TY - JOUR AU - Jovan Emilio Rivera AU - Kirsten T. Edwards PY - 2026 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag JF - PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS - 1 VL - 8 SN - 2578-5761 TI - Orientation to Latin* Whiteness: The Role of an HSI in Sustaining White Identity DO - 10.3726/PTIHE.012026.0049 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1703922 N2 - In recent years, scholars have connected questions of color, race, and racialization at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to broader philosophical discussions that articulate the inextricability of whiteness and Latinidad. While others have further revealed contemporary aspirational whiteness among Latin*s, missing from this scholarly conversation is an understanding of how white racial identity becomes normalized for Latin*s and the role an HSI can play in sustaining this process. Through a phenomenological approach, specifically Ahmed’s KW - whiteness, critical race studies, Latin* studies, higher education, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) ER -