Dr. Tonia Guida is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. She leads the pathway training programs in the college including Project Engage Pharmacy program (PEPP), Building Our Own Talent (BOOT) graduate student program, and LEADER, an undergraduate summer research program. She also co-chairs the college's Opportunity and Engagement committee.
Dr. Guida earned a B.A. in Sociology and Education Studies from The University of California, Los Angeles, an M.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Social Science Comparative Education with a concentration in Race and Ethnicity at The University of California, Los Angeles. She holds a faculty affiliate appointment in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy and in the Texas Center for Equity Promotion in the College of Education.
She has over 10 years of experience as a higher education scholar practitioner working with student success programs, undergraduate research, pre-college outreach, study abroad, Summer Bridge Programs, and Inclusive Teaching & Learning. Her research theorizes around whiteness and educational access in higher education contexts.
Publications
Picturing white women on campus: risks and possibilities of critical whiteness photo elicitation
T. Guida, Moira L. Ozias
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2024
Tonia Guida, Justina Lipscomb, Carolyn Brown, Greg Caldera
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2024
T. Guida
InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 2023
WAACKCSP: the tensions and overlaps between Whiteness and culturally sustaining pedagogies
Nolan L Cabrera, R Jamaal Downey, Tonia F Guida, Laura Lee Smith
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Routledge, 2022, pp. 1--11
Two Woke Beckys?: A Fan Fiction Conversation and Critique of Derek Bell’s White Women
Naomi W Nishi, Tonia F Guida, Danielle Walker
Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, vol. 20, 2021, p. 6
Claudia Garc{\'\i}a-Louis, Victor B S{\'a}enz, Tonia Guida
Urban Education, SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA, 2020, p. 0042085920963594
Tonia Floramaria Guida
University of California, Los Angeles, 2020
Book Review: Backlash: What happens when we talk honestly about racism in America
Tonia Floramaria Guida
InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, vol. 16, 2020
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Projects
Co-wrote an NIH 5-year R25 training grant for the LEADER Summer Undergraduate Research Program, aimed at increasing diversity in graduate program applicants for biomedical sciences at UT Austin.
STEM Equity Video Resource Library
The STEM equity video resource library is part of an Actions that Promote Community Transformation (ACT) grant which I curated. It primarily focuses on engaging undergraduate students with issues related to equity in STEM.
Received a Center for Teaching & Learning grant to engage in a student-centered curriculum redesign and presented this work to various instituional and national audiences.
Co-Chair Campus Climate Working Group
Co-chaired a Climate Working Group to identify strategic goals for the unit to implement change.