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Dr. Stephanie Aguilar

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Counseling and Higher Education

(940) 565-4288-

Email: Stephanie.Aguilar2@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Michigan State University, 2021
    Major: Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education
    Dissertation: Sources of Inequity of te Title V Program: A Critical Qualitative Study of Institutional Agents' Understanding of Hispanic-Serving Institutions' Grant-Seeking Competitiveness
  • GAC, Michigan State University, 2018
    Major: Chicano & Latino Studies
  • MPA, University of Georgia, 2014
    Major: Public Administration
    Specialization: Higher Education Administration
  • BA, University of Georgia, 2012
    Major: International Affairs
  • BA, University of Georgia, 2012
    Major: Journalism
    Specialization: Public Relations

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2021 - Present).
  • Coordinator/Graduate Consultant, Michigan State University. Michigan State University. (2016 - 2021).
  • Graduate Assistant, Michigan State University. Michigan State University. (2016 - 2019).
  • Academic Counselor, University of Mississippi- Tupelo. University of Mississippi- Tupelo. (2015 - 2016).
  • Recruiter/Graduate Assistant, University of Georgia. University of Georgia. (2015 - 2012).

Professional Memberships

  • Scholars Strategy Network. (December 2024 - Present).
  • HSI Colectiva. (April 2024 - Present).
  • Diversity Scholars Network. (March 2023 - Present).
  • Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education. (2021 - Present).
  • American Educational Research Association. (September 2020 - Present).
  • Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators. (2020 - Present).
  • American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. (2017 - Present).
  • Association for the Study of Higher Education. (August 2016 - Present).
  • Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social. (2017 - 2020).
  • Michigan Community Access Network. (2018 - 2019).

Development Activities

  • Self-Study Program (Training), KnowBe4 Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Texas 2023-2024, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 13, 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, UNT Annual Ethics Training: Professional Standards in the Workplace, UNT Division of University Integrity & Compliance. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 13, 2024).
  • Workshop, College of Education Faculty T&P Workshop, UNT College of Education. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 10, 2023).
  • Workshop, Faculty Grantsmanship Workshop, UNT Division of Research and Innovation. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 29, 2023).
  • Workshop, Providing Strategic Support for Formerly Incarcerated Students HEP, Bill Priest Center In Texas Community Colleges to Amplify Their Streetwise Epistemology, University of North Texas, Bill Priest Center for Community Colleges. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 24, 2023).
  • Self-Study Program (Training), Ethics and Standards of Conduct, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 14, 2022).
  • Workshop, Race is, Race Ain’t: Creating Racially-Engaged Campuses, UNT Office of Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 25, 2022).
  • Self-Study Program, Faculty First Flight, UNT DSI Clear. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 10, 2022 - January 20, 2022).
  • Self-Study Program, Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher, CITI Program. United States of America. (January 10, 2022).
  • Self-Study Program, IRB Administration, CITI Program. United States of America. (January 7, 2022).
  • Self-Study Program (Training), Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, UNT Office of Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 26, 2021).
  • Workshop, Workplace Racial Trauma, UNT College of Education. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 20, 2021).
  • Workshop, Working with Inclusive Pedagogy & Cultural Responsiveness, UNT Office of Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 19, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Intercultural Development Inventory, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 11, 2021).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Workshop, Association for the Study of Higher Education. United States of America. (September 28, 2021).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Workshop, Association for the Study of Higher Education. United States of America. (September 21, 2021).
  • Workshop, Tenure and Promotion Workshop, UNT Office of Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 20, 2021).
  • Workshop, Deep Dive-Spencer Foundation, UNT Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 14, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program (Training), UNT Policies & Title IX: Preventing Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Misconduct & Retaliation, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 9, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program (Training), Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2021-2022, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 13, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program (Training), FERPA Training, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 11, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Growth Mindset, UNT Office of Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 11, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program (Training), KnowBe4 Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Texas 2020-2021, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 30, 2021).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EDHE 5610 - Finance and Budgeting in Higher Education, 2 courses.
  • EDHE 6510 - History and Philosophy of Higher Education, 5 courses.
  • EDHE 6710 - Organization and Administration of Higher Education, 6 courses.
  • EDHE 6850 - Studies in Higher/Adult Education, 2 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Guest Lecture, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 10 participants. (November 6, 2023).
  • Guest Lecture, University of North Texas, 5 participants. (October 2023).
  • Guest Lecture, University of North Texas, 5 participants. (2022).
  • Guest Lecture, University of North Texas, 5 participants. (2022).
  • Guest Lecture, University of Dayton, 10 participants. (March 24, 2022).

