Speaker Series: Kamaria Porter

Kamaria B. Porter, PhD. (she/her) joined the Office of the Ombudsperson as Associate Ombudsperson in July 2024. Prior to joining Northwestern University, Kamaria served as an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Penn State University. There she taught a range of courses related to higher education, including administration and organizational theory, history and critical issues in higher education, and research methods. Kamaria’s research broadly explores inequities in higher education, focusing on faculty experiences on the tenure track, graduate student success in STEM departments, and Title IX policy. She earned her PhD in Higher Education at the University of Michigan. While there, she managed a research lab on university policy responses to sexual harassment and assault, investigated practices to prevent harassment in academic units, and organized interdisciplinary learning and mental health programming for graduate students.

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