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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Boyle, S.R., Phillips, C.M.L., Pearson, Y.E., DesRoches, R., Mattingly, S.P., Nordberg, A. Li, W., and Rifai, H. (2020). An Exploratory Study of Intentionality towards Diversity in STEM Faculty Hiring. Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education. Best Diversity Paper Award Recipient. (Download Link)

Cropps, T. (2022). Diversity Statements in STEM Faculty Job Applications. Fourth Annual Conference of CoNECD, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Boyle, S. R.; Phillips, C. M. L.; Pearson, Y. E.; Cropps, T. A.; Wu, J. (2022). Analysis of Applicant Diversity Statement Requests in STEM Faculty Job Postings. Presented at the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate National Research Conference. Corpus Christi, TX. (Download Link)

Wu, J., Cropps, T., Phillips, C.M.L., Boyle, S., and Pearson, Y.E. (2023). Applicant Qualifications and Characteristics in STEM Faculty Hiring: An Analysis of Faculty and Administrator Perspectives. International Journal of STEM Education, 10(1), pp. 1-20. (Download Link)

Cropps, T., Pearson, Y.E., Boyle, S., Phillips, C.M.L., and Wu, J., (2023). Faculty Perceptions of Diversity Statements in STEM Faculty Job Applications. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2023, Baltimore, Maryland. (Download Link)

Cropps, T., Boyle, S., Phillips, C.M.L., Wu, J., and Pearson, Y.E. Faculty Perceptions of Diversity Statements in STEM Faculty Job Applications. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 2023, Chicago, Illinois. (Download Link)

Wu, J., Phillips, C.M.L., Cropps, T., Boyle, S., and Pearson, Y.E. The Importance of Institutional and Advisor Characteristics in STEM Faculty Hiring. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 2023, Chicago, Illinois. (Download Link)

Wu, J., Phillips, C.M.L., Cropps, T., Boyle, S., and Pearson, Y.E. The Importance of Institutional and Advisor Characteristics in STEM Faculty Hiring. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 2024, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Download Link)

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