Jacqueline Pedota
Postdoctoral Associate
The University of Texas at Austin
Professional Bio
Dr. Jackie Pedota is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She currently serves as Co-PI, alongside Dr. Liliana Garces and Dr. Eliza Epstein, on a Sloan and Trellis Foundation-funded research project that examines the implementation of the anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion law in Texas and its consequences for racially conscious policy and practice.
Dr. Pedota earned her Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Austin and has a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. Before pursuing an academic career, she worked for over a decade across the P-20 educational pipeline including roles in K-12 instruction, non-profit management, educational technology, and higher education administration.
Dr. Pedota's research broadly examines educational access and opportunity within racialized organizations and restrictive political environments. Drawing on organizational theory, socio-legal analysis, and historical inquiry, her work illuminates the mechanisms that reinforce and reproduce inequities for historically marginalized communities in higher education.
Dr. Pedota's scholarship has received national recognition, including the prestigious Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Her research has been featured at national conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Oral History Association (OHA), the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), and the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS). Dr. Pedota's work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Higher Education, Educational Researcher, and Education Sciences, and in news outlets like Inside Higher Ed.
Dr. Pedota earned her Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Austin and has a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. Before pursuing an academic career, she worked for over a decade across the P-20 educational pipeline including roles in K-12 instruction, non-profit management, educational technology, and higher education administration.
Dr. Pedota's research broadly examines educational access and opportunity within racialized organizations and restrictive political environments. Drawing on organizational theory, socio-legal analysis, and historical inquiry, her work illuminates the mechanisms that reinforce and reproduce inequities for historically marginalized communities in higher education.
Dr. Pedota's scholarship has received national recognition, including the prestigious Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Her research has been featured at national conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Oral History Association (OHA), the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), and the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS). Dr. Pedota's work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Higher Education, Educational Researcher, and Education Sciences, and in news outlets like Inside Higher Ed.
Institution/Organization
The University of Texas at Austin
512.471.7551
https://education.utexas.edu/departments/educational-leadership-policy
The University of Texas at Austin
Post Doc Member