Luciana Dar, Ph.D.
October/2015
CURRICULUM VITAE
Luciana N. Dar
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of California, Riverside
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http://www.lucianadar.com
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Affiliated Faculty, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, 2013-present
Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of California, Riverside, 2009-present
Acting Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of California, Riverside, 2008-2009
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, 2009, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Political Science, 2002, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Economics (minor in Public Policy), 1997, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
B.A., Economics, 1995, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Politics of higher education, Higher education and social inequality, comparative political
economy of higher education
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Comparative politics, political economy, public policy, higher education (politics, policy and
finance), state politics and policy, comparative higher education (Latin America)
Quantitative methodology, research design, social science methodology
Spanish (advanced), French (intermediate), Portuguese (native)
RESEARCH, SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles/chapters
Dar, L. & Lee, D.W (2014). Partisanship, political polarization and state higher
education budget outcomes. Journal of Higher Education, 85(4), 469-498.
Dar, L. (2014) Toward a better understanding of equity in higher education finance and
policy. In M. B. Paulsen (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research,
29 (pp. 535-571). New York, NY: Springer.
Dar, L. (2012). The political dynamics of higher education policy. Journal of Higher
Education, 83(6), 769-794.
Chapters in books
Dar, L. (2016). Institutional Assessment and Accountability. In C. Loss & P. McGuinn
(Eds.), Convergence: U.S Education Policy 50 Years after the ESEA and HEA of
1965. Cambridge: MA. Harvard University Press.
Dar, L. (2012). The comparative political economy of vocational education: Lessons for
the study of community colleges in the United States. In J. Levin & S. Kater (Eds.),
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Understanding community colleges. (pp. 203-215). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor
& Francis Group.
Hurtado, S., Saenz, V., & Dar, L. (2008). Low-income students of color in higher
education and the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. In E. St. John (Ed.), Readings
on equal education, Vol. XXIII. New York, NY: AMS Press.
Monographs
Dar, L., & Spence, M. (2010). Partisanship, political polarization and state budget
outcomes: The case of higher education. Institute for Higher Education Law &
Governance Monograph Series (10-01). University of Houston, TX.
Policy Briefs
Dar, L., & Yoshikawa, S. (November, 2013). Do public universities use resources to
widen opportunity? Key Findings. Scholars Strategy Network.
Dar, L. (2015). The politics of higher education finance: The role of states and
institutions. Policy Matters. UCR School of Public Policy.
Semi-Technical Reports
Dar, L. & Yoshikawa, S. Where do we go from here? The effects of the “Great
Recession” on California’s community colleges and their students. (Haynes
Foundation)
Works in Progress
Dar, L. Politics, inequality and state priorities for higher education. Available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1641486
Curs, B., & Dar, L. Does state financial aid affect institutional aid? An analysis of the
role of state policy on postsecondary institutional pricing strategies. Available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1641489
Curs, B., & Dar, L. Do institutions respond asymmetrically to changes in state
expenditures on need- and merit-based aid? Available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1702504
Dar, L., Franke, R., & Lee, D.W. Revisiting the political economy of government
support for higher education: Evidence from a new unifying measure for the
American states.
Dar, L. Democracy, partisanship, and higher education.
Dar, L. & Yoshikawa, S. Higher education institutions matter: Federalism,
Representation and Redistribution.
Dar, L. & Luartz, L. Issue dimensionality in higher education policy
Dar, L., Anderson-Natale, K, & Yoshikawa, S. Racial diversity and higher education
policy in the American states.
Professional Papers and Presentations
National Conference Presentations
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Dar, L., Anderson-Natale, K., & Yoshikawa, S. (November, 2014). Racial diversity and
higher education policy in the American states. Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
Dar, L. & Luartz, L. (August, 2014) Issue dimensionality in higher education policy. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C.
Dar, L. & Yoshikawa, S. (August, 2013). Higher education institutions matter: federalism,
representation and redistribution. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Dar, L. (November, 2012). Higher education institutions matter: federalism, representation
and redistribution. Paper presented the Council on Public Policy and Higher Education
Forum at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las
Vegas, NV.
Dar, L. (September, 2011). Higher education institutions matter: The redistributive
implications of institutional financial aid. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA.
