Background
UT Austin
PhD in Education Policy & Planning
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Denisa Gándara
Co-chair: Dr. Angela Valenzuela
The EPP doctoral program (Ph.D.) prepares future faculty members, policy analysts, and researchers to be thoughtful scholars with a critical focus on issues of equity. Students receive rigorous training in education politics, policy implementation, organizations, race and ethnicity, gender, poverty, social and cultural contexts of education, and the economics of education.
Stanford University
POLS (MA) is a leadership development program that prepares students to participate in and lead change using knowledge and skills gained through applying research and theory to practice.
Relevant Coursework
Methods Courses:
Qualitative Research
Data Analysis
Econometrics
Research Focus:
Culture, Learning, and Poverty
Critical Race Theory
History of Higher Education
Research & Policy in Postsecondary Education
Original Research
The New Traditional Student: Engaging Working Students in Higher Education | Presentation
Deeply Rooted: Grounding Minority Student College Success in Identity (second author)