Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas at Austin
Dwuana Bradley is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education. Dr. Bradley earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy from The University of Texas at Austin in 2020, with a focus in Critical Higher Education Policy. She also holds a Masters of Education with a focus in Student Affairs Administration, from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor’s of Science in Sociology & Anthropology, with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and Psychology from Truman State University.
Dr. Bradley brings more than 10 years of experience in qualitative research methodologies and is a former McNair Scholar. Her research broadly examines the ways in which anti-Black sentiment perpetually undergirds the drivers and levers of federal, state, and institutional policies across the P-20 pipeline in ways that (un)intentionally reify the social stratification of Black peoples across the diaspora. Her work employs theories of anti-blackness, socio-legal concepts, and critical qualitative methodologies to address issues of policy affecting black education at the K-12 level; hate speech and anti-racist inclusion in education; post-secondary issues of access facing racially minoritized community college transfer students; and the influence of legislative pressures on post-secondary organizational culture.
Dr. Bradley’s research has been funded by the Spencer Foundation and appears in refereed journals such as: the American Educational Research Journal, the Review of Higher Education, The Community College Review and the Texas Education Review. Additionally, Dr. Bradley has worked with various third party influencers in education (i.e., nonprofit advocacy groups, research centers, and state education agencies) on topics such as student financial literacy; cost benefits of post-secondary education; student success and retention; and, food, housing, and financial insecurity facing vulnerable student populations.