This is a brief introduction to this new podcast, hosted by Prof. Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, about navigating higher education from a first-generation, person of color point of view.
A show about navigating higher education’s hidden curriculum as a first-generation scholar of color.
Darrel Wanzer-Serrano: Thanks
for listening in to Your Shadow
Advisor, a weekly program about
navigating higher education from
a first generation person of
color perspective. I'm your host
Professor Darrel Wanzer-Serrano.
Have you ever wondered why there
are so few underrepresented
faculty of color in college and
university classrooms,
especially at your flagship
research universities? Well,
it's complicated. And part of
the reason is that higher
education institutions are
racialized organizations that
conserve their cultures of
whiteness through a hidden
curriculum that benefits those
in the know. That's why if
you're a student, so many of
your professors also have
parents who are professors, or
who at least had advanced
degrees. Your Shadow Advisor is
an attempt to level the playing
field to demystify that hidden
curriculum so that people like
me, people who are entering
higher education as low income
first generation
underrepresented people of color
can access the opportunities and
behaviors necessary to succeed,
thrive and transform the
organizational cultures of
higher ed. So every Wednesday
starting August 24, I'll post a
new episode answering key
questions about this hidden
curriculum in ways that your
primary advisors simply may
never have thought about. If you
have a question, send it to
questions@yourshadowadvisor.com
or head to the website to submit
an audio question that I might
air on the podcast. Until then,
please please, please subscribe
to the podcast on Apple
podcasts, Spotify, or whatever
app you use. Thanks again for
listening in.