Curs, B., & Dar, L. (March, 2011). Do institutions respond asymmetrically to changes in
state expenditures on need- and merit-based aid? Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Seattle, WA.
Curs, B., & Dar, L. (November, 2010). Do institutions respond asymmetrically to changes
in state expenditures on need- and merit-based aid? Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN.
Dar, L. (November, 2010). Democracy, partisanship and higher education. Paper
presented to the Council for International Higher Education Forum at the annual
meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN.
Dar, L. (September, 2010). Democracy, partisanship and higher Education. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C.
Curs, B. & Dar, L. (June, 2010). Does state financial aid affect institutional aid? An
analysis of the role of state policy on postsecondary institutional pricing strategies.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of Western Economic Association, Portland,
OR.
Dar, L. & Franke, R. (June, 2010). Revisiting the political economy of government
support for higher education: evidence from a new unifying measure for the
American states. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Consortium for Higher
Education Researchers, Oslo, Norway.
Dar, L. (May, 2010). Politics, inequality and state priorities for higher education. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Denver, CO.
Dar, L. (May, 2010). Equality, equity, and efficiency in higher education finance. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Denver, CO.
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Dar, L. (April, 2010). Politics, inequality and state priorities for higher education. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL.
Curs, B. & Dar, L. (March, 2010). Does state financial aid affect institutional aid? An
analysis of the role of state policy on postsecondary institutional pricing strategies
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Finance
Association, Richmond, VA.
Dar, L. & Franke, R. (March, 2010). Revisiting the political economy of government
support for higher education: evidence from a new unifying measure for the
American states. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education
Finance Association, Richmond, VA.
Dar, L. & Spence, M. (November, 2009). Partisanship, political polarization and state
budget outcomes: the case of higher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Vancouver, Canada.
Dar, L. & Spence, M. (April, 2009). Partisanship, political polarization and state budget
outcomes: the case of higher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Dar, L. (November, 2008). The political dynamics of higher education spending. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education,
Jacksonville, FL.
Dar. L. (November, 2005). The politics of state support for higher education. Paper
presented to the Council on Public Policy and Higher Education Forum at the annual
meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Invited Presentations/Lectures
Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, Equity, Excellence and
Accountability: Current Issues in Higher Education Policy Conference, April 2013
USC Price School of Public Policy, Price Governance Salon, October 2012
CSU Sacramento Dept. of Public Policy & Administration Speaker Series, January 2011
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University, October 2009
CSHPE, School of Education, University of Michigan, October 2009
Rossier School of Education, USC, 2009, 2011
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
UCR, Graduate School of Education Faculty Development Grant, 2014-2015 ($ 1,000)
UCR Academic Senate Travel Grant, 2014-2015 ($1,300)
UCR, Graduate School of Education Faculty Development Grant, 2013-2014 ($ 1,000)
UCR Academic Senate Travel Grant, 2013-2014 ($1,125)
Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 2013-2014 ($12,000)
UCR Regents Fellowship, 2012-2014 ($3,500)
UCR Academic Senate Travel Grant, 2012-2013 ($1,150)
UCR Academic Senate Travel Grant, 2011-2012 ($700)
Association for Institutional Research, National Summer Data Policy Institute Fellow,
2011
UCR-Graduate School of Education Faculty Development Grant, 2010-2011 ($3,800)
Houston Higher Education Finance Roundtable Fellow, 2010
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UC/ACCORD Dissertation Grant, 2007-2008 ($20,000)
Registration Fee Grant, UCLA Graduate Division, 2007-2008
ASHE/Lumina Dissertation Fellowship, 2006-2007 ($14,000)
CAPES Doctoral Fellowship for Study Abroad (Brazilian Education Ministry Agency for
Graduate Education), 1997-2001
CNPq Doctoral Fellowship for Study Abroad (Brazilian Education Ministry Agency for
Scientific Research), 1997-2001 (declined)
CAPES Masters Fellowship, 1995-1997
CAPES/Special Training Program, Undergraduate Fellowship, 1992-1994
Professional Research Experience
