Oscar Miranda Tapia

Oscar Miranda Tapia, M.Ed. is a Research Associate at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and a Graduate Assistant at the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. He is also a PhD student and Provost Fellow at North Carolina State University pursuing his degree in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development with a concentration in Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice. Before pursuing his degree, Oscar created and led first-generation initiatives at Elon University. Oscar’s research interests include college access and success, and students with DACA, undocumented, first-generation, and Latinx identities. Oscar holds a B.A. in Psychology from Elon University and an M.Ed. with a concentration in Higher Education from Harvard University.