Riley Ceperich
Biography
Riley is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Sociology at UCLA studying gender, race, and education. Her previous research explored race and gender inequities in K-12 schools, including a project that is currently under review that analyzes science educators’ perceptions of Black girls in the classroom. Riley is currently pursuing an ethnographic project that examines the ways LA stand-up comedians portray gender and race in their comedy sets and in turn, how audiences receive these portrayals. She is also collaborating on an experimental survey project that explores the effect of time commitments and race on the motherhood wage penalty.
Degrees
B.A. in Sociology and Economics, Northwestern University (2020)
M.A. in Sociology, UCLA (2023)
Publications
Ceperich, Riley. Designing Equity: Stakeholders Perceptions of an Equity Initiative in a California School District. Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal. 2021 June.
Coburn, Cynthia, Jame Spillane, Angel Bohannon, Annie Allen, Riley Ceperich, Abby Beneke, Lok-sze Wong. The Role of Organizational Routines in Research Use in Four Large Urban School Districts (Technical Report No. 5). National Center for Research in Policy and Practice. 2020 December.
Awards & Grants
Excellence in Teaching Award, UCLA (2023)
Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA (2023-24 school year)
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA (2023)
Best Thesis Award, Northwestern University Dept. of Sociology (2020)
Conference Presentations
Ceperich, Riley. Proxy Boundaries and Homegrown Advantage in High School. ASA; 2023 August. Ceperich, Riley, Trang Tran, Yamileth Salinas Del val, Kristen Davidson. Science Education Leaders Sense-making and Noticing for Equity. NARST; 2022 March.
Farrell, Caitlin, Ayesha Hashim, Lindsey Kaiser, Riley Ceperich. The Demands of Equity-Centered Principal Pipelines and the Role for Research-Practice Partnerships. AERA; 2022 April.
Bohannon, Angel, Cynthia Coburn, James Spillane, Riley Ceperich. Research at the Junctures: Investigating How Routines Shape Research Use in District Leader Decision Making. AERA; 2021 April.
Farrell, Caitlin Lok-sze Wong, Megan Hopkins, Jen Cowhy, Riley Ceperich, Abby Beneke, Nina Wetoska. What District Conditions Matter for Productive Partnering? AERA; 2021 April.
Ceperich, Riley. Creating Equity: Stakeholder Perceptions of an Equity Initiative in a California School District. Northwestern Undergraduate Research and Arts Expo; 2020 May.
