Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Sociology at Florida State University (FSU) and Senior Research Associate with FSU’s Center for Postsecondary Success. Her research focuses on the mechanisms shaping social disparities in postsecondary pathways to educational attainment and scientific careers, especially in computing and engineering fields. Dr. Perez-Felkner has edited and co-edited books and special issues on postsecondary STEM equity. She is actively engaged in and has held various professional leadership roles in societies such as the American Educational Research Association and the Association for the Study of Higher Education. She has been a key campus player in institutional change efforts, as a member of the campus APLU ASPIRE IChange team and the President’s Council for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, past co-chair of FSU’s Latinx Faculty and Staff Collective, and now an Institutional Challenge Grant Mid-Career Fellow (W.T. Grant, Doris Duke, and Spencer Foundation supported). Dr. Perez-Felkner has been a Student Experience Research Network (SERN) Mid-Career Fellow and Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies (ICQCM) NSF Quantitative Critical Methodologies Scholar. She has won a series of awards at FSU for excellence in teaching, advising, and mentoring.