Marc Guerrero

Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero is Associate Chair of the Department of Educational Studies and an associate professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) program at The Ohio State University. He is also affiliated faculty with OSU’s Asian American Studies program. During his time at OSU, Marc has had the privilege to teach a number of courses on college student development, critical race theory, and professional seminars for doctoral students. A highlight has been leading an education abroad program in Ecuador on Sustainability and Social Justice in partnership with the University of Cuenca. Marc has recently transitioned in academic administration and will be part of the 2021-22 cohort of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program.

Marc’s research interests focus on diversity and social justice issues in higher education and student affairs, with specific attention to college students negotiating and making meaning of race and racism and Multiracial/mixed race issues. He is co-editor of the book Multiracial Experiences in Higher Education and has published over 30 articles and book chapters focusing on diversity related issues, including his co-authored chapter (with Kevin Nadal, John Jay College) in Derald Wing Sue’s (2010) Microaggressions and Marginality, which was first to coin the term monoracism as a unique system of oppression facing individuals who do not fit monoracial categorization. Marc is active in several higher education associations, including the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) where he is Member-at-Large, Faculty for the ACPA Governing Board. He will also serve as the Division J Program Chair for the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting. He recently completed terms as Associate Editor of the Journal of Higher Education and editorial board member for the Journal of College Student Development and the Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity.

Ph.D., Education (Higher Education & Organizational Change), UCLA
M.A., Student Affairs Administration, Michigan State University
B.S., Human Biology, Michigan State University

• Access and Equity
• Cognitive Development
• Equity
• Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • Campus racial climate
  • College student development
  • Mixed race students
  • Race and racism
• Multicultural Education
• Social Justice

• Associate Department Chair, Educational Studies, OSU (2021-current)
• Assistant Chair for Enrollment Management, Educational Studies, OSU (2020-2021) 
• Associate Editor, Journal of Higher Education (2018-2020)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of College Student Development (2015-2021)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity(2016-2019)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice (2011-2014)
• Director,Asian Pacific American Student Affairs, University of Arizona (2007–2009)
• Program Administrator,Center for Multicultural Education & Programs, New York University (2006–07)
• Academic Specialist (Advisor), Office of Supportive Services, Michigan State University (2004–2006)

• Rudine Sims Bishop Diversity Enhancement Award, OSU College of Education & Human Ecology (2021)
• Fellow, Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (ALP) (2021-22)
• Diamond Honoree, ACPA Foundation (2020)
• Research of the Year Award, ACPA MultiRacial Network (2017)
• Faculty Fellow, Office of Diversity and Inclusion (DICE), OSU College of Education & Human Ecology (2015-16)
• Philip Clark Award/Fellowship, UCLA Higher Education & Organizational Change (2012)
• Campbell Book Collection Competition (2nd Place), UCLA Library (2012)
• National Conference on Race and Ethnicity/College Board Scholars program (2012)
• Outstanding Staff Award, Asian American Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Assoc., University. of Arizona (2009)

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. & Combs, L. D. (2023). Mixedness comes of age: Examining multiracial portrayals in young adult TV shows. Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 10(1), 21-34. 
• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., Malaney-Brown, V., & *Combs, L. D. (Eds.) (2022). Preparing for Higher Education’s Mixed Race Future: Why Multiraciality Matters. Palgrave McMillan (peer-reviewed). https://link.springer.com/book/9783030888206
• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Zhao, K. (2022). Is Affirmative Action interfering with the Chinese dream in America? Exploring WeChat users’ views on Affirmative Action in US college admissions. Race Ethnicity and Education, 25(7), 939–957. 

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Wijeyesinghe, C. L. (Eds.) (2021). Multiracial Experiences in Higher Education: Contesting Knowledge, Honoring Voice, and Innovating Practice. Stylus.

  ·       Recipient of the 2021 Innovation Award from ACPA’s Multiracial Network (MRN)

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Zhao, K. (2020). Is affirmative action interfering with the Chinese dream in America? Exploring WeChat views on affirmative action in U.S. college admissions. Race Ethnicity and Education. (online first).

• Ozaki, C. C., Olson, A. B., Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Pizzolato, J. E. (2020). Understanding persistence using a phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory framework. Community College Review.48(3), 252-276.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., Tran, V. T., & Combs, L. (2020). Multiracial identities and monoracism: Examining the influence of oppression. Journal of College Student Development, 61(1), 18-33.

• Garibay, J. C., Herrera, F. A., Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. & Garcia, G. A. (2019). Campus racial incidents, hate crimes, and white male and female students' racial attitudes. Journal of Higher Education (online first).

