Research: Assessing Climate on College and University Campuses 

(Note: I have extensive professional experience with developing, conducting and presenting campus climate surveys with a strong emphasis on diversity and equity. These resources will assist others who wish to explore strategies and best practices for assessment of campus climate among students, faculty, and staff.)

Academic Literature

2022

• {NEW} Organizational Culture and Climate: Historic Systemic Barriers for Women (2022), by Patricia Arredondo, et. al, published in Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions
• {NEW} Assessing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Introducing the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey (2022), by Nina M. Silverstein, Ph.D., et. al, published in the journal The Gerontologist
• {NEW} Campus Climate Assessments: Limitations of Siloing Sexual Violence and Diversity Surveys (2022), by Emily A. Leskinen, et. al, published in the Journal of Evidence-based Social Work
• {NEW} Student Affairs Professionals Experience with Campus Racial Climate at Predominantly White Institutions (2022), by Kaleb L. Briscoe, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Racial and Ethnic Differences in Perceptions of Campus Climate Related to Sexual Violence (2022), by S.A.N. Silvera, et. al, published in the Journal of American College Health
• {NEW} Navigating an anti-Black Campus Climate: #black@pwi (2022), by Valandra, et. al, published in the journal Race Ethnicity and Education
• {NEW} Sense of Belonging for College Students with PTSD: The Role of Safety Stigma, and Campus Climate (2022), by Tricia R. Shalka & Christina Leal, published in the Journal of American College Health
• {NEW} Campus Integration and Campus Climate at a Predominantly White Institution in the South (2022), by Sachiyo M. Shearman, et. al, published in the Howard Journal of Communications
• {NEW} Campus Climate Assessments: Limitations of Siloing Sexual Violence and Diversity Surveys (2022), by Emily A. Leskinen, et al, published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work
• {NEW} Black & ABD: Investigating the “All but Dissertation” State of the Doctoral Program Among Black Graduate Students (2022), by Sharron Scott & Jennifer M. Johnson, published in the Journal of Negro Education
• {NEW} Race, Campus Climate, and Social Change Behaviors for Asian American College Students (2022), by Jacqueline Yi & Nathan R. Todd, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Comparing STEM Majors by Examining the Relationship Between Student Perceptions of Campus Climate and Classroom Engagement (2022), by Christine Victorino, et al., published in the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
• {NEW} From Complacency to Criticality: Envisioning Antiracist Leadership among White Higher Education Administrators (2022), by Tenisha L. Tevis & Zak Foste, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
  
  2021
  
  
• {NEW} Am I Welcome Here? Campus Climate and Psychological Well-Being Among Students of Color (2021), by Katie K. Koo, published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
• {NEW} Physical and Digital Spaces: The Intersection of Campus Climate and Technology (2021), by Ashley Munger, et. al, published in the the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Aspects of Campus Climate and Mental Health Threats: The Role of Hypervigilance (2021), by Joanna R. Timmerman & V. Volpe, published in the Journal of American College Health
• {NEW} Analyzing the Relationship between Campus Environments and Academic Self-Efficacy in College (2021), by Samuel D. Museus, et. al, published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
• {NEW} Race, Campus Climate, and Social Change Behaviors for Asian-American College Students (2021), by J. Yi & N.R. Todd, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Why LGBTQ+ Campus Resource Centers are Essential (2021), by Chelsea Gilbert, et. al, published in the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
• {NEW} Drawing on Internal Strengths and Creating Spaces for Growth: How Black Science Seniors Navigate the Racial Climate at a Predominantly White Institution to Succeed (2021), by Julie Dangremond Stanton, et. al, published in CBE: Life Sciences Education
• {NEW} The Impact of the Campus Climate and Mental Health Literacy on Students’ Wellbeing (2021), by Ethan McGuirk & Patricia Frazer, published in The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice
• {NEW} Student Affairs Professionals Experiences with Campus Racial Climate at Predominantly White Institutions (2021), by Kaleb L. Briscoe, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Black Students’ Narratives of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives and the Campus Racial Climate: An Interest-Convergence Analysis (2021), by Kaleea R. Lewis & Payal P. Shah, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Black Students’ Perceptions of Campus Climates and the Effect on Academic Resilience (2021), published in the Journal of Black Psychology
• {NEW} Campus Climate and the Sexual Assault Victimization of LGBQ College Students (2021), by Sarah D. Nightingale, published in the Journal of Homosexuality
• {NEW} Not Just an Undergraduate Issue: Campus Climate and Sexual Violence Among Graduate Students (2021), by Sarah McMahon, Julia O’Connor, & Rita Seabrook, published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• {NEW} Gender, Campus Sexual Violence, Cultural Betrayal, Institutional Betrayal, and Institutional Support in U.S. Ethnic Minority College Students: A Descriptive Study (2021), by Jennifer Gomez, published in the journal Violence Against Women
  
