Episode 22. Latinx Educational Pipeline, an Interview with Dr. Anita Tijerina Revilla

In this interview, Dr. Anita Tijerina Revilla shares her research and personal educational experience with colleague and friend Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson. Spanning a body of research on the Latinx educational pipeline, Dr. Revilla reflects on subjects such as the educational institution and elitism, inequality, student activism, immigrant and LGBTQ social movements, spirit murder, and loving mentorship. video linkReferencesRevilla, A. & Luna, N. (2013). Understanding latina/o school pushout: Experiences of students who left school before graduating. Journal of Latinos and Education, 12(1): 22-37.Revilla, A. (2012). What happens in Vegas, Does not stay in Vegas: Youth leadership in the Immigrant rights movement in Las Vegas, 2006. Aztlan: Journal of Chicano Studies, 37(1): 87-115.Revilla, A. (2010). Are all Raza womyn queer?: An exploration of sexual identities in a Chicana/Latina student organization. National Women’s Studies Association Journal. 21(3), 46-62.Revilla, A. (2010). Raza Womyn—making it safe to be Queer: Student organizations as retention tools in higher education. Black Women, Gender and Families Journal, 4(1), 1-25.Revilla, A. (2005). Community organizing and direct activism: Raza Womyn mujerstoria. Villanova Law Review, 50, 799-821.Revilla, A. & Rangel-Medina, E. (2011). Las Vegas activist crew and the immigrant rights movement: How we transformed “Sin City.” In M. Avila, A. Revilla, and J. Figueroa (Eds.), Marching Students: Chicana/o Identity and the Politics of Education 1968 and the Present. (41 pp.) Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. Get full access to Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson at snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe