Bio: Dr. Keon M. McGuire (he/him/his) is an Associate Professor of Higher and Postsecondary Education in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and a Faculty Affiliate with the School of Social Transformation. He holds a joint PhD in Higher Education & Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as Associate Editor for Educational Researcher & education policy analysis archives, respectively. In 2019, he was named a National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and ACPA Emerging Scholar.

Research: Drawing from Africana and other interdisciplinary frameworks, Dr. McGuire examines how race, gender and religion shape minoritized college students identities and their everyday experiences. Additionally, Dr. McGuire investigates the ways racism, sexism, and heteronormativity undermine the experiences of minoritized college students as well as they ways students resist and respond to such marginalization across learning spaces, including STEM classrooms.