Patricia A. Pérez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Chicana and Chicano Studies Department

800 N. State College Blvd

Fullerton, California 92831

 

Office: Humanities 312G

Phone: (714) 278-2303

Fax: (714) 278-1136

E-mail: pperez@fullerton.edu

 

     
   
 
 

About Me:

     I am a first-generation college student from Santa Paula, California- the "citrus capital of the world."  My

family has roots in Guanajuato and Sonora, México, and southern Arizona.   

Education:

     Ph.D.      2007    UCLA- Higher Education and Organizational Change

     M.A.       2004    UCLA- Higher Education and Organizational Change

     Ed.M.      2000    Harvard University- Education, Concentration in Admin, Planning, and Social Policy      

     B.A.        1999    UCLA- Chicana and Chicano Studies

Teaching:

    Chicana/o 102: Communication Skills

    Chicana/o 106: Introduction to Chicana/o Studies

    Chicana/o 305: Chicana/o Family

    Chicana/o 313: La Chicana

    Chicana/o 325: Chicana/o Education

    Chicana/o 450: The Chicana/o and Contemporary Issues

Research:

          My research interests focus on U.S. educational inequality with an emphasis on the Latina/o population.    

     More specifically, my research centers on higher education access and equity, Latina/o college choice, college

     persistence and retention issues, undocumented students, Latino-serving institutions, financial aid policy and

     racial diversity in higher education.

Select Publications:

    Pérez, P.A. (2010, Winter).  The college choice process of Latina/o undocumented students: 

Implications for recruitment and retention.  Journal of College Admission, 206, 21-25.

    Pérez, P.A. & Ceja, M. (2010).  Building a Latina/o student transfer culture: Best

practices and outcomes in transfer to universities.  Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 9(1), 6-21.

 

    Pérez, P.A. & McDonough, P.M.  (2008).  Understanding Latina and Latino college

          choice:  A social capital and chain migration analysis.  Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 7(3), 249-265.

    

     Cerna, O.S., Pérez, P.A., & Sáenz, V. (2007).  Examining the pre-college attributes and values of

           Latina/o college graduates.  Research Report, No. 3.  Los Angeles, CA:  Higher Education 

           Research Institute. 

   

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