Kimberly Griffin

Dr. Kimberly Griffin es decana del College of Education y profesora del programa de Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy de la Universidad de Maryland. Obtuvo su doctorado en Higher Education and Organizational Change por UCLA, una maestría en Education Policy and Leadership por la Universidad de Maryland y una licenciatura en Psicología por Stanford University. Antes de completar su formación doctoral, trabajó en administración de educación superior, principalmente en áreas vinculadas al reclutamiento, admisión y retención de estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado.

Su investigación se concentra principalmente en diversidad y equidad en la educación de posgrado y en el cuerpo académico, diversidad dentro de las comunidades afrodescendientes en la educación superior, y mentoría y desarrollo profesional. Sus estudios han abordado temas como el desarrollo profesional de personas con doctorado, las experiencias de profesores afrodescendientes y su interacción con estudiantes, las experiencias de estudiantes universitarios afrodescendientes inmigrantes, el reclutamiento diverso en la educación de posgrado y el clima racial en los campus universitarios. Cuenta con experiencia en métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos avanzados, así como en investigación de métodos mixtos. Su trabajo ha recibido financiamiento de instituciones como los National Institutes of Health y la National Science Foundation, y ha sido publicado en revistas especializadas de educación superior. Entre 2018 y 2022 se desempeñó como editora del Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.

ENGLISH VERSION

Dr. Kimberly Griffin is Dean of the College of Education and a Professor in the Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy program at the University of Maryland. She earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA, her master’s degree in Education Policy and Leadership from the University of Maryland, and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Stanford University. Prior to completing her doctoral studies, she worked in higher education administration, primarily in diversity recruitment, admissions, and retention across undergraduate and graduate education.

Her research focuses primarily on diversity and equity in graduate education and the professoriate, diversity within the Black higher education community, and mentoring and career development. Her work has examined topics including the career development of Ph.D. recipients, the experiences and student engagement of Black faculty, the experiences of Black immigrant college students, diversity recruitment in graduate education, and campus racial climate. She has expertise in advanced quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as mixed-methods research. Her research has been funded by organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, and has been published in leading higher education journals. From 2018 to 2022, she served as editor of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.