Jennifer R. Nájera

Submitted my paper proposal abstract for the MALCS Summer Institute today! Hope to see some of yall in Minneapolis in July ☀️

Writing a conference paper abstract the week after Christmas is not going so well. My brain is still in vacation mode. Or in a carb coma 🤷🏻‍♀️

Maybe I shouldn’t be, but I’m legitimately shocked ⬇️

DODGERS!!!!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

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My book was published one year ago! Through events in CA, Texas, and Arizona, I’ve met incredible people—student affairs staff supporting undocumented students, committed allies , and students affected by terrible immigration policies. It’s been an immense privilege to be in community with you all ❤️

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This week I presented my book research about undocumented student activists to an awesome group of students, staff, and faculty at Long Beach City College. I appreciated being in that space, especially given that so many undocumented students start their higher ed journeys at community college✊🏽

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This has been my experience with students, too ⬇️

Magazine page with images of book covers and descriptions of books

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After many years of seeing alumni books in the Stanford Magazine, it’s exciting (and surreal!) to see my book featured in these pages.

Thank you!

Assata Shakur Dies at 78; Convicted Revolutionary Found Refuge in Cuba

Assata Shakur Dies at 78; Convicted Revolutionary Found Refuge in Cuba www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

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Yesterday was the first day of my 20th year at UC Riverside. Now finally a Full Professor! 💙💛

Marc Anthony and Benito

The OGs appreciated the Marc Anthony appearance

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Singing La Santa #badbunny

Streaming BB’s #Nomequieroirdeaquí , and #elapagón is still—years later—such a powerful song

Clip from NYT website , photo of people in suits answering questions from a lectern

I feel like the first amendment should already cover this…

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico wearing a red, white and green sash and standing next to a Mexican flag. A headline reads: "For the First Time in 215 Years, a Woman Leads Mexico’s Cry of Independence." Photo by Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times.

For the first time in 215 years of Mexican history, a woman led the national cry of independence late Monday night: President Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president in the country’s history. nyti.ms/4mjCqvh

in better news, Benito will be live streaming his PR concert on September 20th ❤️‍🔥

writing and editing footnotes is probably the most mind numbing part of writing...

The cool kids in the thrift shop are talking about their CD collections 👵🏼

And FTR, whether or not you believe he “deserved” to get shot (few victims of gun violence “deserve” it), these are his words: "I think it's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

Apple Music just took me back to my freshman year of college when it played a track by Big Head Todd and The Monsters; my roommate had that CD and Counting Crows on repeat all that year. #90s

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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

So I guess racial profiling is now both practice AND policy.

YESSSSSSSSSS

This whole national rebranding thing is not great

Lately I’ve found being online depressing/distressing, but it was pretty great to see a new #HomeCooking come up on my podcast feed.