College of Education
Educational Leadership Program

Alicia Fedelina Chávez
Assistant Professor

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Office Location: Hokona Hall 392 A
Office Phone:
505-277-4387
Fax: 505-277-5553
Email: afchavez@unm.edu

Educational Leadership
College of Education
MSC05 3040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Dr. Alicia F. Chavez

Alicia F. Chávez is Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership and Organizational Learning Department in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Chávez received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona at Tucson in Higher Education Policy Studies; her M.S. in Higher Education/Student Affairs Administration at Iowa State University; and her B.A. in Psychology at New Mexico State University.

Her collegiate leadership experiences include serving as CEO of UNM-Taos; Dean of Students at the University of Wisconsin – Madison; Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership at Miami University in Ohio; as a Diversity Development Consultant at Iowa State University, as Hispanic Cultural Center Director at the University of Northern Colorado and in a wide variety of student affairs leadership positions in colleges and universities around the country.  

Dr. Chávez is an educational anthropologist whose scholarship centers on “Recrafting Leadership, Teaching, and Organizational Culture for Diversity and Multiculturalism in Higher Education.” She is published in journals such as the Journal of College Student Development, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education


Research Interests

  • Leading Across Differences
  • Cross Cultural College Teaching & Learning
  • Recrafting Collegiate Organizations for Diversity & Multiculturalism
  • Photoethnographic Research on College Cultures

Classes Regularly Taught

  • LEAD 593 – Enhancing Leadership through Educational Anthropology
  • LEAD 605 – Qualitative Research Methods
  • LEAD 607 – Analyzing Qualitative Research
  • LEAD 593 – Diversity & Multiculturalism in Higher Education
  • LEAD 593 – Colleges as Organizations
  • LEAD 529 – Adult Learning
  • LEAD 594 - Practicum

Selected Publications

Chávez, A.F. (in review). Leading in the Borderlands: Negotiating Ethnic Patriarchy for the Benefit of Students.

Chávez, A.F. (2008). Islands of Empowerment:  Facilitating Multicultural Learning Communities in College.  International Journal of Teaching and      Learning in Higher Education, 19(3). http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe.

Guido-DiBrito, F. & Chávez, A. (2006).  Spirit of Place: Crafting a College in Northern New Mexico RhythmTerrain:  Journal of Built & Natural      Environments, Vol 19, available in late September from http://terrain.org/.

Chávez, A.;  Guido-DiBrito, F. & Mallory, S. (2003).  Learning to Value the "Other": A Model of Diversity Development.  Journal of College Student      Development, Vol. 44(4), 1-17.

Guido-DiBrito, F. & Chávez, A. (2003).  Understanding the Ethnic Self:  Learning and Teaching in a Multicultural WorldColorado State University      Journal of Student Affairs, Vol. XII, 11-21.

Chávez, A. (2001).  Spirit & Nature:  Reflections of a Mestiza in Higher Education.  New Directions in Student Services, 2(4), 69-79.  Special Issue on      Spirituality on College Campuses, Margaret Jablonski (ed.). 

Chávez, A. & Guido-DiBrito, F.  (1999). Racial and Ethnic Identity and Development.  In C. Clark and R. Caffarella (eds.),  An Update on Adult      Development Theory:  New Ways in Thinking About the Life Course.  New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

Chávez, A.  (1998).  Weaving My Way: The Cultural Construction of Writing in Higher Education.  Journal of Poverty: Innovations on Social, Political and      Economic Inequalities, 2(4), 89-93.  Special Issue on Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities

Current Grant

Web Based Teaching and Learning Across Culture and Age (2008-09) Co-Investigator. Spencer Foundation.

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