Dr. Gina Ann Garcia is a leading scholar on Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), which are colleges and universities that enroll at least 25% Latinx undergraduate students. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Administrative and Policy Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in Higher Education and Student Affairs. She is a scholar activist committed to disrupting the status quo of postsecondary education by bringing attention to the ways higher education has historically been committed to whiteness and regularly reinforces white narratives and white standards. Connecting critical and organizational theory, Dr. Garcia’s research centers Latinxs and HSIs, and is guided by the principles of equity and justice.

Dr. Garcia’s work has been recognized by major organizations and foundations. She was the recipient of a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellowships in 2016 and a National Academy of Education/Spencer postdoctoral fellowship in 2017. In spring 2018, she received the Early Career Scholar Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Hispanic Research Issues SIG and in fall 2018 she was the recipient of the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Council for Ethnic Participation’s Mildred García Award for Exemplary Scholarship (Junior). Notably, she is also the author of Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges & Universities, published by Johns Hopkins University Press (2019)