Steve Desir

Director of Professional Learning & Development, Consortium for Equity in Graduate Education
University of Southern California

Steve Desir is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership Program at the USC Rossier School of Education. Steve Desir is advised by Julie Posselt. His research interests include racial equity in college admissions, organizational change, and the use of theory-based psychological interventions to facilitate behavioral change. More specifically, Steve is interested in whether insights from social psychology and behavioral economics can be used to improve educational experiences for minoritized groups. Steve earned a master’s degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard. Prior to his studies at HGSE, Steve completed a master’s degree in secondary education from NYU, and earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science at Penn State. Steve is a native New Yorker, and in his spare time enjoys running, Muay-Thai kickboxing, and attending concerts.