Associate Professor of @SMU_EPL | Mother | #Comm_College advocate | alum of @UF @tamu | Tweets are my own.

Dallas, TX
Joined February 2010
📢My handbook chapter on #OLS is available online: link.springer.com/referencew… If you are teaching #Quant in #highered, this chapter can be a good resource! I wrote this chapter with grad students in mind--Hope it helps navigate the learning curve of regression. DM me for full-text!
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The journal Research in Higher Education is seeking manuscripts using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for a special issue. Please read the full call for papers here and circulate to your networks! #RIHE link.springer.com/collection…
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At Research in Higher Education, the editorial team has sped up our turn-around time in the past 6 months. We ensure desk rejects are notified in under 2 weeks. The avg time to first decision for manuscripts that receive reviews is 85 days (~2.8 months). link.springer.com/journal/11…
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Xiaodan Hu retweeted
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: aera.net/Research-Policy-Adv…
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Here’s a list of the contracts, provided by a senior Education official. "Pretty sloppy work by DOGE – no real justifications or coherent descriptions," the official said.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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If you’re a student, educator, policymaker, or just someone curious about how community colleges make a difference, this podcast is for you. Highly recommend! Can’t wait to hear more! 🎓🎧
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When my kids give me 💵 for new year, I know I raise them right. 🧧😎🧧#Hello2025
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Last beer in beautiful Cancun!
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📢Free registration for the virtual NCES @EdNCES Data Users Conference (February 11-13, 2025). The #DUC24 conference highlights research that addresses difficult district, state, and federal education decisions. More information here: ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferen…
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Open-access: latest publication w/@GandaraDenisa MBillings @xiaodanh-Colleges w/ privately funded promise programs increased their institutional support spending after program initiation, while publicly funded programs saw increases to student services $$ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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New publication with @xiaodanh--We quantitatively analyze the policy mechanisms and political dynamics around states who say "Goodbye" to performance-based funding policies. #highered Full-text available to read without paywall. rdcu.be/d2ucX
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First year trick-or-treating in Texas!
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Breaking: We are looking for a new Clinical Assistant Professor to join our team! A strong candidate will have experience chairing/advising dissertations and teaching courses on applied quantitative and qualitative research methods. Learn more Here: bit.ly/3zZCQoq
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This week’s #TeachingIsEnergizing moment. Me: Program theory explains the logic behind policies and programs—WHY it should work. Class: What’s the theory behind DEI bans? Also class: Racism?
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📢 Come work with us! @smusimmons is hiring two associate deans at the associate/full rank. More details about these positions: - Academic Affairs: lnkd.in/gUUZTPY7 - Research and Outreach: lnkd.in/gxNKnjiV
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This morning I was explaining to my 8yo how I did some research on the school district before we got the house. My son: “And you looked at my middle school too?” Me: “Yes.” Him: “And high school?” Me: “Yep.” Him: “And college for sure!” Me:
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Coming 🔜: Advancing Adequacy-Based Funding for Community Colleges in Illinois Join us for the launch of our latest report as we discuss the importance of increasing investment into higher education and creating a more equitable funding system. bit.ly/4fiuech
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