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Kimberly Griffin
 Graduate Trainee - Higher Education and Organizational Change (School of Education)Advisor: Professor Walter Allen Year Entered Doctoral Program at UCLA: 2004 Undergraduate School/Major: Stanford University/Psychology (Health and Development) Email:  Research: My work can be broadly described as being focused on the exploration of the experiences and outcomes of people of color in institutions of higher education. Most recently, I have been studying the nature of and individual's experiences in developmental relationships, or mentoring relationships, particularly between faculty and students of color. Past research has revealed that minority students and professors have been found to face many of the same experience and barriers to achievement at predominantly White colleges and universities. I suspect that these common experiences place students and faculty from underrepresented backgrounds in a unique position to aid one another in their efforts to strive for academic and career success. Therefore, I am very interested in learning more about what informal relationships between these students and faculty look like, and whether both see their interactions as reciprocal and mutually beneficial. Additionally, while many studies have shown that students of color gain greatly from forging relationships with professors, there is little understanding of what types of interactions produce the most positive academic and social outcomes. Therefore, I would also like to learn more about what specific types of interactions outside of the classroom are related to the academic achievement and career interests of minority students. Internship: My internship is with Dr. Mignon Moore in the Sociology department, and we are working on a project focusing on the relationships of interracial couples. Specifically, we are analyzing data from the Fragile Families Project (http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/index.asp), a longitudinal study which follows nearly 5000 families with children born in large US cities between 1998 and 2000. This sample includes a large population of parents who are unmarried, allowing for fascinating comparisons between interracial and same race couples in terms of parental engagement, socioeconomic indicators, and relationship quality and stability. I am excited to be working on this project, and am learning a great deal from Dr. Moore about working with large datasets and conducting mixed methods research Publications and conference presentations: Allen, W.R., Kimura-Walsh, E.F., & Griffin, K.A. (Eds.). (under review). Building CHOICES: How Underserved Students and High Schools Construct College Preparatory Opportunities. Information Age Publishers. Allen, W.R., Jayakumar, U.M., & Griffin, K.A. (under review). And Still We Rise?: African Americans in U.S. Higher Education-- Patterns, Trends and Prospects, 1971 to 2004. UNC Politics of Inclusion - Edited Volume. Allen, W.R., Harris, A., Dinwiddie, G., & Griffin, K.A. (in press). Saving Grace: A Comparative Analysis of African American Gates Millennium Scholars and Non-Recipients. In E.P. St. John (Ed.). Readings on Equal Education (Vol. 23). Resources, assets, and strengths among success diverse students: Understanding the Contributions of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. New York: AMS Press, Inc. Griffin, K.A., Nichols, A.H., Perez, D., II, & Tuttle, K.D. (2008). Making campus activities and student organizations inclusive for racial/ethnic minority students. In S.R. Harper (Ed.), Creating inclusive college environments for cross-cultural learning and engagement (pp. 121-138), Washington, DC: NASPA, Inc. Allen, W.R., Jewell, J.O., Griffin, K.A., & Wolf, D. (2007). Historically Black colleges and universities: Honoring the past, engaging the present, touching the future. Journal of Negro Education, 76(3), 263-280. Griffin, K.A., Yamamura, E., Kimura-Walsh, E.F., & Allen, W.R. (2007). Those who left, those who stayed: The educational opportunities of high-achieving Black and Latina/o students in magnet and non-magnet Los Angeles high schools. Educational Studies, 42(3), 229-247. Fries-Britt, S. & Griffin, K.A. (2007). The Black Box: How high achieving Blacks resist stereotypes about African Americans, Journal of College Student Development, 48(5), 509-524. Griffin, K.A. & Allen, W.R. (2006). Mo? money, mo? problems?: High achieving Black high school students? experiences with resources, racial climate, and resilience. Journal of Negro Education, 75(3), 478-494. Griffin, K.A. (2006). Striving for success: A qualitative exploration of competing theories of high-achieving Black college students? academic motivation. Journal of College Student Development, 47(4), 384-399. Allen, W.R., Jayakumar, U.M., Griffin, K.A., Korn, W., Hurtado, S. (2005). Black undergraduates from Bakke to Grutter: Freshmen status, trends and prospects, 1971- 2004. Los Angeles, CA: Higher Education Research Institute. ISBN:1-878477-37-4 Allen, W.R., Griffin, K.A., Jayakumar, U.M., Hurtado, S., Korn, W.S. (2007, October). African American Participation in Higher Education Post Affirmative Action. Workshop presented at National College Access Network Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Griffin, K.A. & Allen, W.R. (2007, June). Where You Go, What You Do, What You Know? Understanding the Influences of Campus Experiences on the Academic Achievement and Self-Concept of Black Undergraduates. Paper presented at the Association for Institutional Researchers Annual Forum, Kansas City, MO. Allen, W.R., Griffin, K.A., Jayakumar, U.M. (2007, April). Ebony and the Ivory Tower: Trends in the Socioeconomic Status, Achievement, and Self-Concept of Black Male Freshmen Between 1971 and 2004. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association National Meeting, Chicago, IL. Griffin, K.A. (2006, November). Can Reaching Back Push You Forward?: A qualitative exploration of Black faculty and their relationships with students. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education National Meeting, Anaheim, California. Griffin, K.A. (2006, July). Can Faculty Time Change Students? Minds?: The impact of student-faculty relationships on the career aspirations of American underrepresented minority students. Paper presented at the International Association for Relationships Research Conference, Rethymno, Crete, Greece. Griffin, K.A. (2006, May). Diversifying the Doctorate: Faculty mentoring, research experiences, and minority students? interest in PhDs. Poster presented at National Science Foundation (NSF) 2006 IGERT Project Meeting, Arlington, Virginia. Honors and awards: 2005 Summer Research Mentorship Grant - UCLA 2005 Stanford Associates Award of Merit - Stanford Alumni Association 2004-2008 Eugene Cota-Robles Graduate Fellowship - UCLA 2004 Stanford Associates Outstanding Achievement Award - 2001 Omicron Delta Kappa: Leadership Honors Society 1999 Graduate Fellowship - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 1996-1999 Black Community Services Center Honor Role - Stanford University Current hobbies, interests, extracurricular activities: Soccer, working out, travel, reading, dance (ballet), community and campus service. |
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