Affiliated Scholar, California Community College Collaborative (C4), UC Riverside, 2008-2011
Research Associate, Empirical Research Group, UCLA School of Law, 2007
Research Assistant, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA, 2005-2006
Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, UCLA, 1998-2000, 2005-2006
Research Analyst, LEEX/Cândido Mendes/IUPERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996-1997
Reviewing Activities
Ad-Hoc Reviewer:
American Educational Research Journal, Educational Policy, Educational Evaluation
and Policy Analysis, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Public Policy, Higher
Education, Policy Studies Journal Yearbook, Publius, Journal of Education Finance,
State Politics & Policy Quarterly
Agencies:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
TEACHING, MENTORING, AND ADVISING
Courses taught
Graduate School of Education – University of California, Riverside
Financing Higher Education (EDUC 248F)
Higher Education Policy (EDUC 248P)
Organization & Administration in Higher Education (EDUC 248O)
Graduate Workshop: Theory and Research Design in the Social Sciences (EDUC 259)
Higher Education Scholarship and Literature Review (EDUC 248N)
Critical Issues in Higher Education (EDUC 248I) – Winter 2015
Department of Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Introduction to Microeconomics (ECON II)
Teaching assistant/associate
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies - UCLA
Higher Education Finance (EDUC 263)
Department of Political Science, UCLA
Introduction to American Politics (PS 40)
Introduction to Comparative Politics (PS 50)
A Game-Theoretic Approach to Western European Politics (PS 163)
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Advising: Academic Program Advisor
2008-09:
2009-10:
2010-11:
2011-12:
2012-13:
2013-14:
2014-15:
2015-16:
3 PhD
3 PhD, 1 MEd
12 PhD, 6 MEd
10 PhD, 4 MEd
8 PhD, 5 MEd
4 PhD, 4 MEd
5 PhD, 2 MEd
4 PhD, 2 Med
Advising: Dissertation Proposal Direction/Oral Exams (* indicates chair, + indicates
member)
*Yoshikawa, Sarah (2015) Higher education affordability: State expenditures, institutional
priorities, and inequalities across students
+ Damian, Ariadna (2015) Long-term part-time faculty’s professional life at the
comprehensive university in California
+ Martin, Marie (2015) A scholar and a business person: Academic deans in the Age of
Academic Capitalism and New Managerialism
+ Hoggatt, Michael (2014) Disability, access, and education in California Community
Colleges.
+ Walker, Laurencia (2014) The educational experiences of educationally and economically
disadvantaged students who are community college achievers.
* Aliyeva, Aida (2013) Institutional autonomy in public higher education and decisionmaking in hiring practices.
+ Jones, Sandra (2013) The malnourished university: Health from the college student
perspective.
+ Lee, Dong-Wook (2012). Regional inequality, federalism and public education spending.
Department of Politics & Policy. Claremont Graduate University.
+ Williams, B. (2012). Lawmaking in parliamentary democracies: electoral systems,
legislative rules, and vote outcomes. Department of Political Science, UCR.
+ Wolf, J. P. (2012). Undergraduate Male Misconduct: Masculinity and Student Conduct.
+ Silverman, J (2012). Postsecondary education and the GI Bill of Rights, 1944-1965: a case
study.
+Nino, L. (2011). Professional values of undergraduate business students and their
influences on the training of future business managers.
+ Jackson-Boothby, A. (2011). The ways in which orientation programs at emerging
Hispanic-serving institutions affect Latino student integration.
+McDonald, S. (2011). Identification of Latent Classes: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of
Factor Mixture Models. Graduate School of Education – Quantitative Methods. UCR.
+ Vidal, D. X. (2010). Spanish language media in the statehouse. Department of Political
Science, UCR.
* Browning, J. (2009) Is discounting dangerous? Accounting for the impact of the financial
position of an institution on tuition discount rates.
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Advising: Dissertation Direction (* indicates chair, + indicates member)
*Yoshikawa, Sarah (2015) Higher education affordability: State expenditures, institutional
priorities, and inequalities across students
* Aliyeva, Aida (in progress) Institutional autonomy in public higher education and decisionmaking in hiring practices.
+ Lee, Dong-Wook (in progress). Regional inequality, federalism and public education
spending. Department of Politics & Policy. Claremont Graduate University.
+ Nino, L. (2012). Professional values of undergraduate business students and their
influences on the training of future business managers.
* Browning, J. (2011) Is discounting dangerous? Accounting for the impact of the financial
position of an institution on tuition discount rates.
