Scholars

Associate Professor

Positions:

Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning and Culture, School of Education and Human Development
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, School of Education and Human Development

Research Areas:

Social sciences, Educational tests and measurements, Educational assessment, Mentoring, Diversity in the workplace, Education--Experimental methods

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Profile Summary

prhernandez@tamu.edu

9794649229

Co-author Network

Map of Science

Co-investigator Network

Websites

Motivation and Learning Lab

ORCID

0000-0002-4063-357X

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Social sciences, Educational tests and measurements, Educational assessment, Mentoring, Diversity in the workplace, Education--Experimental methods

overview

Dr. Paul R. Hernandez's research focuses on the contextual factors, developmental relationships, and motivational processes that support and broaden participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers - particularly for students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM. Dr. Hernandez has received external research funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

education and training

Colorado State University - (Fort Collins, Colorado, United States), Postdoctoral Training
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, emphasis in Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment, University of Connecticut - (Storrs, Connecticut, United States) 2011

selected publications

Academic Articles28

Bonilla, A., Schultz, P. W., Woodcock, A., & Hernandez, P. R. (2023). Diversifying STEM: Communal goal mismatch predicts student intentions. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION. 1-16.
Hernandez, P. R., Ferguson, C. F., Pedersen, R., Richards-Babb, M., Quedado, K., & Shook, N. J. (2023). Research apprenticeship training promotes faculty-student psychological similarity and high-quality mentoring: a longitudinal quasi-experiment. MENTORING & TUTORING. 31(1), 163-183.
Saw, G. K., Chang, C., Lin, S., Hernandez, P. R., & Culbertson, R. (2022). Disparities in mentoring and mental health problems of US college students in science and engineering during the COVID-19 pandemic. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. 1-22.
Lee, S. Y., Agocha, V. B., Hernandez, P. R., Park, C. L., Williams, M., & Carney, L. M. (2022). Coping styles moderate the relationship between perceived discrimination and eating behaviors during the transition to college.. Appetite. 168, 105699-105699.
Estrada, M., Young, G., Flores, L., Hernandez, P. R., Hosoda, K. K., & DeerInWater, K. (2022). Culture and Quality Matter in Building Effective Mentorship Relationships with Native STEM Scholars.. Bioscience. 72(10), 999-1006.

Conference Papers2

de Miranda, M., Rambo-Hernandez, K., & Hernandez, P. (2016). Measuring Student Content Knowledge, iSTEM, Self Efficacy, and Engagement through a Long-Term Engineering Design Intervention. 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. 2016-June,

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Pollack, I. B., Fischer, E. V., Burt, M., Bloodhart, B., Sample McMeeking, L., Bowker, C., ... Sayers, J. (2016). EXPLORING DELIBERATE MENTORING APPROACHES AIMED AT IMPROVING THE RECRUITMENT AND PERSISTENCE OF UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN THE GEOSCIENCES. Abstracts with programs (Geological Society of America), GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016.