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The Role of Peer Mentors in Promoting Career Self-Efficacy Among Low-Income Students

October 6, 2025

For many low-income students, the transition to college brings unique challenges. Navigating unfamiliar academic systems, decoding institutional jargon, and finding a sense of belonging can …

A Tribute to Tatiana: Busting Organizational Barriers for Students in Math and STEM

March 2, 2024

By Adrianna Kezar. While I am saddened at the passing of our dear friend and colleague Tatiana Melguizo, I am pleased to be able to …

A Tribute to Tatiana: An Unwavering and Deeply-felt Commitment to Students

March 1, 2024

By Maury Pearl and Deborah Harrington. Tatiana began a rich and rewarding partnership with LACCD’s Offices of Institutional Effectiveness and of Student Success more than …

Meet the Pullias Researchers at AERA in Philadelphia, April 11-14, 2024

March 1, 2024

Join Pullias Center researchers at this year’s AERA 2024 conference

Dr. Adrian H. Huerta Named NAEd/Spencer Fellow by the National Academy of Education

June 2, 2022

Dr. Adrian H. Huerta, Assistant Professor in the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been selected as a …

Dr. John Brooks Slaughter Honored by USC Rossier and Pullias Center Colleagues on His Retirement

May 26, 2022

Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, USC University Professor and Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering, recently announced his retirement after a distinguished 66 year career. Dr. …

From Mattering to Mobilizing: On the evolution of our skate study research

May 10, 2022

A year ago, I wrote about a new participatory action research study (PAR) we had just launched through the Pullias Center called Mattering in the Margins: Skateboarders’ Stories of …

STEM Education Needs a Dose of Humanities

May 6, 2022

Dr. Slaughter has served as the USC Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering since 2010, and recently announced his retirement, effective June 2022. Professor Slaughter’s …

Shared Equity Leadership: Grad Students Share the Impact

April 13, 2022

Key Members of the Pullias Team Share Their Experiences with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Shared Equity Leadership Three grad students at USC’s Rossier School of Education are key members of the team working on the Pullias Center and ACE’s Shared Equity Leadership (SEL) project. Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Jordan Harper and Natsumi Ueda bring their own experiences […]

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