The presence & purpose of relationships in academic careers:
Learning, living, and finding validation in academia
Thursday, November 12
2:30pm, 252 Erickson
A higher education scholar whose work focuses on the academic profession, Gonzales will explore the role of colleagueship in the lives of faculty members employed across various types of post-secondary institutions. Gonzales will discuss how faculty members in multiple settings, including community colleges and comprehensive universities, leverage and lean on relationships with colleagues for myriad reasons, but consistently in ways that advance their learning and growth as professionals. In exploring these findings, Gonzales will pay special attention to the role of colleagues in the lives of women faculty members serving in the comprehensive and research university sectors.
Leslie D. Gonzales is an assistant professor of higher, adult, and lifelong education. To date, Gonzales’s work has been published in The Journal of Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, Higher Education, The Journal for Higher Education Engagement and Outreach, and Educational Policy Analysis Archives among other outlets. Gonzales is a first-generation, working class student-turned academic, and earned all three academic degrees from Hispanic-Serving Institutions, including New Mexico Highlands University and The University of Texas at El Paso.