Current Grant
NSF HBCU-UP (2023-2026; Grant No. 2306671) - "Broadening Participation Research: Understanding faculty attitudes, competency, and perceptions of providing career advising to African American STEM students at HBCUs"
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Goal: Provide a validated measure of faculty members' attitudes towards career advising and increase our understanding of how and to what degree STEM faculty members have been prepared to (1) manage their own careers and (2) provide career development interventions or training to their students.
Previous Grants
National Science Foundation Grants:
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NSF HBCU-UP (2020-2023; Grant No. 2011931) - "Broadening Participation Research Project: Understanding the role of culture in an intervention to increase the persistence of African American STEM students"
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NSF HBCU-UP BPR (2016-2020; NSF Grant No. 1623145) - "Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: Examining the Impact of a Career Intervention"
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NSF ECR Core Grant (2016-2020; NSF Grant No. 1561584) - "Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: The Intersection of Professional Identity and Career Management Skills in Minority and Women STEM Students"
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NSF HBCU-UP BPR (2012-2016; NSF Grant No. 1238778):​ - "Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: Building the STEM Workforce"​​
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NSF Grant Collaborator/Subcontract Awards:
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Collaborator on HBCU-UP Center Planning Grant (NSF Grant No. 1549591) - "The SEaRCH: Towards the Development of a STEM Education Research Consortium at HBCUs"​
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Collaborator (NSF Grant No. 0748934):​​
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Subcontract under Research on Gender in Science & Engineering (2006-2009; NSF Grant No. 0624720).​​
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Other Grant Funding:
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Tennessee Board of Regents' Faculty Research Grant (2015): "Increasing retention and graduation in undergraduate students through attention to change processes."
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American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Award (2008): "Personality Factors and Mental Health Problems: A Feasibility Study of Assessment Efficacy"