Higher Education Colloquium: Dr. Roman Liera, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pullias Center for Higher Education, University of California

Dr. Roman Liera, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California, will present a colloquium titled: Moving Beyond a Culture of Niceness in Faculty Hiring to Advance Racial Equity. Dr. Liera is a qualitative researcher who studies racial equity in student outcomes and faculty participation. Liera uses critical, organizational, and sociocultural theories to centralize the experiences of racialized and minoritized people in higher education, and practitioners engaged in equity work. Liera transferred from Los Angeles Pierce College to San Diego State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He received his master’s degree in higher and postsecondary education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and his PhD in Urban Education Policy from USC Rossier.