Lisa Delacruz Combs

Lisa Delacruz Combs received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program. She previously transitioned from her role as Program Coordinator in the Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Office at Loyola University Chicago. Lisa's research interests include liminality, identity interconnections, multiraciality in higher education, Filipinx identity development, and post-structural Women of Color feminist perspectives. Lisa also served as the Co-Chair for the Multiracial Network in ACPA and has presented about multiracial topics and many conferences including ACPA, ASHE, Critical Mixed Race Studies (CMRS) and NCORE. She received her B.A. in Political Science and Engligh from Ohio State University and her M.S. in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

• Cepeda, R., & Combs, L.D. (2024). Disrupting monoracism, racism and white supremacy: A systematic literature review on multiraciality in higher education. The Journal of Student Affairs.
• Combs, L.D., Ferreras, L., & Johnston-Guerrero, M.P. (2023). Learning from multiracial-focused dissertations to understand the doctroal pipeline of emerging scholarship on multiraciality. 2022 Crtical Mixed Race Studies Conference Proceedings Journal. https://criticalmixedracestudies.com/2022-cmrs-conference-proceedings
• Combs, L.D., & Ashlee, A.A. (2023). Transracial adoptee and multiracial solidarity: exploring compassionate caution in critical mixed race and critical adoption studies. 2022 Crtical Mixed Race Studies Conference Proceedings Journal. https://criticalmixedracestudies.com/2022-cmrs-conference-proceedings
• Combs, L.D., & Cepeda, R. (2023). Ate scholars: Cultivating community amongst multiracial women of color in graduate school. Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2023.2192950
• Bowling, R., Combs, L.D. (2023). Liminality as a third wave conceptual framework. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 1-13.
• Johnston-Guerrero, M.P., & Combs, L.D. (2023). Engaging whiteness within mixedness: Multiracial Filipina/o American scholars' journeys toward belonging. Whiteness and Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/23793406.2023.2182230
• Johnston-Guerrero, M.P., & Combs, L.D. (2023). Mixedness comes of age: Learning from multiracial portrayals in young adult TV shows. Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 10(1).