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Tran, V. (2018). Is it really the best of both worlds? Exploring notions of privilege associated with multiraciality. Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 7(1), 16-37.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2017). The (mis)uses of race in research on college students: A systematic review. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity (JCSCORE), 3(1), 6-41.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2017). Reasoning through race: College students of color and the dynamics of racial authority. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 10(1), 72-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000040

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P.,& Pizzolato, J. E. (2016). The utility of race and ethnicity in the multidimensional identities of Asian American students. Journal of College Student Development, 57(8), 905-924.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2016). The meanings of race matter: College students learning about race in a not-so-postracial era. American Educational Research Journal, 53(4), 819-849. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831216651144

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Pecero, V. (2016). Exploring race, culture, and family in the identities of mixed heritage students. Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, 53(3), 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2016.1165109

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Chaudhari, P. (2016). “Everyone is just mixed to me”: Exploring the role of multiraciality in college students’ racial claims. Equity & Excellence in Education, 49(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2016.1194098

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Tran, V. (2016). Born this way? How U.S. college students make sense of the biosocial underpinnings of race and other identities. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 18(2), 107-124.

• Johnston, M. P., & Yeung, F. PF. (2014). Asian Americans and campus climate: Investigating group differences around a racial incident. Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, 51(2), 142-155. https://doi.org/10.1515/jsarp-2014-0015

• Garcia, G. A., Johnston, M. P., Garibay, J. C., Herrera, F. A., Giraldo, L. G. (2011). When parties become racialized: Deconstructing racially themed parties. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 48(1), 5-21.

• Johnston, M. P., & Nadal, K. L. (2010). Multiracial microaggressions: Exposing monoracism in everyday life and clinical practice. In D. W. Sue (Ed.), Microaggressions and Marginality: Manifestation, Dynamics and Impact (pp. 123-144). New York: Wiley & Sons.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Mohajeri, O. (2022, November). Capturing Categorical Complexity: The Importance of Racial Contestation for Higher Education. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., Combs, L. D., Cepeda, R., & Campbell, J. (2022, November). Dear Mixed People: Critically Examining Multiracial Identity Portrayals in College-Related TV Series. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Combs, L. D., Ferreras, L., & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2022, November). Monoracism’s Influence on Multiracial Dissertations: Examining the Pipeline for Emerging Scholarship on Multiraciality. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Baker, D., Ford, K. S., Viano, S., & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2022, April). Racial and Ethnic Category Usage in Education Research: Trends and Methodological Differences. Roundtable paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 

• Combs, L., & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2021, April). At home or on tour? Mixed Filipina/o American reflections on culture and identity. Paper presented at the Mactan500 Virtual Conference at NYU [online].

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Ford, K. (2019, November). Multiracial is not the same as Two or More Races: Further complicating racial data. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

• Cristobal, N., Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., & Garcia. G. A. (2019, April). Further Contextualizing Racial Identity: Multiracial Students at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., Tran, V. T., & Washington, L. (2019, March). Who is minoritized? Unpacking racialized terminology in higher education. Session presented at the ACPA Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., Chaudhari, P., Barrett, B. A., & Logia, J. (2018, March). From Access to Alumni: Reimagining Multiracial Student Journeys to and through College. Panel presentation at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, College Park, Maryland.

• Lou, H. C., Schneider, F., & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2017, March). Who gets to choose? Complicating fluid identities in higher education. Workshop presented at the ACPA Annual Convention, Columbus, OH.

• Johnston-Guerrero, M. P., Garcia, G. A., Garibay, J. C., & Herrera, F. A.  (2015, November). “I’m for access but…”: Complicating college student support for undocumented immigrant access to public education. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Denver, CO

• Johnston, M. P., Garcia, G. A., Herrera, F. A., & Garibay, J. C. (2014, November). Examining the influences of college environments and experiences on student attitudes towards prohibiting racist/sexist speech. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

• Johnston, M. P., & Pecero, V. (2014, November). Disentangling race and culture in familial influences on mixed heritage college students' identities. Paper presented at the Council for Ethnic Participation Preconference Forum, Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

• Johnston, M. P. (2013, May). Moving beyond check-boxes: Researching multiraciality in changing contexts. Major Workshop presented at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE), New Orleans, LA.

• Johnston, M. P., & Yeung, F. PF. (2013, April). Campus racial climate and the Asian American experience: Differences across racial groups and after a racially-biased incident. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

• Johnston, M. P., Pizzolato, J. E., Deleon, R. (2012, November). When the political becomes psychological: Disparate contextual influences on Asian American student development. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

• Johnston, M. P. (2012, June). Eugenics and higher education: Exposing the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of a persistent ideology. Workshop presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), New York, NY.

• Johnston, M. P. (2012, April). Race as both biologically and socially constructed: Exploring the nature of college students’ racial conceptions. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• Kasch, D., & Johnston, M. P. (2012, April). Everyday racism and the ubiquity of social media: An examination of cyber-microaggressions on college campuses. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• Johnston, M. P., & Chaudhari, P. (2010, March). Beyond multiracial 101: Innovating multiracial theory, research, and professional practice. Workshop presented at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

• Johnston, M. P., Xayaphanh, D., & Ousley, M. (2008, March). Navigating the model minority myth: Student success programs for Asian/Pacific Islanders. Sponsored workshop presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Annual Conference, Boston, MA.