One of the world’s leading research centers on higher education, the Pullias Center is directed by nationally-renowned higher education expert Adrianna Kezar. The Pullias Center’s faculty members continually author and edit books on higher education and perpetually participate in conferences, symposiums, roundtables, panels and more as part of our ongoing effort to share our research-informed perspectives on improving higher education outcomes. With a team of postdoctoral scholars and doctoral research assistants, the Pullias Center is developing the next generation of scholars in higher education. You can also visit our Alumni page to learn more about former Pullias Center team members.
Director
Adrianna Kezar
Dean’s Professor of Leadership
Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education
Faculty
Dwuana Bradley – Assistant Professor
Zoe B. Corwin – Research Professor
Steve Desir – Assistant Research Professor
Adrian Huerta – Assistant Professor
Royel M. Johnson – Associate Professor
Joseph Kitchen – Associate Research Professor
Tatiana Melguizo – Professor
Julie Posselt – Associate Professor
John Slaughter – University Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Education and Engineering
William G. Tierney – University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director, Pullias Center for Higher Education
Faculty shared with Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice
Shafiqa Ahmadi – Associate Professor of Clinical Education
Darnell Cole – Associate Professor of Education
Research Affiliate
Lorelle L. Espinosa – Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Jennifer Keup – Director of the National Research Center
Postdoctoral Scholars and Researchers
Elizabeth Holcombe – Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
Emily R. Koren – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Kristyn Lue – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Soumya Mishra – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mariama Nagbe – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ralitsa Todorova – Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Assistants
Jimmy Aguilar – Research Assistant
Gloria Anglon – Research Assistant
Tom DePaola – Research Assistant
Edgar Lopez – Research Assistant
Salomé Otero – Research Assistant
Glenda Palacios Quejada – Research Assistant
Maritza E. Salazar – Research Assistant
Gabriela Torres – Research Assistant
Natsumi Ueda – Research Assistant
Elif Yucel – Research Assistant
Research Associates
Genia M. Bettencourt – Assistant Professor of Higher and Adult Education, Department of Leadership, University of Memphis
Sean Bouchard – Research Associate, University of Southern California Game Innovation Lab
Cheryl D Ching – Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
KC Culver – Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Tracy Fullerton – Professor of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
Ronn Hallett – Professor of Education, University of La Verne
Liane Hypolite – Assistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University
Federick Ngo – Assistant Professor, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Rosemary Perez – Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Raquel M. Rall – Assistant Professor, University of California at Riverside
Elise Swanson – Senior Research Manager, Harvard University
Antar A. Tichavakunda – Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
Kristan Venegas – Professor and Associate Dean, University of La Verne
Neftalie Williams – Provost Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Southern California
Staff
Diane Flores – Administrative Assistant II
Yasmin Kadir – Project Coordinator
Sheryl MacPhee – Communications Manager
Monica Raad – Administrative Project Manager
Christine Rocha – Project Specialist
Student Assistants
Moris Hernandez – Student Worker
Prachotan Reddy Bathi – Student Worker