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Jackie Pedota
Postdoctoral Associate
The University of Texas at Austin
Education/Degree:
1 Educational Leadership and Policy Educational Leadership and Policy (The University of Texas at Austin)
About
Dr. Jackie Pedota is a Postdoctoral Associate within the Educational Leadership and Policy department at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. With over a decade of experience across the P-20 educational pipeline, Dr. Pedota has held various roles in K-12 instruction, non-profit management, educational technology, and higher education administration.
Current Work
Dr. Pedota's research agenda explores issues within higher education at the intersection of race, power, and organizational change to understand how racialized organizational dynamics perpetuate systemic inequities for minoritized communities. In her work, she examines how DEI efforts function within racialized organizations like Predominantly White Institutions. Currently, Dr. Pedota serves as Co-PI alongside Dr. Liliana Garces (lead PI) and Dr. Eliza Epstein (Co-PI) on a research project funded by the Sloan and Trellis Foundation. This project examines how enacted legislation restricting DEI efforts shapes how faculty and administrators implement racial inclusion policies and practices within higher education.
Research Area Keyword(s)
organizational change, racial equity, DEI, Social movements, higher education