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Oscar Miranda Tapia

Graduate Student

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Graduate Research Assistant

Research Associate

Friday Institute

Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development

Bio

Oscar Miranda Tapia is a Graduate Research Assistant at the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and a Research Associate at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. He is also a PhD student and Provost Fellow at NC State University pursuing his degree in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development concentrating on higher education opportunity, equity, and justice. Before pursuing his degree, Oscar created and led the first-generation initiative at Elon University. Oscar is a co-author of Connections are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education and holds degrees from Elon University and Harvard University.

Education

Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development NC State University 2026

M.Ed. Higher Education Harvard University 2019

B.A. Psychology Elon University 2017

Area(s) of Expertise

Latino/Hispanic Communities
College Access and Success
Undocumented Students
College Relationships/Mentorship
Digital Equity

  • Graduate Student Fellow - Friday Institute
  • Provost Doctoral Fellow - Educational Leadership Policy and Human Development