PhD, Education, University of California, Los Angeles
Adrian H. Huerta, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of education in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on boys and young men of color, college access and equity, and gang-associated populations. His research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, ECMC Foundation, Institute for Research on Poverty/JPB Foundation, and totals over $1.6 million dollars. His scholarship appears in Community College Review, Journal of College Student Development, Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, Teachers College Record, The Urban Review, Urban Education, and other practitioner and scholarly journals.
He was selected as the winner of the prestigious Early Career Award by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in 2022, named a 2022-2024 National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, and is a past receipt of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship.
Expertise
Boys and young men of color | College access and equity | Gang youth | Urban Education
Current Projects
Latest News
The Pullias Center Honored with 2024 Special Merit Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE in Minneapolis, Nov. 20-23, 2024
Men of Color Program Students and Staff Members: A National View of Programmatic Impact and Opportunities Webinar Recording Now Available
Dr. Adrián H. Huerta is Named Co-winner of the American Sociological Association’s Anna Julia Cooper Early Career Award
Meet the Pullias Researchers at AERA in Philadelphia, April 11-14, 2024
Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE in Minneapolis, Nov. 15-18, 2023
Providing Support Systems for Gang-Involved/Impacted College Students
Funding for Men of Color Programs: Support that Matters
Pullias Center Team Awards & Accolades
Racial Equity in Community College Baccalaureate Programs
Gangs, College and Research-to-Practice
College Futures Foundation awards Grant to Create Racial Equity framework for California Community College Baccalaureate Program
Pullias Center & Rossier School of Education Assistant Professor Adrian H. Huerta wins 2022 ASHE Early Career Award
New Pullias Center Report Highlights Much Needed Support for Student Parents in Community Colleges
Dr. Adrian H. Huerta Named NAEd/Spencer Fellow by the National Academy of Education
Publications
Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Emotional Vulnerability in Men of Color Programs
“I Had to Figure It Out”: A Case Study of How Community College Student Parents of Color Navigate College and Careers
