Biography

 

Andres Castro Samayoa

Andres Castro Samayoa

  • Alumni
  • El Salvador
  • 2010 MPhil Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies
  • Jesus College

Andrés is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Boston College's Lynch School of Education. His work enhances the experiences for students of color from under-resourced communities—specifically focusing on Hispanic-serving institutions. His expertise includes the social history of large-scale datasets in post-secondary education; educational researchers' use of data to explore issues of diversity; and the institutionalization of services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender students.Previously, Castro Samayoa served as assistant director for assessment at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions. His current projects concentrate on diversifying the teaching profession at the K–12 and post-secondary levels. One of these projects explores the ways Hispanic-serving institutions diversify faculty in the humanities and social sciences.He earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, his master’s degree from Cambridge University, and his doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Previous Education

Harvard University