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QuantCrit as a Methodological Framework for Equity-Centered Discipline-Based Education Research
Paulette Vincent-Ruz; Kathryn N. Hosbein; Vanessa Rosa (2026). QuantCrit as a Methodological Framework for Equity-Centered Discipline-Based Education Research. Critical Studies of Education, 55-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9136-4_4

equity in educationdiscipline based education research

Professional development informing teachers’ intention to teach additive manufacturing in K-12 classrooms
Suparna Chatterjee (2026). Professional development informing teachers’ intention to teach additive manufacturing in K-12 classrooms. New Mexico Journal of Science.

professional development

Mentor Influence Among Hispanic Engineering Students’ Learning Research Experiences
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Stephanie Zackery; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo (2025). Mentor Influence Among Hispanic Engineering Students’ Learning Research Experiences. Education Sciences, 15(10), 1325. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15101325

engineering educationengineering education research

Assessing Retention-Focused Initiatives in a Hispanic-Serving Community College STEM Classroom
Maryanne Long; Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (2025). Assessing Retention-Focused Initiatives in a Hispanic-Serving Community College STEM Classroom. Higher Education Classrooms as Places for Inquiry, 295-322. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-0305-5.ch010

STEM retentioncollege retentionHispanic serving STEM

Rethinking Persistence: Evaluating Peer Mentoring on Community College Students’ Academic and Social Integration
Maryanne Long; Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Concepcion Martinez Miller (2025). Rethinking Persistence: Evaluating Peer Mentoring on Community College Students’ Academic and Social Integration. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2025.2506145

academic persistencementoringpeer mentoring

The challenges of transgender and nonbinary graduate students in chemistry: A qualitative study on trans identity, science culture, and institutional support using reflexive thematic analysis
Michelle M. Nolan; Isaac M. Blythe; Paulette Vincent-Ruz (2025). The challenges of transgender and nonbinary graduate students in chemistry: A qualitative study on trans identity, science culture, and institutional support using reflexive thematic analysis. PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0320493. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320493

science identity

Latinas’ Reinvention as STEM College Students in Pandemic Times at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (2025). Latinas’ Reinvention as STEM College Students in Pandemic Times at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress, 9(SI-1). https://doi.org/10.32674/tk17jv30

underrepresented students in STEMHispanic students in STEMHispanic serving STEM

Mentors' Training in STEM With a Social Justice Lens at a U.S. Minority-Serving Institution
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Clara Solis; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo (2025). Mentors' Training in STEM With a Social Justice Lens at a U.S. Minority-Serving Institution. Advances in Library and Information Science, 463-480. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-6376-8.ch018

social justice in STEM

CAREER: Uncovering the Mechanisms of How Guided Inquiry Shapes Student Engagement, Retention, and Graduate TA Development Over Time in Chemistry Recitations
Vincent-ruz, Paulette (2025). CAREER: Uncovering the Mechanisms of How Guided Inquiry Shapes Student Engagement, Retention, and Graduate TA Development Over Time in Chemistry Recitations. California Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.48321/D19C4D74F6

student engagementcareer development

Building a wisdom community through femtoring/mentoring: Latinx faculty and students at a Hispanic-serving institution
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (2024). Building a wisdom community through femtoring/mentoring: Latinx faculty and students at a Hispanic-serving institution. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 13(4), 457-471. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-06-2023-0046

mentoring

A Counterstory to Deficit Narratives of “Underperformance” of Demographically Minoritized Students in General Chemistry
Paulette Vincent-Ruz; Marrissa M. Izykowicz; Anthony J. Rojas (2024). A Counterstory to Deficit Narratives of “Underperformance” of Demographically Minoritized Students in General Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(6), 2188-2202. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00610

chemistry educationminoritized students

Advancing Latinx Faculty and Students in Academia Through Femtoring/Mentoring
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Celeste Romero (2023). Advancing Latinx Faculty and Students in Academia Through Femtoring/Mentoring. Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6049-8.ch003

professional developmentmentoring

Advanced placement course credit and undergraduate student success in gateway science courses
Christian Fischer; Eben Witherspoon; Ha Nguyen; Yanan Feng; Stefano Fiorini; Paulette Vincent‐Ruz; Chris Mead; William Nicholas Bork Rodriguez; Rebecca L. Matz; Christian Schunn (2023). Advanced placement course credit and undergraduate student success in gateway science courses. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 60(2), 304-329. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21799

student successundergraduate research

Navigating College as Latina STEM Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (2022). Navigating College as Latina STEM Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development, 244-265. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3819-0.ch014