Directed Student Learning

  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (January 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (September 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Partisan interests and academic centers at flagship universities: A multiple case inquiry," Counseling and Higher Education. (September 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (September 2024).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (August 19, 2024).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (August 19, 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Do Undergraduate Institutions Matter? Examining The Relationship Between Institutional Characteristics and Medical School," Counseling and Higher Education. (May 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Counseling and Higher Education. (April 5, 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (June 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Reimagining Student Support Services Through Blended Educational Experiences," Counseling and Higher Education. (March 2022).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (March 2022).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (November 2021).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (November 2021).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (October 2021).
  • Major Professor, Counseling and Higher Education. (October 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2021).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for CEP Mildred E. García Award for Exemplary Scholarship, Association for the Study of Higher Education. (November 2024).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Blog Post

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2018). From blunders to blessing: How to make the most of the annual ASHE conference. ASHE Grads. https://ashegrads.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/from-blunders-to-blessings-how-to-make-the-most-of-the-annual-ashe-conference/

    • Book Chapter

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2024). Hispanic-serving institutions: Levers of Latina/o/x/e uplift. Institutional diversity in American postsecondary education. Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publisher.
  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Ortega, G. (2024). Academic familismo as refusal. Belonging in higher education: Perspectives and lessons from diverse faculty. (1) 106-118. New York City, New York, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Belonging-in-Higher-Education-Perspectives-and-Lessons-from-Diverse-Faculty/Hartlep-Strayhorn-BonnerII/p/book/9781032442976
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2021). Doubt: The uninvited educator. Elevating marginalized voices in academe: Lessons to a new generation of scholars. 11-15. New York, NY, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Elevating-Marginalized-Voices-in-Academe-Lessons-for-a-New-Generation-of-Scholars/Templeton-Love-Johnson/p/book/9780367490720#:~:text=Critics'%20Reviews-,Elevating%20Marginalized%20Voices%20in%20Academe%3A%20Lessons%20for%20a%20New%20Generation,%2C%20Indigenous%20and%20Latin*%20people

    • Book Review

  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Myers, D. (2024). Review of the book critiques for transformation: Reimagining colleges and communities for social justice. Review of Higher Education. 47 (4) 561–564. Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins University Press. https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/review-higher-education
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2022). Review of the book becoming Hispanic-serving institutions: Opportunities for colleges and universities. Journal of Latinos and Education. 21 (5) 490–492. Milton Park, Oxfordshire, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15348431.2019.1634574?journalCode=hjle20
  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Villarreal, C.D. (2018). Review of the book Hispanic-serving institutions: Advancing research and transformative practice. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal. 12 (1) 168-171. San Antonio, Texas, University of Texas at San Antonio. https://amaejournal.utsa.edu/index.php/AMAE/issue/view/23

    • Dissertation

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2021). Sources of inequity of the Title V Program: A critical qualitative study of institutional agents’ understanding of Hispanic-serving institutions’ grant-seeking competitiveness. 366. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Espinoza, B.D. (2024). The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). The Chicana and Chicano movement: From Aztlán to Zapatistas. Westport, Connecticut, ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Praeger. https://www.asburybookcoop.org/book/9781440801303
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2019). National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Race and ethnicity in the United States: From pre-contact to the present. London, England, Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/race-and-ethnicity-in-america-9781440850967/

    • Interview Protocol

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2021). Hispanic-serving institutions’ pursuit of Title V funding. Ann Arbor, MI, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