  2019-2020
  
  
• Campus Racial Incidents, Hate Crimes, and White Male and Female Students’ Racial Attitudes (2020), by Juan Carlos Garibay, et al., published in the Journal of Higher Education 
• {NEW} Student Perceptions of the Climate for Diversity: The Role of Student-Faculty Interactions (2020), by Eugene T. Parker III & Teniell L. Trolian, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Racialized Experiences Off and On Campus: Contextualizing Latina/o Students’ Perceptions of Climate at an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) (2020), published in the journal Urban Education
• {NEW} Minority Stress in Non-binary Students in Higher Education: The Role of Campus Climate and Belongingness (2020), by Budge, Stephanie,  L. Domínguez Jr., and Sergio Goldberg, Abbie E., published in the APA journal, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 
• Report on the Association of American Universities (AAU) Campus Climate Survey 2019, produced by the Association of American Universities
• Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents in the Ivory Tower: Results from a Large-Scale Campus Survey (2019), by Walter DeKeseredy, James J. Nolan, and Amanda Hall-Sanchez, published in American Behavioral Scientist
• Identity, Campus Climate, and Burnout Among Undergraduate Women in STEM fields (2019), by Laura Jensen and Eric Deemer, published in The Career Development Quarterly 
• {NEW} Strategies of Resistance Among Racially Minoritized Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Critical Race Theory Perspective (2019), by Eddie Comeaux, Sara E. Grummert, & Nelly A. Cruz, published in the Journal of Higher Education 
• {NEW} Transforming Campus Racial Climates: Examining Discourses Around Student Experiences of Racial Violence and Institutional (in)Action (2019), by Lucy Arellano & Vue Rican, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} “Too Many to Count”: Experiences of Microaggressions for Latinx Students at a Predominantly White Institution in the Age of Trump (2019), by Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, et. al, publishedf in the journal Currents: Connecting Diversity Scholarship to Practice and Society
• Making Campus-Based LGBTQ Climate Assessments Matter (2019), by Jessamyn Bowling, Ryan A. Miller, and Nikolai Mather, published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
• Race and Class Beyond Enrollment: The Link Between Socioeconomic Diversity and Cross-Racial Interaction (2019), by Julie Park, et al., published in the Journal of Higher Education 
• HEDS Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (Undergraduate Liberal Arts Colleges in the U.S.): 2019-20 Diversity and Equity Campus Climate Survey, from HEDS

2014-2018

• {NEW} How Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Influence Sense of Belonging in College: An Examination of Differences Between White Students and Students of Color (2018), published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Beyond Compositional Diversity: Examining the Campus Climate Experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander Students (2018), by Mike Hoa, et. al, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• The Problem with Pronouns: Asking Everyone their Preferred Personal Pronoun is not a Good Idea (2018), by Rachel N. Levin, from Inside Higher Ed
• Not Just an Undergraduate Issue: Campus Climate and Sexual Violence Among Graduate Students (2018), by Sarah McMahon et al., published in The Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• {NEW} Trump and an Anti-Immigrant Climate: Implications for Lantinx Undergraduates (2018), by Jeremy D. Franklin & Rudy Medina, published in the Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs
• Beyond Sexual Assault Surveys: A Model for Comprehensive Campus Climate Assessments (2017), by Sarah McMahon et al., published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
• College Sexual Assault and Campus Climate for Sexual-and Gender-Minority Undergraduate Students (2017), by Robert W.S. Coulter & Susan R. Rankin, published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• University of Michigan Campuswide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Climate Assessment (2016, report update 2019), part of the University of Michigan’s Diversity Strategic Plan
• Campus Climate Matters: Changing the Mental Health Climate on College Campuses (2016), by Bradley D. Stein, et al., from Rand Research Briefs
• Climate Perceptions and Identity Interference Among Undergraduate Women in STEM: The Protective Role of Gender Identity (2016), by Isis H. Settles, et al., published in Psychology of Women Quarterly
• Campus Climate Matters: Changing the Mental Health Climate on College Campuses Improves Student Outcomes and Benefits Society (2014), by Bradley D. Stein, et al., published in the Rand Research Briefs

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