Rebecca D. Cox, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Profile
Rebecca D. Cox's research interests revolve around issues of equity and postsecondary opportunity. She has conducted much of her research at the community-college level, where she has investigated the dynamics of teaching and learning within the context of organizational structures, norms, and policies. Particular areas of interest include (a) students' preconceptions about “college” and how those expectations shape their initial college experiences and aspirations for education and career; (b) the constraints on student and faculty learning imposed by the traditional norms of higher education. Her current research focuses on the transition from high school to college, and includes exploration of students' high-school experiences, career aspirations, and postsecondary planning. She is currently conducting a longitudinal, multi-site project with colleagues Eunyoung Kim and Chris Tienken, in an effort to understand how high-school students' experiences shape their educational trajectory through the high school and into postsecondary education.
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
- M.A. University of Texas at Austin
- A.B. Princeton University
Academic Distinctions
Representative publications
Cox, R. D. (2009). `I would have rather paid for a course I wanted to take': Students' utilitarian approaches at a community college. The Review of Higher Education, 32 (3).
Cox, R. D. (2006). Virtual access, in T. Bailey and V. S. Morest, (Eds.), Defending the community college equity agenda. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Cox, R. D. (2005). Online education as institutional myth: Rituals and realities at community colleges. Teachers College Record 107 (8), pp. 1754-1787.
