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Senate Faculty
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Leticia Oseguera
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
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Biography
Leticia Oseguera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies. Dr. Oseguera received her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA in 2004.
Dr. Oseguera teaches courses on survey methods, issues in K-16 schooling, and college access. Her research focuses on the stratification of American higher education, the civic role of higher education, college transitions, and baccalaureate degree attainment for underrepresented groups. Leticia's work has been published in the Review of Higher Education, the Journal of College Student Retention and the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Currently, Leticia is working on a project funded by the Mott Foundation examining promising after-school programs for low-income youth. She has also been awarded a UC ACCORD grant for her work examining social capital differences across different racial/ethnic youth attending Southern California high schools.
Publications
Selected Publications
- Oseguera, L. (2007). How first-year college students use their time: Implications for library and information literacy instruction. In L. Hardesty & T. Skipper (Eds.), The Role of the Library in the First Year of College. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First Year Experience and Students in Transition.
- Oseguera, L., Hurtado, S., Denson, N., Cerna, O. & Saenz, V. (2006). The characteristics and experiences of minority freshmen committed to biomedical and behavioral science research careers. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 12 (2-3): 155-177.
- Oseguera, L. (2006). Four and six-year baccalaureate degree completion by institutional characteristics and racial/ethnic groups. The Journal of College Student Retention, 7 (1-2), 19-59.
- Solorzano, D., Villalpando, O. & Oseguera, L. (2005). Educational inequities and Latina/o undergraduate students in the United States. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 4(3), 272-294.
- Astin, A. W. & Oseguera, L. (2004). The declining "equity" of American higher education. The Review of Higher Education, 27(3), 321-341.
Forthcoming Publications
- Oseguera, L., Locks, A., & Vega, I. (forthcoming). "Increasing Latina/o students baccalaurate degree attainment: A focus on retention." Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
- Oseguera, L., Denson, N. & Hurtado, S. (forthcoming). "Hispanic students and the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program: Promising results extending to the third college year. " Journal of College Student Retention.
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