A couple of highlights from #AERA2025. I got to learn from brilliant scholars and be in community with folks who understand the power of education…and research! #highered #rural #phdcohort

It’s weird that I’m on a freeway in LA and all I’m thinking is: “No way Sandra Bullock could keep a bus going 55mph on this thing.”

The AERA Opening Session will focus on the future of higher education in an era of political polarization where their core functions are increasingly scrutinized and under attack. Learn about this session and other major sessions: www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...

New Pub at #RIHE: @stephaniesowl.bsky.social, @brownm.bsky.social, and #RachelSmith examine people and place factors related to college enrollment and post-college return migration. Social connectedness mattered for college going and high school engagement for returning home. doi.org/10.1007/s111...

I have a new article in Resarch in Higher Education led by @stephaniesowl.bsky.social where we continue our work considering post-college migration behaviors. We examine what factors encourage enrollment, how communities change, and whether students return "home" or to places like home rdcu.be/ebnS8