Faculty Profile for Dr. Miguel Guajardo

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Dr. Miguel Guajardo
Professor — Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych
ASBS 318
phone: (512) 245-6579

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Miguel A. Guajardo is a Professor in the Education and Community Leadership Program and a member of the doctoral faculty in School Improvement at Texas State University. His research interests include issues of community building, community youth development, race and ethnicity, university and community partnerships, and Latino youth and families.

Research Interests

community building, community youth development, race and ethnicity, university and community partnerships, and Latino youth and families.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Guajardo, M., Guajardo, F., Salinas, C., & Cardoza, L. (2019). Re-Membering, Re-Framing, and Re-Imagining Latino Leadership in Education: Reflections on Community, Higher Learning, and Higher Education. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Vol. 18(2), 141–164.
  • Arar, K., Bogotch, I., De La Rosa, Y., Fong, C. J., Guajardo, M., & Mifsud, D. (2024). Decolonizing research methods. In Decolonizing Educational Knowledge: International Perspectives and Contestations (pp. 9–38). Springer. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55688-3_2
  • Arar, K., & Guajardo, M. (2023). The “Beyond” Spaces of Social Justice Leadership. In Handbook of Leadership in Education. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
  • Guajardo, F., & Guajardo, M. (2022). Stories of Place and People: A Genealogical Tree of Two Mexican-American Brothers Becoming Professors. In Preparing for Full Professor: Critical Issues on Gender and Racial Equity in Research, Teaching, Service, and Policy Making. Sterling, Virginia, USA: Stylus Publishing LLC.
  • Arar, K., Saiti, & Guajardo, M. A. (2022). Redesigning and recomputing the future of education: The role of technology, the learning process, personality traits, and diversity in learning systems. Power and Education, Vol. 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/17577438221117346

Selected Grants

  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Sarmiento, Eric Ryan (Co-Principal), Rayburn, Steven W (Co-Principal), Myles, Colleen Crystal (Co-Principal), Davio, Rebecca Lynn (Supporting), Fox, Rebekah L (Supporting), Guajardo, Miguel (Supporting), Valencia, Louie Dean (Supporting), Valle, Rosina Ruiz (Supporting). #ReclaimDunbar: A community needs assessment for the Dunbar arts, cultural and innovation district, Multidisciplinary Team Formation (MTI) Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: July 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019). Grant.
  • Guajardo, Miguel. Community U, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $235000. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
  • Guajardo, Miguel. Rural People Rural Policy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $50000. (Funded: 2006). Grant.
  • Guajardo, Miguel. Leadership Community Change, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $100000. (Funded: 2004). Grant.
  • Guajardo, Miguel. Loka Institute, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $150000. (Funded: 2004). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Graduate Advisor
August 2024-Present
Other
2023-Present
Other
August 2023-Present
Member
President's Faculty Conversations
2022-Present
Attendee / Participant
Latino SIG
2018-Present