headshot of Delma Ramos

Associate Professor

Teacher Education and Higher Education

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Email Address: dmramos@uncg.edu

Education

  • PhD in Higher Education, University of Denver
  • MS in Student affairs in Higher Education, Colorado State University
  • BS in Social Work, Colorado State University

Research & Publications

  • Equity and social justice
  • Historically minoritized populations in higher education
  • First-generation, low-income, communities of color
  • Asset-based theory, critical theory, and methodologies

Google Scholar Link

Wright-Mair, R., Ramos, D., & Passano, B. (2023). Latinx college students’ strategies for resisting imposter syndrome at predominantly White institutions. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1-19.

Ramos, D., Camargo, E., Bennett, C., & Kennedy, B. (2022). Plantando Raices en el Nuevo Sur: Mexican-Origin First-Generation College Students’ Transformational Impetus in New Destination States. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 21(4), 414-431.

Yi, V., & Ramos, D. (2022). Collective achievement and resistance: Understanding the motivations of doctoral women of color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 15(1), 12.

Ramos, D., & Sifuentez, B. (2021). Historically underrepresented students redefining college success in higher education. Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 1(2), 91-110.

Yi, V. & Ramos D. (2021). Collective Achievement and Resistance: Understanding the Motivations of Doctoral Women of Color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000296

Ramos, D. & Yi, V. (2020). Doctoral women of color coping with racism and sexism in the academy. International Journal of Doctoral Studies.15, 135-158.

Bennett, C., Ramos, D., & Wyatt, J. R. (2020). Latinx youth’s funds of knowledge: Empowering activist identities in a Nuevo South college access program. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192720963717

*Harper, C., Kiyama, J.M., Aguayo, D., & Ramos, D. (2018). Examining the inclusivity of parent and family college orientations: A directed content analysis. Journal of College Orientation, Transition, & Retention.