Academy Team
Ben Mudgett
Dr. Ben Mudgett has over 25 years of professional experience, having served on college, regional, and statewide teams to inform policy and practices on transformative equity levers. Ben also brings his experience as an Articulation Officer, business faculty member, Pride Center Coordinator, and an LFM participant and coach. He continues to shape how college leaders collaborate on large-scale evidence-informed transformative change.
Ben’s research interests include how LGBTQ students are influenced by college spaces and how those spaces help shape their multiple intersecting identities. Ben recently completed his EdD through San Diego State University and dedicated his dissertation to understanding and uplifting the lived experiences of queer Latino men in California community colleges and how colleges play a role in activating their salient identities. Ben is a queer activist, husband, father of two daughters, and a co-conspirator in building sustainable, transformative change at scale within learning spaces for students to thrive toward meeting their personal, scholarly, and professional goals. In his spare time, Ben enjoys hiking, running, the ocean, food, the gym, and binge-worthy television.