Gabriella PUSZTAI (Ph.D. (2002) Ph.D., D.Sc. (2012)) is the professor of sociology of education at the Institute of Educational and Cultural Studies at the University of Debrecen (Hungary), the director of the Center for Higher Education Research and Development, and the leader of the Doctoral School on Human Sciences in Debrecen. Her main research interests relate to the equal opportunity of diverse student groups in education, and the influence of students' communities and networks on their academic careers. One of her books was published in the HERP series by Peter Lang (Pathways to Success in Higher Education, 2015). She is a member of the editorial board of Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe, Hungarian Educational Research Journal and Journal of Social Research & Policy, and the chief editor of the Central European Journal of Education Research.