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
Featured grants
- 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.
- Guajardo, Miguel. Lano Grande, Cricket Island Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $30000. (Funded: 2004). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Arar, K., Bogotch, I., Mifsud, D., & Guajardo, M. (2025). Embracing Indigenous ethics as collective voices and participation: new beginnings for educational leadership. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 57(4), 345–362. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2025.2564855
- 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.
- Martinez, M. A., Guajardo, M., Rivera, E. R., & Saenz, D. (2025). Bearing witness to the loss of familia as Chicana/os/Latinxs in pandemic times: Finding community healing through testimonio and plática in higher learning. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2025.2519315
- Hernandez, C. G., & Guajardo, M. A. (2025). Blending of Anzaldúa’s Coyolxauhqui imperative, lunar phases, and dynamic-critical construction as theory building for identity formation of educational leaders. Journal of Educational Administration & History, 1–19. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2025.2483670
- Arar, K., Guajardo, M., Martinez, M. A., & Straubhaar, R. J. (Eds.). (n.d.). Transformative Praxis through Doctoral Educational Leadership Programs: A Blueprint for Fostering Resilient, Future-ready Leaders. Routledge.
Featured service activities
- Member
Personnel Committee
- Graduate Advisor
- Member
President's Faculty Conversations
- Attendee / Participant
Latino SIG
