# positions[].organizations[].label
Educational Administration and Human Resource Development

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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
My research focuses on educational policy and student access and success in postsecondary education, particularly for low-income or underrepresented groups.

# keywords[]
3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

# keywords[]
3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of Iowa - (Iowa City, Iowa, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Indiana University Bloomington - (Bloomington, Indiana, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Calvin College - (Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States)

# publications[].label
Early Coursework and College Experience Predictors of Persistence at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

# publications[].label
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Faculty: Does the IRB Challenge Faculty Professionalism in the Social Sciences?

# publications[].label
Pathways to Academic Success in Higher Education, Expanding Opportunity for Underrepresented Students

# publications[].label
La Lider: Developing a Leadership Identity as a Hispanic Woman at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

# publications[].label
ACCESS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC FINANCE POLICIES

# publications[].label
From Open Door to Limited Access: Transfer Students and the Challenges of Choosing a Major

# publications[].label
State Postsecondary Education Research: New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice

# publications[].label
Research-based Reading reform: The impact of state-funded interventions on educational outcomes in urban elementary schools

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Transfer Student Persistence at a Hispanic-Serving University

# publications[].label
Using Action Inquiry in Engaged Research An Organizing Guide

# publications[].label
The Cultural Capital of Cultural and Social Capital: An Economy of Translations

# publications[].label
Meeting the access challenge: An examination of Indiana's twenty-first century scholars program

# publications[].label
Confronting ambiguity, anarchy, and crisis in institutional research: Using student unit record databases in extrainstitutional research

# publications[].label
Accountability Policies and Readiness for College for Diverse Students

# publications[].label
Keeping the promise: The impact of Indiana's twenty-first century scholars program

# publications[].label
Using evaluation to close the inquiry loop

# publications[].label
Aptitude vs. merit: What matters in persistence

# publications[].label
Writing across Power Lines: Authorship in Scholarly Collaborations

# publications[].label
A Step toward College Success: Assessing Attainment among Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars

# publications[].label
State Postsecondary Education Research: New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice (review)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Educational Adm & Human Resources Development; 4226 TAMU

# organizations[]
College of Education and Human Development

# organizations[]
Educational Administration and Human Resource Development

# schools[]
College of Education and Human Development

# etdChairOf[].label
Dennis, Brady Allen (2017-05). Is Transfer Shock a Treatable Condition for Underrepresented in  Medicine Students Transferring to a Predominantly White  Institution, with a Goal of Medical School Admission?. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Shelburne, Nathan Andrew (2016-12). Effects of a Strengths-based First-year Seminar on Student Thriving. Doctoral Dissertation.