The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) represents professional academics, researchers, educators, and students in the United States of America and focuses on issues affecting Hispanics in higher education. It functions as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership society.
History AAHHE was originally the Hispanic caucus of the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) and was formed in 2005 after that organization went defunct, to address the under representation of Hispanics in higher education. It does so by highlighting scholarship focusing on the social issues of Hispanics, the shaping of educational policies, and the professional development of Hispanic faculty and administrators. The organization holds an annual meeting and offers a fellowship program for graduate students and junior faculty.
Presidents Presidents of the society have included:
Loui Olivas - Founding President and Director of the Center for Executive Development at Arizona State University
Tomás Rivera Lecture Past Tomás Rivera lecturers have included: Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and U.S. Secretary Henry Cisneros, and former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Vilma Martinez.
Awards The association sponsors several awards including:
University Faculty Award (formerly Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in Higher Education Award) (Research Institutions) Founding President's Award Book of the Year Award William Aguilar Cultural Arts Award Outstanding Support of Hispanic Issues Award Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award
Book of the Year Award Past winners include:
2006: Jeanett Castellanos, Alberta M. Gloria and Mark Kamimura, The Latina/o Pathway to the Ph.D.: Abriendo Caminos 2007: Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey 2008: Mirta Ojito, Finding Mañana 2009: Sandra Cisneros, House on Mango Street 2010: Gustavo Arellano, Ask a Mexican! 2011: David Montejano, Quizote's Soldiers: A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981 2012: Rubén Martinez, Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail 2013: Arturo Madrid, In the Country of Empty Crosses: The Story of a Hispano Protestant Family in Catholic New Mexico 2015: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, [Un]framing the "Bad Woman": Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and Other Rebels with a Cause 2016: Dolores Inés Casillas, Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-Language Radio and Public Advocacy 2017: Aída Hurtado, Mrinal Singa, Beyond Machismo 2018: Alberto Acereda, Estela Benisimón, Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr., Gary Francisco Keller, Laura J. Rendón, Richard Tannenbaum, New Directions in Hispanic College Student Assessment and Academic Preparation Hispanic College Students Move Forward: Policies, Planning, and Progress in Promoting Access 2019: Alberto Ledesma, Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life 2020: Gina Ann Garcia, Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges and Universities
References
External links Organization website