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2008 Graduate Travel Scholarship Recipients
Sarah Beasley: beaslesa@bc.edu
I am currently working on my dissertation, which is an ethnographic case study of college access and success among rural, first-generation college students from a high poverty, rural county in southern West Virginia. I spent almost five months living in the heart of coal country interviewing community members and college students from the area to better understand the rural culture and the factors that might impact students’ enrollment and persistence in college. My research includes students attending the local community college and those who are attending public, four-year institutions. If you are interested in talking about rural students and issues, college access and success of low-SES students, and/or ethnographic research, please feel free to contact me.
Carmen McCallum: cmmccall@umich.edu
Carmen McCallum is a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan’s (UM) Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Previously, she earned her undergraduate degree majoring in Sociology from the University of Michigan and her Master of Social Work degree from Wayne State University. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Ms. McCallum served as an Academic Advisor and Lecturer at various institutions where she provided academic advising, course instruction and mentoring to graduate and undergraduate students throughout their academic careers. Ms. McCallum's current higher education research interests include the recruitment, retention, and experiences of graduate students of color. She is particularly interested in understanding more about how first-generation students make the decision to pursue graduate degrees and how that decision is influenced by race, ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status.
Elizabeth Niehaus: eniehaus@umd.edu
Elizabeth Niehaus is a doctoral student in College Student Personnel at the University of Maryland – College Park, where she coordinates the undergraduate Minor in Leadership Studies. She has a bachelor's degree in Linguistics from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in American Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. Before coming to Maryland, Elizabeth spent several years working with college students in the areas of civic engagement and community service, first in southern California and then as an AmeriCorps volunteer at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include global leadership development, community service-learning, alternative break programs, and study abroad.
Amanda O’Conner: amandao@u.washington.edu
Amanda is a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington in the College of Education. Her research focuses on women’s experiences in computer engineering.
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