Chavella Pittman
Professor Pittman attended Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) as an undergraduate, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. She went to graduate school at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2003 – her dissertation was titled “Do We Act the Way We Think? Multicultural Education and the Disconnect Between Racial Attitudes and Behaviors in College Students."
While working toward her Ph.D. she also earned a Masters in Higher Education. She spent two years at UCLA as a University of California’s President’s Postdoctoral Fellow and was also chosen as a Research Scholar at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. Her research interests center on the social psychology of issues of social justice, with particular emphasis on racial, ethnic, and gender-influenced behaviors.
While working toward her Ph.D. she also earned a Masters in Higher Education. She spent two years at UCLA as a University of California’s President’s Postdoctoral Fellow and was also chosen as a Research Scholar at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. Her research interests center on the social psychology of issues of social justice, with particular emphasis on racial, ethnic, and gender-influenced behaviors.