Hispanic students in STEMHispanic serving institutionsprofessional developmentHispanic serving STEM

Persistence of Latinas in STEM at an R1 Higher Education Institution in Texas
Elsa Gonzalez; Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Joenie Myers (2022). Persistence of Latinas in STEM at an R1 Higher Education Institution in Texas. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 21(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192720918369

STEM educationSTEM+ educationSTEM persistencepersistence in STEM

Undergraduate Students Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning: Applying the Community of Inquiry Framework
Suparna Chatterjee; Julia Parra (2022). Undergraduate Students Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning: Applying the Community of Inquiry Framework. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 50(3), 327-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395211062552

community engagement

Identity Complexes and Science Identity in Early Secondary: Mono-topical or in Combination with Other Topical Identities
Paulette Vincent-Ruz; Christian D. Schunn (2021). Identity Complexes and Science Identity in Early Secondary: Mono-topical or in Combination with Other Topical Identities. Research in Science Education, 51(S1), 369-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-019-09882-0

science educationscience identity

Enriching Students’ Combinatorial Reasoning through the Use of Loops and Conditional Statements in Python
Elise Lockwood; Adaline De Chenne (2020). Enriching Students’ Combinatorial Reasoning through the Use of Loops and Conditional Statements in Python. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 6(3), 303-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40753-019-00108-2

mathematics educationundergraduate researchmathematics education research

Latina college students’ experiences in STEM at Hispanic-Serving Institutions: framed within Latino critical race theory
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Elsa Gonzalez; Rosa Maria Banda (2020). Latina college students’ experiences in STEM at Hispanic-Serving Institutions: framed within Latino critical race theory. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 33(8), 810-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2020.1751894

STEM educationSTEM+ educationHispanic students in STEMHispanic serving institutions

Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of POGIL in a Large-Enrollment General Chemistry Course
Paulette Vincent-Ruz; Tara Meyer; Sean G. Roe; Christian D. Schunn (2020). Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of POGIL in a Large-Enrollment General Chemistry Course. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(5), 1228-1238. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01052

chemistry education

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Fostering Career Development through Leadership: The Experiences of Peer Mentors in STEM courses at a Community College
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Maryanne Long; Concepcion Miller (2025). Fostering Career Development through Leadership: The Experiences of Peer Mentors in STEM courses at a Community College. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56588

STEM career developmentcareer development

Asset-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning: Community and Culture in an Undergraduate Engineering Research Program at a Hispanic Serving Institution
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre; Patricia Delgado; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo (2024). Asset-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning: Community and Culture in an Undergraduate Engineering Research Program at a Hispanic Serving Institution. 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--46625

undergraduate research

Developing Personal Representations to Access a Set-Oriented Perspective on Counting
Adaline De Chenne (2024). Developing Personal Representations to Access a Set-Oriented Perspective on Counting. XXVI Annual Conference on Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education.

mathematics educationundergraduate researchmathematics education research

Listing algorithms for combinatorial problems with variable parameter values: a case study
Adaline De Chenne (2022). Listing algorithms for combinatorial problems with variable parameter values: a case study. 12th Annual Congress of Education Research in Mathematics Education.

mathematics educationmathematics education research

A Framework for a ‘Set-Oriented Perspective’ in Combinatorics Using the Theory of Register of Semiotic Representations
Adaline De Chenne (2022). A Framework for a ‘Set-Oriented Perspective’ in Combinatorics Using the Theory of Register of Semiotic Representations. 24th Annual Conference on Research in Mathematics Education.

mathematics educationmathematics education research

Student verification practices for combinatorics problems in a computational environment
Adaline De Chenne (2020). Student verification practices for combinatorics problems in a computational environment. Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Education.

undergraduate research

Latinas’ leadership as undergraduate STEM college students at Southern HSIs
Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (2020). Latinas’ leadership as undergraduate STEM college students at Southern HSIs. American Educational Research Association.

undergraduate research

Investigating undergraduate students’ generalizing activity in a computational setting
Adaline De Chenne (2020). Investigating undergraduate students’ generalizing activity in a computational setting. 42nd Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

mathematics education

A Case of a Computational Setting Facilitating Empirical Re-Conceptualization
Adaline De Chenne A Case of a Computational Setting Facilitating Empirical Re-Conceptualization. 25th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.

mathematics educationundergraduate researchmathematics education research