Michael W. Moses II received his PhD in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles and specializes as a critical race scholar of qualitative methodologies and racism in higher education. He has two lines of inquiry that aim to interrogate the mismatch between the rhetoric and practice of institutional diversity. The first line of inquiry empirically explores the values and practices students of color employ to navigate and thrive in postsecondary contexts. His second area of research questions the racialized implications of qualitative methods and theory and practice of academic writing and professional development. He recently served as the lead qualitative methodologist on a National Institutes of Health funded multi-site, mixed methods case study evaluation of best practices for diversifying the racial and ethnic makeup of the biomedical sciences. Across his research and teaching, Dr. Moses draws upon critical race counterstorytelling to challenge majoritarian narratives about the experiences of people of color and racism in education. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Higher Education & Qualitative Methods at University of California, Riverside’s School of Education.
