Linda DeAngelo

Associate Professor of Higher Education

University of Pittsburgh

Linda DeAngelo is Associate Professor of Higher Education, Center for Urban Education Faculty Fellow, and Affiliated Faculty in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. DeAngelo earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, she was the Assistant Director for Research at the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA. She studies social stratification, equity, and justice issues. Her scholarship investigates how social inequalities are produced and manifested within higher education. DeAngelo’s work examines the differential effect of institutions on students, pipeline and educational transitions, and outcomes for first-generation, low-income, and racially minoritized students. Currently DeAngelo’s scholarship focuses on retention, degree completion, access to and engagement in faculty mentorship, and the pipeline for students of color into graduate education. She is the Coordinator of the Higher Education Program at Pitt and the chair of the PhD admissions committee for her degree program. She currently works with departments and programs across Pitt in asset-based mentorship approaches to supporting graduate students of color. She has also worked with the School of Public Health at Pitt in their adoption of holistic admissions processes.