Gary Patrick Duran

Gary Patrick Duran (he/him/his) is a Ph. D. student in the Education program at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He engages, refines, and evolves his wealth of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities through contributing and collaborating to consequential work with his colleagues and mentors as a Research Assistant at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and as a Research Associate at the USC Race and Equity Center.

Gary's burgeoning research foci and efforts thrive in the areas of student access, success, rights, and protections. Namely, Gary investigates and interrogates systems that instigate and perpetuate nefarious disparities and outcomes that dehumanize, discourage, or devalue racially and ethnically minoritized students' experiences with those systems. He relentlessly strives to amplify counter-narratives and develop sustainable solutions informed by reliable, reputable, and valid data to prompt proper policy and achieve a more equitable education system and, as a result, a more equitable society.

Gary enjoys a great podcast or playlist, hiking to high elevations, swimming at low elevations, running marathons, and daily meditation.

• Duran, G. P. (2024, January 4). Opinion: DEI is the Utah way. Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2024/01/04/opinion-utah-should-increase/
• Duran, G.P. & Grote, D., (2023, November). Oppression perpetrated by the most rejective institutions. Scholarly paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual meeting.
• Duran, G. P. (2022, April 29). Access to college for Latinx students begins with access to information. Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/04/29/gary-p-duran-access