Rebecca Beals

Contact Information

Education

• M.A. and Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Sociology
• B.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sociology

Professional/Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado (2017-Present)
• External Evaluator/Co-Investigator, NSF’s Louis Stokes Access to Minority Participation in the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (2012-Current)

Research/Areas of Interest

• Sociology of Education/Higher Education
• Identity
• Intersectionality (Race and Ethnicity, Class, Gender)
• Disability
• Evaluation

Publications/Creative Works

Beals, R. and Ibarra, R. 2017. “It was a Whole New Environment” – Multicontextuality as A New Framework for Access and Assessment of Underrepresented STEM Students.” Chapter 2 in New Directions: Assessment and Preparation of Hispanic College Students. Eds. Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr., Laura J. Rendón, Gary Francisco Keller, Alberto Acereda, Estela Bensimón and Richard J. Tannenbaum. Hispanic Research Center’s Bilingual Press, Tempe, AZ. (Forthcoming)

Beals, R. and Fiala, R. 2014. “The Effects of Professional Discourse on Disability 1931-2009: Environments of Inclusive and Restricted Participation.” Eds. Barbara Altman and Sharon Barnartt. Research in Social Science and Disability. Vol. 8

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