the composition classroom. Indeed,…
The Evolving Portrayal of Hispanic-Serving Institutions? A Systematic Review of More Than 20 Years of Research
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a pivotal role in the higher education of Latina/o/xs. Considering the growth and diversification of these institutions over time, we systematically reviewed more than 20 years of literature on HSIs. Specifically, we explored the nature of the HIS scholarship and the ways it reflects these institutions’ evolution, finding that while literature has grown in the last decade, it has not kept pace with HSIs’ …
The Expansion of Title V: A Historical Analysis of the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program
Understanding the development of major educational policies is essential, especially federal policies integral to Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)—one of the fastest-growing types of postsecondary institutions in the United States, which collectively serve over two-thirds of Latina/o/x-identified college students. Accordingly, in this archive-based study, we explore the expansion of Title V, specifically the creation of the Postbaccalaureate …
Living in a liminal space: Possibilities for pre-tenure faculty to refuse loveless neoliberalism
Homegrown scholars: An analysis of faculty hiring patterns across Hispanic-serving research universities in Texas
When Scholarship Serves: A Content Analysis of Recommendations Within HSI Research
Amid the growth of Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) scholarship, we analyzed the nature of recommendations across more than 20 years of HSI peer-reviewed articles. Specifically, we identify the types of recommendations authors offer and to whom they offer this guidance and consider what this suggests about the potential of this research to serve HSIs. Ultimately, we offer implications for researchers, graduate program faculty, and journal edito…
The Underbelly of Congressional Pork: A QuantCrit Study of Partisanship, Race, and Distributive Politics
Purpose: Federal academic earmarks represent a revealing site to examine the racialized dynamics of higher education funding policy. Considering this and drawing on the concept of racialized change work, the present QuantCrit study investigates mechanisms underlying the racialized distribution of academic earmarks, including relative partisanship and racialized congressional caucus membership, by the two main US political parties. Research Method…
Higher Education Research Studies (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (3 works) · Mentoring and Academic Development (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Grant funding (2 works)