Estela Mara Bensimon (HPSE Ed.D. ’84) is a researcher, practitioner, and prolific author committed to advancing racial equity and opportunities for historically marginalized populations in American higher education. Through critical illumination of blind spots in educational policymakers’ and practitioners’ thinking, and invention of research-guided interventions, Bensimon has continually sought to turn her research into tools and models for thinking and acting, towards enhanced equity. 

To learn more about Professor Bensimon's prolific record of research, including the tools that she and her research teams have developed for advancing equity in higher education, see: https://youtu.be/Krj288x77BI?si=C9RhVrL21YG6ZszI

Teachers College honored six alumni for their critical contributions to the social good, and to their fields and communities, during the College’s first TC (Re)Unites, a reunion for alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and neighbors, on Saturday, October 14, 2023.