    • Journal Article

  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Doran, E.D. (2024). The expansion of Title V: A historical analysis of the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans’ program. Educational Policy. 38 (2) 320-349. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/epx
  • Hall, K.A., Aguilar-Smith, S. (2024). Living in a liminal space: Implications for pre-tenure faculty to refuse loveless neoliberalism. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 1-18. Milton Park, Oxfordshire, Taylor & Franics. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tqse20/current
  • Ro, H.K., Aguilar-Smith, S., Anderson, S., Rodriguez, T., Ramon, E., Javier, D. (2024). Attending to STEM in servingness at Hispanic-serving institutions: A systematic review of more than a decade of scholarship. International Journal of STEM Education. 11 (33) London, England, Springer Open. https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com
  • McCambly, H.N., Aguilar, S. (2024). Racialized patterns in the distribution of congressional pork: Implications for postsecondary equity and organizational transformation. AERA Open. 10 Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero
  • Ortega, G., Aguilar-Smith, S., Lizalde, G., Porras, C. (2024). Barriers to power: Exploring the troubled trajectories of Latinx executive leaders at Hispanic-serving institutions. Innovative Higher Education. 49 299–317. Berlin, Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-023-09649-6
  • Marin, P., Aguilar-Smith, S. (2023). The evolving portrayal of Hispanic serving institutions? A systematic review of more than 20 years of research. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. 22 (4) 446–459. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jhh
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2023). A critical qualitative study of inequities in Hispanic-serving institutions’ grant-seeking competitiveness. Educational Policy. 37 (6) 1637–1671. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publications. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/epx
  • Sanders, N., Pouncil, F., Aguilar-Smith, S., Smith, T.L., Pregent, G. (2023). Making good on our promises to language justice: Spheres of coalitional possibilities across the discipline. College Composition and Communication. 75 (2) 360-388. Urbana, IL, National Council Teachers English. https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/ccc
  • McCambly, H.N., Aguilar-Smith, S., Barber, L., Hu, X., Felix, E.R. (2023). Community colleges as racialized organizations: Outlining opportunities for equity. Community College Review. 55 (4) 658–679. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publishers. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crw
  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Yun, J. (2023). Toward ensuring the equitable allocation of federal funding: An analysis of Hispanic-serving institutions’ pursuit and receipt of Title V grants. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 31 (58) 1-29. Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University. https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/article/view/7281
  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Pouncil, F., Aguilar-Smith, N. (2022). Departing for a better world: Advancing linguistic justice through staff professional development. The Peer Review. 5 (3) https://thepeerreview-iwca.org/
  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Gonzales, L.D. (2021). A study of community college faculty work expectations: Generous educators and their managed generosity. Community College Journal of Research & Practice. 45 (3) 184-204. Milton Park, Oxfordshire, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ucjc20
  • Aguilar, S. (2021). Seeking to serve or $erve? Hispanic-serving institutions’ pursuit of racialized funding. AERA Open. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero
  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Flores, A. (2020). Intergenerational lessons to and from higher ed educators of color. About Campus: Enriching the Student Learning Experience. 25 (2) 20-23. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Aguilar-Smith, S., Crossing, A. (2021). Allowed in the room, but not at the table: Considerations for shared governance.. 6. Washington, D.C., Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/03/02/graduate-students-should-have-more-voice-shared-governance-opinion
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2020). AAHHE graduate fellows: My critical, but caring, amigxs. Hispanic Outlook Magazine. https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/education-magazine/april-2020-issue

    • Research Report

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (2024). Serving many in many ways: Hispanic-serving institutions as drivers of opportunity and socioeconomic mobility. Washington, D.C., The Third Way. https://www.thirdway.org/report/serving-many-in-many-ways-hispanic-serving-institutions-as-drivers-of-opportunity-and-socioeconomic-mobility

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Purposeful grant-seeking among Hispanic-serving community colleges, Catch the Next/Dallas College, Virtual, United States of America. (2025).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Aguilar, S. (Panelist), 63rd Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference / Realizing Equity in and Through Community Colleges, Community Colleges as Racialized Spaces: Outlining Challenges and Opportunities for Equity, Council for the Study of Community Colleges, Tempe, AZ, United States of America. (2022).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Presenter), Lone Star College Diversity Conference: Cultivating community, driving culture through inclusion, HSI Best Practices: Fireside Chat, Lone Star College, Online, United States of America. (2022).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), 47th Annual Texas Association for Chicanos in Higher Education Conference / Seguimos Floreciendo: Cultivating Resilient & Responsible Leadership through Latinx Awareness, Action, & Advocacy, Floreciendo purposefully: Towards More equitable and just grant seeking at Hispanic-serving institutions, Texas Association for Chicanos in Higher Education, Forth Worth, TX, United States of America. (2022).

