Inquiry Oasis Season 3: Leslie Gonzales

In today's episode of Inquiry Oasis, Dean Regina Deil-Amen interviews Dr. Leslie Gonzales, Professor and Department Head of the College of Education's Department of Education Policy Studies and Practice in the Center for the Study of Higher Education.Dr. Gonzales shares about her professional and personal background and the connections to higher education and her research. Dr. Gonzales discusses two studies she has worked on over the past couple years, sharing the findings from one focused on interview panels seeking innovation and how time impacts how those on interview panels see and honor innovation.She shares with us about concepts of epistemic inclusion, epistemic injustice, and epistemic exclusion.Three words that describe Dr. Gonzales's work:Inclusion -- specifically, increasing inclusion in higher education through her research and teaching service.Public good -- specifically, a belief that public institutions have an obligation, responsibility, and privilege to serve the public.Possibility -- specifically, higher education is oriented towards broadening possibility, whether it be the possibility of life, circumstances for students, or what knowledge can look like and what research can go.Other Scholars Mentioned:Miranda Fricker, DPhil -- Dr. Gonzales highlights Miranda Fricker's work focused on epistemic injustice. To learn more about Miranda Fricker's work, check out her website here.Dr. Gonzales gives a shout out to a team of graduate students; Brooke Moreno, April Horne, and Karina Rodriguez--and hopes to share the findings from their collaborative work soon.Reading Recommendation:Ebony and Ivory by Dr. Craig Steven Wilder