Brianna Ramirez

Brianna R. Ramirez is a Chicana PhD student in Educational Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She was born and raised in Long Beach, California with family roots in Guanajuato and Jalisco, México. Brianna completed her master’s degree in the Social and Cultural Analysis of Education program at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Social Ecology with an Education minor at the University of California, Irvine. Through her research, Brianna weaves together Critical Race Theory, Latino Critical Race Theory, and Chicana feminist epistemology and methodologies to explore the Latinx/Chicanx educational pipeline, access and transition to college for historically marginalized groups, and culturally relevant college preparation and transition programming for Students of Color. Her master’s thesis explored the experiences of undocumented Latinx identified students as they transitioned to college in an explicit racist nativist socio-political climate. She has experience working with first generation, Students of Color through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at CSULB and Federal TRIO programs.

Curriculum Vitae

California State University, Long Beach                                                            

M.A. in Social and Cultural Analysis of Education, May 2017

University of California, Irvine                                                                              

B.A. in Social Ecology, minor in Educational Studies June 2014

Academic Success, Planning, Identity, & Aspirations Realized (ASPIRAR)

University of California, San Diego (2018- Present)                                                              

Research Team Member                                            

The Experiences of Undocumented Latina/o Youth During their Transition to College

Master’s Thesis, Cal State Long Beach (2017)

Chair: Dr. Lindsay Pérez Huber

Undergraduate Research as a High Impact Practice for Student of Color Retention

California State University, Long Beach (2016-2017)                             

Research Team Member                                                                   

A Longitudinal Study of How Latino Male Youth Experience and Navigate Intersecting Spaces and Identities within their Los Angeles Neighborhood

Summer Undergraduate Research Program Fellow, UC Irvine (2014)

Research Team Member

Graduate Students of Color and the Campus Racial Climate

Research Assistant for the School of Education, UC Irvine (2013)

Research Team Member 

Publications

Ramirez, B. R. (2017). The Experiences of Undocumented Latina/o Youth During their Transition to College. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. 

Pérez Huber, L., Malagón, M. C., Ramirez, B. R., Camargo Gonzalez, L., Jimenez, A., Velez, V. N. (2015). Still falling through the cracks: Revisiting the Latina/o education pipeline. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

Fellowships/Grants/Awards

2020 Paul P. Fidler Grant, Finalist

2020 Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Fellow, California State University (CSU)

2019 Ford Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Honorary Mention

2017 Strategic Enhancement of Excellence through Diversity (SEED) Fellowship, UCSD

2017 Student Life and Development Research Grant, CSULB

2017 Jim Rhatigan Fellow, NASPA Foundation

2017 Associated Students Inc. Student Research Travel Grant, CSULB

2016 HOGAR/Academic Affairs Research Fellowship, CSULB

2016 Associated Students Inc. Student Research Grant, CSULB

2015 California Educational Research Association (CERA) Travel Grant

2014 Excellence in Research Award, UC Irvine

2013 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Fellow, UC Irvine

2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Fellow, UC Irvine