Tatiana Melguizo

Tatiana Melguizo is a former professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California (USC). She has also been faculty affiliate of both the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation; the USC Equity Research Institute; a core member of the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education; and a faculty fellow with Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research at the University of California, Davis. Melguizo used quantitative methods of analysis to study the association of different factors, educational programs, and public policies on the persistence and educational outcomes of minority and low-income students. Her research has been published in journals such as Educational Researcher, Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Teachers College Record, The Journal of Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, Journal of Research in Educational Effectiveness, AERA Open, Higher Education, and World Development. Melguizo received her PhD in the economics of education from Stanford University.

updated 2024