Pamela Anne Quiroz (born March 28, 1960)^[1] is an American sociologist. She is executive director of Inter University Program on Latino Research^[2] and director of Center for Mexican American Studies and professor of sociology, University of Houston.^[3]

Quiroz earned her BS in Sociology/Biology at Missouri Western State University, her MA in Sociology at Iowa State University and PhD at the University of Chicago in 1993.^[4]

She has been a professor of sociology at the University of Houston, and director of the Center for Mexican American Studies there, since the fall of 2015. Previously, she was a professor of sociology and educational policy studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago.^[5][6] She served as the editor-in-chief of Social Problems.^[4]

Her research interests focus on children, youth and family including: race and inequality; education; identity; and qualitative methods for academic appointments^[7] with special emphasis on the development of individual identities among school students.^[5]

• Texas Executive Women’s “Women on the Move”^[7]
• Houston Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” (Outstanding nonprofit leaders category)^[3]
• Sola Magazine “Woman of the Year” in Education
• Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board’s Award in Education
• HACE Mujeres Leadership Cohort (Houston)^[4]
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities fellow^[8]