    • Other

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Presenter), ¿Qué Pasa, HSIs?, Federal HSI Policies & Servingness, University of Pittsburg, Online, United States of America. (2022).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Panelist), Dr. Brett Nachman’s Tenure-Track Faculty Group, Prepping for third-year review, Online, United States of America. (2024).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Panelist), Inaugural HSI Colectiva Convening, Insights from HSI research colectiva panel, HSI Colectiva, Davies, CA, United States of America. (2024).
  • Garcia, G.A. (Panelist), Aguilar, S. (Panelist), Villarreal, C.D. (Panelist), Cuellar, M. (Panelist), Latinx Connect Conference, Pláctica on Servingness & Hispanic Serving Institutions, University of Pittsburg, Online, United States of America. (2022).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Panelist), Council on Ethnic Participation’s Mentor-Protégé Program, Preparing for the job market, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Online, United States of America. (2021).

    • Paper

  • Myers, D. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), 49th Annual Conference: I Am a Scholar, Data as distraction? Technocracy, institutionalization and assessment’s diffusion across higher education, 1990-2020, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2024).
  • Taylor, B.J. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), 49th Annual Conference: I Am a Scholar, To "save” higher education: An analysis of pragmatic solutions and epistemic claims for financial sustainability in higher education, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2024).
  • Brown, M. (Author & Presenter), Doran, E. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author), 65th Annual Conference: Catalyzing Equity-Centered Change, Audit culture, policy incentives, and community college cultural change: How Title V priorities advance datafication in Hispanic-serving institutions, Council for the Study of Community Colleges, Pittsburg, United States of America. (2024).
  • Ro, H. (Author), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Myers, D. (Author & Presenter), Lee, J. (Author), American Research Educational Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Homegrown Faculty: Examining academic inbreeding patterns at Hispanic-serving research universities, American Research Educational Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024).
  • Ro, H. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), Myers, D. (Presenter), Texas Higher Education Law Conference, Homegrown Faculty: Examining academic inbreeding patterns at Hispanic-serving research universities, University of North Texas, Denton, United States of America. (2024).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Doran, E. (Author & Presenter), 48th Annual Conference: Higher Ed Research-Purposes, Politics, & Practices, Money isn’t free: A study of influences on grant-seeking and making at Hispanic-Serving community colleges, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2023).
  • Doran, E. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar, S. (Author & Presenter), 64th Annual Conference: Advancing Emotional Well-Being through Equity-Mindedness, Community colleges and Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions grants: A content analysis., Council for the Study of Community Colleges, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Higher Education Program Research Night, Serving or self-serving? A systematic content analysis of more than 20 years of Hispanic-serving institution scholarship, Association for Graduate Students in Higher Education, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ortega, G. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar, S. (Author & Presenter), Lizalde, G. (Author), 47th Annual Conference: Humanizing Higher Education, Exploring the racial and gender trajectories of Latinx executive leaders at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Texas, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2022).
  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), 46th Annual Conference: Spanning & Unsettling the Borders of Higher Education, How equitable is the competition for Title V funds? A Study of HSIs’ grant-seeking conditions, Association for Study of Higher Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America. (2021).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Aguilar, S. (Other), Higher Education Funding Equity Workshop, Higher Education Funding Equity Workshop, Student Success Through Applied Research Lab, Madison, WI, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Symposium

  • Rigby, J.G. (Presenter), Yurkofsky, M. (Author & Presenter), McCambly, H. (Author), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Nagbe, M. (Presenter), Kaul, M. (Presenter), Woulfin, S.L. (Presenter), Grooms, A. (Presenter), Jabbar, H. (Presenter), American Research Educational Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Constructing new possibilities for racialized organizations theory in educational research, American Research Educational Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024).
  • Sanders, N. (Author & Presenter), Pouncil, F. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), SmithL. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference: The Promises and Perils of Higher Education: Our Discipline’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Linguistic Justice, Critical reflection(s), critical relationship(s): Advancing language justice through responsive and accountable coalition, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Sanders, N. (Author & Presenter), Pouncil, F. (Author & Presenter), Aguilar-Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Smith, T.L. (Author & Presenter), Pregent, G. (Author & Presenter), IWCA 2021 Annual Conference, Reckoning with linguistic racism among writing center communities: Reflecting towards action, International Writing Centers Association, Online, United States of America. (2021).

