SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS Blaney, J. M., Hernandez, T., Feldon, D., Wofford, A., & Tidwell, M. (2024, forthcoming). A mixed methods study of how community college transfer students gather information about PhD training. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Hernandez, T., Stormes, K., & Blaney, J. M. (2024, forthcoming). Exploring transfer salience in sense of belonging and computing identity among community college transfer students. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Blaney, J. M., Feldon, D. F., & Litson, K. (2024). Intervening to foster upward transfer student interest in computer science PhDs. Poster presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Blaney, J. M. (2024). How community college transfer women in computer science navigate their degree trajectories and develop their disciplinary science identity. Invited poster presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Blaney, J. M. (2023). A feminist phenomenological study of upward transfer women’s computer science identity. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Blaney, J. M., & Hernandez, T. E. (2023). An exploration of gendered and racialized transfer structures: Experiences from upward transfer computing students. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Wofford, A. M., Blaney, J. M. (2023). Community college pathways to graduate study: Examining community cultural wealth among transfer students of color. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Blaney, J. M., Feldon, D. F., & Litson, K. (2023). Community college pathways to STEM PhDs. Paper presentation at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Blaney, J. M., Hernandez., T., Feldon, D. F., Wofford, A. M. (2022). Gendered transfer student stigma in computer science: An exploratory look at transfer student receptivity. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Blaney, J. M., Hernandez., T., Wofford, A. M., & Feldon, D. F. (2022). “I’m very cognizant of my timeline”: Exploring how upward transfer students conceptualize graduate training trajectories. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Blaney, J. M., Wofford, A. M., & Feldon, D. F. (2022). Building pathways from community colleges to STEM PhDs: Initial findings from an intervention to foster PhD aspirations at transfer orientation. Paper presentation at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Tempe, AZ.
Blaney, J. M. & Rodriguez, S. (2022). An exploratory study of transfer intending women’s experiences in computing. Roundtable presentation at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Tempe, AZ.
Wofford, A. M. & Blaney, J. M. (2022). Community college pathways to computing degrees and careers: Upward transfer as a mechanism for broadening participation. Paper presentation at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Tempe, AZ.
Blaney, J. M. (2021). Building pathways from community colleges to computing leadership: Gender, upward transfer, and computing leadership identity. Paper presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Blaney, J. M. (2021). Understanding the factors that predict upward transfer students’ retention in computing: The role of gender, family support, and peer interactions. Roundtable presentation at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference.
Blaney, J. M. & Barrett, J. (2020). Gender and sense of belonging in computing: Are best practices representative of upward transfer students? Roundtable presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference.
Blaney, J. M. (2019). “I’m not like other computing students”: The role of gender and peer interactions in developing leadership among computing undergraduates. Paper presentation at the 2019 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Portland, OR.
Blaney, J. M., Litson, K., & Feldon, D. (2019). Deconstructing the role of advisor gender: A longitudinal study of doctoral students in biology. Paper presentation at the 2019 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Portland, OR.
Wofford, A, M. & Blaney, J. M. (2019). “Imposter syndrome but revisited”: How women experience lab rotations in STEM doctoral programs. Paper presentation at the 2019 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Portland, OR.
Blaney, J. M. (2019). Re-focusing gender inquiry: How women in STEM make meaning of research on women in STEM. Paper presentation at the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. Blaney, J. M. (2019). Developing tech leaders: How undergraduate women make meaning of their leadership experiences. Paper presentation at the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. Zimmerman, H., Toven-Lindsey, B., Sax, L., Lehman, K., Blaney, J. M. (2019). Building momentum: How department chairs lead initiatives to broaden participation in computer science. Paper presentation at the Research on Equity & Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, & Technology (RESPECT), Minneapolis, MN. Blaney, J. M. (2018). Undergraduate STEM leadership: Understanding the gender gap in self-rated leadership ability by exploring women’s meaning-making. Paper presentation at the 2018 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Tampa, FL.
Blaney, J. M. (2018). Gender and leadership development in undergraduate computing: A case for domain-specific inquiry. Paper presentation at the 2018 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Tampa, FL. Jeong, S., Blaney, J. M., Feldon, D., & Litson, K. (2018). Profiling students’ faculty and peer interactions during the first three years of doctoral study: Associations with student demographics, sense of belonging, and research productivity. Paper presentation at the 2018 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Tampa, FL. Blaney, J. M. (2018). Looking beyond representation: How women develop their leadership perceptions during the introductory computing course. Paper presentation at the 49th Annual Technical Symposium of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Baltimore, MD. Stout, J. & Blaney, J. M. (2017). "But it doesn't come naturally": How effort expenditure shapes the role of growth mindset on women’s intellectual belonging in computing. Paper presentation at the 2017 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Houston, TX. Sax, L., Blaney, J. M., Lehman, K. J., Rodriguez, S., George, K., & Zavala, C. (2017). Sense of belonging in computer science: The role of introductory courses for women and underrepresented minority students. Paper presentation at the 2017 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Houson, TX. Blaney, J. M. & Stout, J. (2017). Examining the relationship between introductory computing course experiences, self-efficacy, and belonging among first-generation college women. Paper presentation at the 48th Annual Technical Symposium of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Seattle, WA. Sax, L., Zimmerman, H., Toven-Lindsey, B., Lehman, K., Blaney, J. M. (2016). Building momentum: How department chairs lead initiatives to broaden participation in computer science. Paper presentation at the 2016 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Columbus, OH. Sax, L., Zimmerman, H., Blaney, J. M., Toven-Lindsey, B., & Lehman, K. (2015). How department chairs become change agents for women and underrepresented minority students. Paper presentation at the 2015 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Denver, CO.