Research Assistant
BA, Philosophy and Literature, State University of New York at Purchase
Tom DePaola is a 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.
DePaola is advised by Adrianna Kezar. Prior to joining Rossier, he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and literature from the State University of New York at Purchase and spent five years working as an adjunct instructor and administrator at Bronx Community College (CUNY). Tom spends a lot of time thinking about cities and his primary research interests center on issues of land and labor in higher education.
