Katie N Smith

Katie N Smith

  • College of Education and Human Development

    Policy, Organizational and Leadership Studies

    Associate Professor

Office Location

1301 Cecil B Moore Ave

Phone

215-201-8078

Biography

As a former career services professional, Dr. Katie Smith's research focuses on issues of equity in college student career development. In particular, Dr. Smith studies 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.

Google Scholar: Katie N Smith

Research Interests

  • Career Development
  • Equity
  • Postsecondary Education

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

HIED 5101

Introduction to Higher Education

Graduate

HIED 8093

Advanced Higher Education Research Seminar

Graduate

HIED 8262

Advanced Practice-Based Qualitative Research in Higher Education

Graduate

Selected Publications

  • Smith, K.N. (2025). “A Whole Cycle All Over Again”: The Graduate School Considerations and Plans of First-Generation Bachelor’s Students. Journal of First-generation Student Success, 5(1), pp. 35-52. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/26906015.2024.2341067

  • Giglia, N. & Smith, K.N. (2024). Breaking the Stained-Glass Ceiling: The Gendered Experiences of Women College Presidents of Catholic Institutions. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 17(3), pp. 223-244. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/26379112.2024.2376607

  • Wofford, A.M., Smith, K.N., & Branch, B.L. (2024). “I Found My Home There”: Women’s Engineering Identity in STEM Student Organizations. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 61(3), pp. 336-350. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/19496591.2023.2181085

  • Lehman, K.J., Stormes, K.N., Smith, K.N., & Lapan, J.C. (2024). Sealing the Deal: Factors that Promote Computing Interns' Interest in Computing Careers. Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, pp. 715-721. SIGCSE 2024: The 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3626252.3630921

  • Smith, K.N. (2024). Admissions, Organization, Culture, and Policy: Understanding the Postsecondary Structures that Shape Women’s Entry into Computing Bachelor’s Programs. AERA Open, 10. SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/23328584241290758

  • Smith, K.N. (2023). Preparing Deans of Women: The Origins and Evolution of the Earliest Student Affairs Graduate Program. Journal of College Student Development, 64(6), pp. 647-662. Project MUSE. doi: 10.1353/csd.2023.a917021

  • Smith, K.N. (2023). “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, 22(3), pp. 361-377. SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/15381927221085681

  • Smith, K.N. & Albana, H.F. (2023). When Debt Deters: Student Loans as a Predictor of Education-Job Match Among Arts Bachelor’s Graduates. Journal of Career Development, 50(3), pp. 563-579. SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/08948453221118030

  • Smith, K.N. & Starcke, M.A. (2023). Expression & Environment: Longitudinal Patterns of Campus Graffiti. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 60(3), pp. 337-352. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/19496591.2022.2042005

  • Smith, K.N. & Lapan, J.C. (2023). Examining women’s differential pathways into computer science by BA and BS degree programs. Computer Science Education, 33(2), pp. 237-259. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/08993408.2021.2011570

  • Lapan, J.C. & Smith, K.N. (2023). “No Girls on the Software Team”: Internship Experiences of Women in Computer Science. Journal of Career Development, 50(1), pp. 119-134. SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/08948453211070842

  • 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), pp. 102-117. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2021.2023862

  • Wofford, A.M. & Smith, K.N. (2022). ANALYZING SIGNALS OF (IN)EQUITY AND POWER IN ENGINEERING COLLEGE INTERNSHIP ADVERTISEMENTS. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 28(4), pp. 25-49. Begell House. doi: 10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2021037923

  • Smith, K.N., Wofford, A.M., Friedensen, R.E., Stanfield, T.D., & Jackson, Y. (2021). Understanding the Complexity of Applying Theory in Higher Education Research. In Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (pp. 113-129). Emerald Publishing Limited. doi: 10.1108/s2056-375220210000007007

  • Smith, K.N., Jaeger, A.J., & Thomas, D. (2021). “Science Olympiad Is Why I’m Here”: the Influence of an Early STEM Program on College and Major Choice. Research in Science Education, 51(S1), pp. 443-459. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi: 10.1007/s11165-019-09897-7

  • Smith, K.N. & Green, D.K. (2021). Employer internship recruiting on college campuses: ‘the right pipeline for our funnel’. Journal of Education and Work, 34(4), pp. 572-589. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/13639080.2021.1943333

  • Umbach, P.D., Clayton, A.B., & Smith, K. (2020). Developmental Education’s Effect on Graduation and Labor Market Outcomes. Journal of Developmental Education, 43(2), pp. 10-17. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/