Nichole Margarita Garcia, PhD

biography

Nichole Margarita Garcia is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and College Student Affairs in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. As a Chicana/Puerto Rican her research focuses on the intersections of race, feminisms of color, and Latinx/a/o communities in higher education. Specifically, Garcia as a mixed-methodologist focuses on the differences and similarities between Latinx sub-ethnic groups, students, and families regarding their college readiness, retention, and completion.

Dr. Garcia was named a 2020 Emerging Scholar under 40 for Diverse Issues in Higher Education which elects junior scholars of color who are making a significant impact in academia. She was also named a 2020 Faculty Fellow for The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). Garcia has published in international and national journals such as the American Educational Research Journal, Race, Ethnicity and Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and Frontiers. She is lead editor for award-winning book Studying Latinx/a/o Students in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Concepts, Theory, and Methodologies published by Routledge.

She received her PhD in Social Science and Comparative Education with a specialization in Race and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.

education

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Doctor of Philosophy (Social Science & Comparative Education with a specialization in Race & Ethnic Studies)