Assistant Professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
Ph.D., Urban Education Policy, University of Southern California
MEd, Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont
Jude Paul Matias Dizon is a former research assistant at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and a provost’s fellow in the Urban Education Policy PhD program at USC Rossier School of Education. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Dizon studied international development and Asian American studies at the University of California, Berkeley and holds a master’s in higher education and student affairs administration from the University of Vermont. Prior to USC, Dizon worked in multicultural affairs and equity offices at Santa Clara University, Diablo Valley College, and the University of Maryland, College Park. He has also taught courses in Asian American studies and facilitated intergroup dialogues. Dizon has collaborated extensively with nonprofit organizations and the White Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to advance educational equity.
Previously advised by Adrianna Kezar and William G. Tierney, Dizon has co-authored publications focusing on cultural capital, culturally responsive educational environments, and racial justice solidarity in education. Dizon’s research interests include racialized inequities in education, critical theory, and the influence of federal and state policy on higher education.
Overall, Dizon is motivated to examine the contradictions facing students of color as both desired students and unwanted subjects in the neoliberal university. With roots in community organizing, Dizon is interested in incorporating a broader lens of social policies and inequalities to understand dynamics affecting low-income, first-generation students of color in higher education.
