2024-2025 Scholars of Color

Frances Contreras, Dean, School of Education at University of California, Irvine: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 12pm-1pm

Reimagining A Public HSRI System through the Use of Data:
Dean Contreras discussed her recent research and partnership efforts with the UC System to develop a robust data infrastructure that assists public universities better understand how they serve their key stakeholders, including students, faculty and staff.


2023-2024 Scholars of Color

Frances Contreras, Dean, School of Education at University of California, Irvine: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 12pm-1pm

Zeus Leonardo, Professor, University of California, Berkeley: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 12pm-1pm


2022-2023 Scholars of Color

Francesca Lopez, Professor and Waterbury Chair in Equity Pedagogy, Pennsylvania State University: Thursday, April 28, 2022, 12pm-1pm:

“The Promise Can Research Contribute to The Greater Good?”

Passcode: @R0ssier

Huriya Jabbar, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin: Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 12pm-1pm:

“Teacher Turnover, Organizational Inequality, and School Improvement: How Instability Disrupts Schools and Perpetuates Inequity”


2021-2022 Scholars of Color

Mike Nguyen, Assistant Professor, University of Denver: Thursday, April 28, 2022, 12pm-1pm:

“The Promise and Potential of Federal Policy Instruments in Strengthening Equity and Diversity in Higher Education: Constructing a Standardized and Uniform Typology for Minority-Serving Institutions”

Aerika Loyd, Associate Professor, University of California Riverside: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 12pm-1pm:

“Threat of Racial Discrimination and the Value of Cultural Assets for Health and Development Among Youth of Color”

Nelson Flores, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania: Friday, March 4, 2022, 12pm-1pm:

“Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era”

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Claudia Cervantes-Soon, Associate Professor, Arizona State University: Wednesday, February 17, 2022, 12pm-1pm:

“A Promise Curtailed: Black and Brown Children at the Intersections of Language, Racism, and Agency in a Dual-Language Program”

Passcode: +4SWfK&5

Travis J. Bristol, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley: Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 12pm-1pm:

“Developing and Retaining Teachers of Color”    

Bryan Brown, Associate Professor, Stanford University: Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 12pm-1pm:

“The Meaning Beyond The Words: How Language, Race, & Culture Impact Science Teaching & Learning”


2020-2021 Scholars of Color Research Lecture Series

Dominique Baker, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University: Thursday, September 10, 2020, 12pm-1pm:

“What happens when we leave it up to chance? Simulating admissions lotteries at selective colleges” 

Casey Wong, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles and Visiting Scholar at USC Rossier: Thursday, October 15, 2020, 12pm-1pm:

“Double Entendre Got Bodied: Strategic Ambivalence and Latinx Young Men Rappin on Visions of Collective Liberation”

Oscar Castellanos-Jimenez, Murchison Endowed Professor and Visiting Scholar at USC Rossier, Trinity University: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 12pm-1pm:

“Critically Examining Funding for English Learners: Towards an Anti-Racist and Anti Xenophobic School Funding System” 

Abena Mackall, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin:  Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 12pm-1pm :

Disloyal & Fake: Making Sense of Social Isolation Following Youth Arrest ”

Felecia Commodore, Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University:  Thursday November 12, 2020, 12pm-1pm:

“Gladiators or Gatekeepers? Racialized Organizations, Social Contracts & Higher Education Governing Boards.”

Chezare Warren, Associate Professor, Michigan State University: Thursday Jan 28, 2021, 12pm-1pm.

“From Morning to Mourning: A Meditation on Possibility in Black Education”                            

Rita Kohli, Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside:  Wednesday Feb 24, 2021, 12pm-1pm.

“Teachers of Color: Resisting Racism and Reclaiming Education”  

DeMarcus Jenkins, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona: Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 12pm-1pm.

“The Mundane, the Moment, the Momentum: Critical Geographies of Education Policy and Leadership”

Chauncey Smith, Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education and Human Development: Thursday, April 1, 2021, 12pm-1pm.

Tracy Buenavista, Associate Professor, California State University Northridge: Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12pm-1pm.


2019-2020 Scholars of Color Research Lecture Series

Dana Miller-Cotto – “Examining Sketching as a tool to offload working memory in math and science”

Constance A. Lindsay – “The Effects of Principal-Teacher Demographic Matching on Teacher Turnover in North Carolina”

Niral A. Shah – Too Much and Not Enough: How STEM Learners Experience Racism


2018-2019 Scholars of Color Research Lecture Series

Stella Flores – “Racial equity pathways to college and state policy New and Missed Opportunities”

Antero Garcia – “Letters to the Next President: Youth Civic Literacies in Perilous Times”


2017-2018 Scholars of Color Research Lecture Series

DeLeon Gray – “Why Should I Learn This? Providing Meaningful Learning Opportunities For Students of Color”

Fantasy Lozada – “Our Emotions Aren’t for Everyone:” Understanding Black Youth’s Emotional Development

Huriya Jabbar – “It’s Who You Know: How Teachers Use Social Networks to Find Jobs in Decentralized Labor Markets”


2016-2017 Research in Equity Lecture Series

Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell – “Them That’s Got: How Tie Formation in Partnership Networks Gives High Schools Differential Access to Social Capital”

Kimberly Griffin – “Broadening the Academic Pathway- How Research Can Inform Efforts to Promote Faculty Diversity”

Nancy Hill – “Envisioning a Meaningful Future and Perceptions of the Economy: Supporting Youth to Succeed”

Ruth N. Lopez Turley – “Connecting Research and Policy to Reduce Inequality”

Jamal S. Matthews – “Belonging in Urban Math Classrooms: Teacher Feedback for Coping-Support and Socio-emotional Development”

Samuel Museus – “Advancing New Frameworks for Inclusion and Equity in Higher Education”