[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-602459-105":59,"doc-detail-602459-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","latina-faculty-in-the-labyrinth-constructing-and-contesting-legitimacy-in-hispanic-serving-institutions","Latina Faculty in the Labyrinth: Constructing and Contesting Legitimacy in Hispanic Serving Institutions","","Examines the presence and experiences of Latina academics in the U.S., with particular attention to those employed in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Builds a conceptual metaphor of academia as a labyrinth (laberinto) and analyzes how Latina faculty navigate it using critical neo-institutional (CNI) and intersectionality theories. Frames legitimacy as a contested resource shaped by converging relations of power at both organizational and individual levels. Identifies unique opportunities and implications arising from “multiple marginalities.”",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/latina-faculty-in-the-labyrinth-constructing-and-contesting-legitimacy-in-hispanic-serving-institutions/602459/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/latina-faculty-in-the-labyrinth-constructing-and-contesting-legitimacy-in-hispanic-serving-institutions/602459.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"pixelkiddo","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-30","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":24},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the focus of the paper on Latina academics?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The paper examines the presence and experiences of Latina academics in the U.S., especially in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Why does the paper frame academia as a labyrinth (laberinto)?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It treats academia as a pathway with many twists and turns, where each turn presents opportunities and responsibilities, and where legitimacy is continuously contested.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Which theories are used to analyze Latina faculty experiences, and what do they emphasize?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The paper uses critical neo-institutionalism and intersectionality. CNI highlights how cultural and social relations shape higher education fields and power hierarchies, while intersectionality explains how overlapping identities intersect with multiple arenas of power.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},602459,1792189750,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":24,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},962090883892,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/e00115db34f3e0f11b?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1790152879550218658","Latina Faculty in the Labyrinth: Constructing  \nand Contesting Legitimacy in Hispanic Serving Institutions  \nBy Leslie D. Gonzales,  \nElizabeth Murakami,  \n& Anne-Marie Núñez  \nLeslie D. Gonzales is an assistant professor in educational leadership and higher education in the E.  \nT. Moore School of Education at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Elizabeth Murakami isan associate dean at the College of Education at the University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas. Anne-Marie Núñez is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.  \nIntroduction  \nThis paper focuses on the presence and experiences of Latina1 academics in the U. S., especially those who serve in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) . Following the theme of this special issue related to Women of Color Faculty’s Testimonios and Laberintos, we add to the notion of academia as a labyrinth (laberinto), suggesting that it is a pathway with many twists and turns, each of which presents an opportunity, a possibility, and of course, a responsibility. Based on a review of literature and a fresh analysis of some of our previous work, we employ critical neo-institutional (CNI) and intersectionality theories to examine the experiences of Latinas as they navigate this labyrinth.  \nWe begin from the perspective that the post-second-  \nary field and academic careers unfold in spaces where multiple relations of power are always converging, and where naming and sketching out legitimacy is at the core of these power relations. To this end, we selected CNI and intersectionality lenses to help us analyze the experiences of Latinas in academia because each of these theories consider legitimacy a crucial resource in the higher education field: a resource for which academics are constantly struggling towards (Collins, 1986; Delgado-Bernal & Villalpando, 2002; Gonzales, 2012a; Stanley, 2007) and an ascription for which post-secondary institutions are constantly jockeying (Gonzales, 2013a; Morphew, 2009; Pusser & Marginson, 2012; Toma, 2012; Tuchman, 2009) .  \nTo illustrate Latina faculty in the academic laberinto, we move between these theoretical lenses and the literature to highlight the experiences, opportunities, and implications for Latinas serving in academia. We begin by describing our theoretical lenses, alluding from time to time, as to how they apply to the experiences of Latina faculty members in academia. Then, we present a review of research that documents the pathways on which Latinas begin their journey into the professoriate, and studies, many of which are testimonios, that point out how relations ofpower are always at work. Our intent is to showcase how these relations ofpower play out at the organizational level and at the individual level in particular ways for Latina professors. Ultimately, we suggest there are unique opportunities as well as implications for Latina women who occupy “multiple marginalities”(Turner, 2003) .  \nSituating the Experiences:  \nTheoretical lenses to observe El Laberinto y LosTestimonios  \nWe situate the experiences of Latina faculty through two theoretical frameworks: critical neoinstitutionalism and intersectionality. Critical neo-institutionalism (CNI) was developed as a direct response to the overtly positivistic and scientific conception of organizational phenomena and recognizes the cultural and social relations that shape organizational fields, like higher education (Cooper, Ezzamel,& Willmott, 2008; Meyer & Rowan, 1977; Phillips & Malhotra, 2008; Powell & DiMaggio, 1991). With CNI, we are able to more precisely sketch out the field of higher education and highlight the power relations that maintain hierarchy and difference (Gonzales, 2013a; Morphew, 2009; Pusser & Marginson, 2012; Toma, 2012) . In this way, it helps us reveal the walls ofthe laberinto Latina faculty and other women f","cbCaibS8mfaYzKiP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibS8mfaYzKiP","pdf",182826,25,"English","# Introduction\n## Situating the Experiences: Theoretical lenses to observe El Laberinto y Los Testimonios\n## Critical Neo-Institutionalism: The Labyrinth","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the paper on Latina academics?\",\"answer\":\"The paper examines the presence and experiences of Latina academics in the U.S., especially in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the paper frame academia as a labyrinth (laberinto)?\",\"answer\":\"It treats academia as a pathway with many twists and turns, where each turn presents opportunities and responsibilities, and where legitimacy is continuously contested.\"},{\"question\":\"Which theories are used to analyze Latina faculty experiences, and what do they emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The paper uses critical neo-institutionalism and intersectionality. CNI highlights how cultural and social relations shape higher education fields and power hierarchies, while intersectionality explains how overlapping identities intersect with multiple arenas of power.\"}]","Latina Faculty in the Labyrinth: Constructing and Contesting Legitimacy in Hispanic Serving Institutions | PDF",1792094723,63]