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Seamless Advising Summit

Dr. Carmen N. Veloria

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Central Connecticut State University

May 24, 2023

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Agenda

Gratitude

A word about terminology

Narrative Rendering: “Where’s our Group?”

On “Good Data”

On humanizing, democratizing, and using data for storytelling

Lesson Learned & Relearning

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HISPANIC LATIN

LATINO/A LATIN@

LATINX LATINE

Terms that refers to people of Latin American origin or descent(North America, Central America, The Caribbean, South America)

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Expanding on Notions of Authentic Cariño and “Critical Care”

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Critical cariño

“Folk model” of educación

Pedagogies “de la casa” or “el barrio”

Gendered and mixed messages

Learning to understand and challenge so-called neutral educational spaces

Critical cariño as a type of caring that is undertaken with historical and political consciousness of students’ communities and a desire to interrupt inequity.

Caring must focus on “explicit attention to culture of power with an aim toward helping students master dominant discourses while still valuing and sustaining their home cultures.

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Critical Cariño Framework

Cuentos and Conocimientos reveal subjectivities and vulnerabilities

Consejos build on educative stories to promote indiviual and collective action

Critical Cariño raises the critical consciouness of students

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Thank you!

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs 

Central Connecticut State University

1615 Stanley St. • Davidson Hall, Room 113

New Britain, CT 06050

860-832-2225 |cveloria@ccsu.edu