I recently did a project exploring the impact of Hurricane Harvey on community college students and how they overcame this tragedy. The goal of my research is to highlight the strengths and assets that students utilize to succeed in college. I think it is important to focus on strengths and accomplishments rather than deficits […]
Julie E. Lucero, University of Nevada Reno, Assistant Professor School, Community Health Sciences, and Director, Latino Research Center, College of Liberal Arts. Using the community based participatory approach to research, my scholarship focuses on the identification of modifiable social determinants of health as a means to achieve health equity through programming and policy. I have […]
I examine higher education leadership and culture in order to contribute to the resilience and success of underrepresented students. My scholarship consists of two lines of research: (1) higher education leadership that supports underrepresented student retention, resilience, and success in STEM fields, and (2) qualitative research methodologies in cross-language and cross-cultural context. Understanding the decisions […]