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Biography

Sergio A. Gonzalez, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership in the School of Education at Duquesne University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate-level coursework in higher education, emphasizing social justice discourse. His interdisciplinary research is informed by Women of Color Feminisms, Chicana/Latina Feminisms, and Jotería Studies within higher education scholarship. As a first-generation academic, being the first in his family to graduate from high school, undergraduate, and graduate school has shaped how he shows up in community and navigates academia. He is an hijo to his Madre y Padre, a brother, a Tio, Madrina, Nino, and Nieto to his chosen family and family.

Education

  • Ph.D., Higher Education and Student Affairs, Claremont Graduate University, 2023
  • M.A., Applied Gender Studies, Claremont Graduate University, 2021
  • M.Ed., Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs, University of Southern California, 2017
  • B.A., Communication Studies, Manhattanville College, 2008

School

  • Social Justice in Community Engaged Educational Settings
  • Doctoral Seminar
  • Introduction to Queer Studies
  • LGBTQ+ Students in Education
  • Feminist Research Methods
Martinez-Benyarko, M., & Gonzalez, S. A. (2023, April). Plática as methodology and method: Using a critical lens to research Latina/o/x college students. [Scholarly Paper Session]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Gonzalez, S. A. (2023, April). A Jotería identity and belonging: Pláticas of co-creation with queer Latinx graduate students in higher education. [Roundtable Session]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Gonzalez, S. A., Martinez, D., & Osworth, D. (2023, April). Sexo, pudor, y lagrimas: An intersectional school finance analysis of anti-queer/trans policy legislation and praxis. [Roundtable Session]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Duran, A., Gonzalez, A., Gonzalez, S. A., Orozco, R., & Rodriguez, G. (2023, March). Queer and trans Latinx/a/o higher education collective panel. [Symposium Session]. American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Sérráno, B., & Gonzalez, S. A. (2022, November). Queer, Trans, and Brown in higher education: The outsiders within? [Scholarly Paper Session]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Cruz, T., Almonte, C., Gonzalez, S. A., & Garcia, N. (2022, November). Humanizing Higher Education: A Healing Plática on grieving, existing, and resisting in the ivory tower. [Symposium Session]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Gonzalez, S. A., Camargo Gonzalez, L., Pereira Bonilla, H. (2022, October). Challenging Productivity as Graduate Students. [Symposium Session]. Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA). Annual Conference, Edwardsville, IL.

Gonzalez, S. A., Orozco, R., & Gonzalez, A. (2022, April). Joteando y Mariconadas: Theorizing Queer Pláticas for queer and/or trans Latinx/a/o Research. [Symposium Session]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Gonzalez, A., Gonzalez, S. A., Orozco, R. (2021, November). Joteando y Mariconadas: Unsettling the Epistemological and Methodological Underpinnings of Queer Latinx/a/o Research. [Scholarly Paper Session]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, San Juan, PR.

Burgos, L., Gonzalez, S. A., & Galvez, E. (2021, November). The Borders of Latina/o Scholarship: White Supremacy in Action & It’s Impact on Early Scholars. [Symposium Session]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, San Juan, PR.