
Katie Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Education Leadership Management and Policy
(973) 275-2730
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Jubilee Hall
Room 404
Katie Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Education Leadership Management and Policy
Katie Smith is an assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Education Leadership, Management and Policy. As a former career services professional, Dr. Smith's research focuses primarily on college student experiences and career development, especially the financial, social, and environmental influences on students' career exploration, opportunities, and post-graduate outcomes. Dr. Smith specializes in studying workplace socialization experiences such as internships, and undergraduate women’s career development in engineering and computing.
Education
- Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis, NC State University
- M.S. in Higher Education Administration, University of Rochester
- B.A. in Psychology and Spanish, SUNY Geneseo
Scholarship
Publications:
- Smith, K. N., & Albana, H. (2022). When debt deters: Student loans as a predictor of education-job match among arts bachelor’s graduates. Journal of Career Development. Advance online publication.
- Smith, K. N. (2022). “If I do science, I can get the money”: A life history analysis of postsecondary students’ decisions to pursue teaching careers in STEM. Teachers and Teaching, 28(1), 102–117.
- Smith, K. N. (2022). “I am the face of my future generation”: Latina first-generation undergraduates aspiring to careers in health care and medicine. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. Advance online publication.
- Smith, K. N., & Starcke, M. (2022). Expression & environment: Longitudinal patterns of campus graffiti. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. Advance online publication.
- Lapan, J. C., & Smith, K. N. (2022). “No girls on the software team”: Internship experiences of women in computer science. Journal of Career Development. Advance online publication.
- Wofford, A. M., & Smith, K. N. (2022). Signaling (in)equity and power in engineering college internship advertisements: A feminist critical discourse analysis. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 28(4), 25–49.
- Smith, K. N., & Lapan, J. C. (2021). Examining women’s differential pathways into computer science by BA and BS degree programs. Computer Science Education. Advance online publication.
- Smith, K. N. (2021). The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program: A case study of the use of forgivable loans in recruiting future STEM teachers. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 50(3), 1–36.
- Smith, K. N., & Green, D. K. (2021). Employer internship recruiting on college campuses: “The right pipeline for our funnel.” Journal of Education and Work. Advance online Publication.
- Chan, M., Kwon, J., Nguyen, D., Saunders, K. M., Shah, N., & Smith, K. N. (2020). National trends in federal student loan borrowing by income group and first-generation status. AIR Professional File, 148, 4-17.
- Umbach, P. D., Clayton, A. B., & Smith, K. N. (2020). Developmental education's effect on graduation and labor market outcomes. Journal of Developmental Education, 43(2), 10-18.
- Smith, K. N. (2019). An offer that can’t be refused. In M. Benjamin & J. Jessup-Anger (Eds.), Maybe I Should. . . Case Studies on Ethics for Student Affairs Professionals (2nd ed., pp. 120-123). Lexington Books.
- Smith, K. N., Jaeger, A. J. & Thomas, D. (2019). “Science Olympiad is why I’m here”: The influence of an early STEM program on college and major choice. Research in Science Education, 1-17.
- Chan, M., Kwon, J., Nguyen, D., Saunders, K. M., Shah, N., & Smith, K. N. (2019). Indebted over time: Racial differences in student borrowing. Educational Researcher, 48(8), 558-563.
- Umbach, P. D., Tuchmayer, J. B., Clayton, A. B., & Smith, K. N. (2019). Transfer student success: Exploring community college, university, and individual predictors. Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 43(9), 599-617.
- Gayles, J. G., & Smith, K. N. (2019). Advancing theoretical frameworks for intersectional research on women in STEM. New Directions for Institutional Research, 179, 27-41.
- Smith, K. N., & Gayles, J. G. (2018). “Girl power”: Gendered academic and workplace experiences of college women in engineering. Social Sciences, 7(1), 1-23.
- Smith, K. N., & Gayles, J. G. (2017). “Setting up for the next big thing”: Undergraduate women engineering students’ post-baccalaureate career decisions. Journal of College Student Development, 58(8), 1201-1217.
Accomplishments
Grants:
- Spencer Foundation, 2022-2023
- Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge, 2021
- American College Personnel Association, 2019-2021
- Seton Hall University Research Council, 2020