Join our Pullias faculty and researchers as they present their findings on a variety of higher education topics:
Thursday, November 13, 9:45 to 11:00am, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 1
Equity in Flux: Navigating Enrollment, Policy Shifts, and Resistance
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
Undergraduate Admissions After SFFA: Early Shifts in Racial Composition Across Application, Admission, and Enrollment Outcomes
Authors: Michael Grigsby, University of Southern California, Julie Posselt, University of Southern California, Bryan Cook, Urban Institute and Jason Cohn, Urban Institute
Thursday, November 13, 1:50 to 3:05pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Tower Building, Second Level, Tower B
Networked, Navigating, and Noticed: Expanding What Counts in Student Success
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
Sharing More Than a Room: How Roommate Networks Shape Academic Success
Authors: Shinji Katsumoto, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Nick Bowman, University of Iowa
Thursday, November 13, 3:25 to 4:40pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 4
Degrees of Access: Mapping Policy, Partnership, and Personal Choice in Higher Ed
Session Submission Type: Works in Progress Session (In-Person)
Mapping the Infrastructure of College Opportunity: A Social Network and Spatial Analysis of Access Organization Partnerships
Authors: Jimmy Aguilar, University of Southern California and Michael Grigsby, University of Southern California
Friday, November 14, 8:45 to 9:45am, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom F
Poster Session & Morning Coffee Break sponsored by the Organizational Disparities Laboratory
Session Submission Type: Poster Session (In-Person)
Semantic Alignments in Admissions Language: Race, Equity, and Organizational Legitimacy After SFFA
Authors: Jimmy Aguilar, University of Southern California
Friday, November 14, 12:35 to 1:50pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 6
Critical Pedagogy and Justice-Oriented Teaching
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
From Backgrounds to Blackboards: Instructors’ Perspectives on Supporting At-promise Undergraduate Students
Authors: Rosemary J. Perez, University of Michigan, Ricky Urgo, University of Michigan, Amber Williams, University of Michigan and Angie Kim, University of Michigan
Friday, November 14, 3:45 to 5:00pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Governors Square 17
A Poisoned Well: Workplace Climate and the Black Higher Education Professional
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
"Nothing Will Change": Counternarratives of Black Staff on Anti-Blackness, DEI, and Campus Racial Climate
Author: Royel M Johnson, University of Southern California, Alexia Oduro, University of Southern California, Marcus Maximus Martin, University of Southern California and Mya Haynes, University of Southern California
Saturday, November 15, 10:15 to 11:30am, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 5
Balancing Acts and Invisible Burdens: Socialization, Impostor Phenomenon, and the Politics of Academic Belonging
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
Degrees of Doubt: The Impostor Phenomenon and the Politics of Belonging in Doctoral Education Programs
Authors: Michael Grigsby, University of Southern California and Saba Modaressi, University of Southern California
Saturday, November 15, 12:30 to 1:45pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Governors Square 17
Capital Matters: Financial (In)Security, Student Agency, and Resource Navigation
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
The Impact of Financial and Non-Financial Support Resources on Low-Income College Students’ Career Self-Efficacy
Authors: Joseph Allen Kitchen, University of Southern California, Robert Epps and Dennis Hocevar
Friday, November 14, 12:35 to 1:50pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 3
Table-Talk and Mixed-Tapes: Reimagining Methodologies in the Academy
Session Submission Type: Works in Progress Session (In-Person)
Using Natural Language Processing to Understand Early College Experiences and Predict Academic Outcomes
Authors: Ying Qian, University of Iowa, Nick Bowman, University of Iowa and Shinji Katsumoto, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 to 3:15pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 2
She's a Rainbow: Embedding Arts in Qualitative Research
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
For Nikki: A Black Feminist Prospectus on Poetic Positionality Statements in Qualitative Research
Author: Dwuana Ann Renee Bradley, University of Southern California and LaShawn Faith Washington, The University of Texas at Austin
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 to 3:15pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Tower Building, Second Level, Tower B
The Weight of the Academy: Trauma, Politics, and the Fight for Affirmation in Higher Education
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
When Campus Climate Wounds: How Racial Stress Impacts Mattering and Affirmation for Students of Color
Authors: Saba Modaressi, University of Southern California and Michael Grigsby, University of Southern California
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 to 3:15pm, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Building, Concourse Level, Plaza Court 5
From Precarity to Possibility: Unpacking Class, Racialized Realities, and Student Satisfaction
Session Submission Type: Paper Session (In-Person)
Exploring how low-income students understand their social class over the first two-years of college: A mixed methods approach
Authors: Genia M. Bettencourt, University of Memphis, Nicole Tennessen, University of Iowa and Rosemary J. Perez, University of Michigan
