Your Shadow Advisor

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano: Thanks
again for listening in to your

shadow advisor, a weekly program
about navigating higher

education from a first
generation person of color

perspective. I'm your host
Professor Darrel Wanzer-Serrano.

Last week I released the trailer
for this podcast. Why am I back

with another non episode? Well,
every week until the official

release of episode one, I want
to bring a short message to

introduce myself a little bit,
and ask for your help in getting

your friends and peers
interested in the show. In the

trailer, I mentioned a hidden
curriculum that benefits those

in the know. In her excellent
book A Field Guide to grad

school. Sociologists Jessica
Calarco defines the hidden

curriculum on page one as quote,
the things you're expected to

know or do but won't be
explicitly taught end quote. She

continues on the next page to
note that quote, ultimately, the

Hidden Curriculum tends to stay
hidden and that hidden is

perpetuates inequalities in grad
school, and in academia as a

whole, end quote. If you're in
grad school or thinking about

grad school, or maybe you advise
students who fit that

description, check out Calarco's
amazing book. There's a link in

the show notes. As I mentioned
before this show your shadow

advisor is an attempt to level
the playing field to demystify

the hidden curriculum so that
people like me, people who are

entering higher education as low
income first generation

underrepresented people of color
can access the opportunities and

behaviors necessary to succeed,
thrive and transform the

organizational cultures of
higher ed. Every Wednesday,

starting August 24. I'll post a
new episode answering key

questions about this hidden
curriculum in ways that your

primary advisors simply may
never have thought about. If you

have a question, send it to
questions@yourshadowadvisor.com

or head to the website to submit
an audio question that I might

air on the podcast. Until then,
please please, please subscribe

to the podcast on Apple
podcasts, Spotify, or whatever

app you use. And if you're
feeling up to it, share this

with your friends. Thanks again
for listening in. I'll be back

with another quick message next
week.