    • Webinar

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Presenter), University of California, Los Angles Inaugural HSI Webinar Series, Fueling equity: Navigating federal funding for HSI transformation, University of California, Los Angles, Online, United States of America. (2024).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "Super HSIs: Recognizing new tier of institutions," Inside Higher Ed. (March 3, 2022).
  • "UNT H.S.I Proposal Writing Guidance," UNT Research and Innovation. (December 7, 2021).

    • Newspaper

  • "New report: Hispanic serving institutions "do more with less"," Inside Higher Ed. (May 23, 2024).
  • "New briefing lays out strategies and challenges for HSIs in getting Title V funds," Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. (April 2, 2023).
  • "Everyone wants to be a Hispanic-serving institution: The number of HSIs has exploded. But are all those colleges helping their Hispanic students.," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (December 2, 2021).
  • "Race on campus: Do colleges 'capitalize' on their Latino/a Students?," The Chronicle of Higher Education. (November 30, 2021).

    • Radio

  • "Scrutinizing grants at Hispanic-Serving higher-ed schools," Texas Public News Service. (December 15, 2021).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Aguilar-Smith, S. (Principal), "UNT 2023-2024 Office of Faculty Success Conference Travel Grant," sponsored by UNT Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2023).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Part-Time Administrative Assistant Hiring Committee. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Scholarships Committee. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (January 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Admissions Committee. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Qualifying Exam Evaluation Committee. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor Faculty Search Committee. (August 2023 - February 2024).
  • Committee Member, Student Recruitment and Retention Committee. (August 2021 - August 2023).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Policy and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Antiracism. (January 2023 - May 2023).
  • Committee Member, Tenure Track Associate/Full Professor Faculty Search Committee. (August 2022 - May 2023).
  • Workshop Organizer, Association of Graduate Students in Higher Education. (March 2023).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 2021 - August 2022).
  • Committee Member, Tenure Track Open Rank Faculty Search Committee. (August 2021 - May 2022).
  • Workshop Organizer, Association of Graduate Students in Higher Education. (March 2022).
  • Committee Member, Executive in Residence Search Committee. (August 2021 - January 2022).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Educational Researcher. (July 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Teachers College Record. Columbia, New York. (June 18, 2024 - Present).
  • Member, Hispanic Serving Institution Colectiva. Davis, California. (April 24, 2024 - Present).
  • Member, Diversity Scholars Network. Ann Arbor, Michigan. (March 7, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Ethics Committee. (March 1, 2023 - Present).
  • Member, Council for the Study of Community Colleges. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, AERA Open. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Member, Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Member, American Education Research Association. (August 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Latinos in Education. (May 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institutions Educators. (2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Education Policy Analysis Archives. (2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Association for the Study of Higher Education. (May 2018 - Present).
  • Member, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. (August 2017 - Present).
  • Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education. (August 2016 - Present).
  • Member, Scholars Strategy Network. Cambridge, MA. (January 2024 - December 2024).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, AERA Organizational Theory SIG. (August 9, 2024 - September 3, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. New York, NY. (July 2024 - August 16, 2024).
  • Conference-Related, Council for the Study of Community Colleges. Pittsburg, PA. (August 1, 2023 - April 20, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation Racial Equity in STEM. Washington, DC, N/A. (March 8, 2024 - April 4, 2024).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Research in Brief Journal of College Student Development. (January 2021 - January 2024).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, The Institute for College Access and Success. Oakland, California. (December 13, 2022).
  • Program Organizer, Association for the Study of Higher Education. San Juan, Puerto Rico. (May 2021 - November 2021).
  • Board of Directors, Association for the Study of Higher Education. (November 2019 - November 2021).

Consulting

  • Academic, Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2019 - December 2022).