Advising: Masters Capstone Project Direction (* indicates chair, + indicates member)
* Han, Yeonsun (2013) Skill mismatches between higher education graduates and labor
market demands in South Korea.
* McGowan, J. E. (2013). Transnational higher education: developing mutually beneficial
partnerships.
* Anderson-Natale, K. (2013). State racial diversity and higher education policy outcomes.
* Ardoin, T. (2013). Legal challenges to affirmative action in admissions and access to
higher education in the state of Texas.
* Gubareva, K. (2012). The effect of learning communities on student outcomes with an
emphasis on student engagement and integration.
+ Quiroz, L. (2012) The puzzle of concurrent increases in higher education costs and
enrollments, and the problem of social justice.
+ Paquette, R. (2012) A literature review on how CBOs can use performance measures and
cost containment strategies to improve organizational performance in higher education.
* Yoshikawa, S. (2011) The shifting distribution of faculty appointments: changing the
nature of faculty work?
* Houser, A. (2011) Voices behind the WWII Japanese American college student internment:
a historical analysis of a Southern California University’s response (1887-1943) (coChair with Margaret Nash)
* Ejiogu, C. (2011) Decline in state support for U.S higher education: then and now.
Mentoring
Invited speaker at the UCR chapter of MALCS (Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social),
November, 2012. “Las Profes”.
SERVICE
Professional Organizations
Board of Directors
Association for the Study of Higher Education/Council on Public Policy and Higher Education,
Member-at-large (elected position), 2012-2014
Scholarly Societies
Member, Scholars Strategy Network
http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org
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Editorial Advisory Board
Journal of Education Finance, 2013Journal of Higher Education, 2014Conference Program Planning Committee
Association for the Study of Higher Education, Section: Policy, Finance & Economics, 2011
American Educational Research Association, Division J: Policy, Finance & Economics,
2010
Conference Proposal Reviewer
Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2006-2014
American Educational Research Association, 2008-2010, 2012
Conference Panel Discussant
Association for the Study of Higher Education, Roundtable moderator, Public Policy Forum, 2009
Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
American Educational Research Association, 2009, 2010
Midwest Political Science Association, 2009, 2010, 2011
American Political Science Association, 2010
Association for Education Finance and Policy, 2010, 2011
Conference Panel Chair
Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2008, 2009, 2014
American Educational Research Association, 2009, 2010
Midwest Political Science Association, 2009, 2010, 2011
Campus Service
Member, GSOE Executive Committee, 2015Member, UCR Academic Senate Committee on Research, 2014Member, GSOE Higher Education Faculty Search Committee, 2014-2015
Member, Graduate Advisory Committee, GSOE, 2013-2015
Member, GSOE Teacher/Teacher Education Faculty Search Committee, 2013-2014
Member, UCR Academic Senate Education Policy/VPUE General Education Assessment
Ad-hoc Committee, 2012-2013
Member, GSOE Executive Committee, 2011-2013
Member, GSOE Higher Education Faculty Search Committee, 2011-2012
Member, GSOE Faculty Recruitment Committee, 2010-2011
Member, GSOE Graduate Student Task Force, 2011
Member, C4 (California Community College Collaborative) Task Force, 2008-2010
Member, Graduate Advisory Committee, GSOE, 2009-2011
Editorial Board Member, Policy Matters, 2009-2010
Public Service
Member of the Inland Empire Autism Regional Task Force (CA), 2009-2010
Board member, Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council, 2005-08
Vice-Chair, Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Congress, 2006-2007
President, Board of Directors, United Neighborhood Councils of Los Angeles, 2006-2007
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, Faculty Success Program,
Summer 2014
NSF ADVANCE UCR Women Faculty Retreat, 2012, 2013, 2014
Workshop: NSF Day at the University of San Diego, 2011
Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs (CAHEP): Early Career
Faculty Teaching Workshop, ASHE Conference, 2010
UC ACCORD Lake Arrowhead Conference, 2007, 2008
ASHE/ACE/Lumina Foundation Fellows Forum, 2007
ASHE/Lumina Foundation Education Policy Colloquium, 2007
Intern, UCLA Office of Government and Community Relations, 2003
UCLA Advocacy Training Program, 2003
Delegate, UC Day in Sacramento, 2003
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