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Lara Perez-Felkner

Professor Of Higher Education and Sociology

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP & POLICY STUDIES | COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SCIENCES

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Educational Policy Postsecondary Education Higher Education Secondary Education Ethnic Minorities Sex Roles Social Sciences Socialization

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08-2026

BPC-DP: HSI (R)evolution: Building Authenticity at Institutions Emerging to Serve Latine' Students BPC-DP: HSI (R)evolution: Building Authenticity at Institutions Emerging to Serve Latine' Students

National Science Foundation

08-2026

ADVANCE Adaptation: Institutionalizing Normative Changes for Recruitment, Empowerment, Advancement, and Systematic Equity for STEM Faculty (INCREASE) ADVANCE Adaptation: Institutionalizing Normative Changes for Recruitment, Empowerment, Advancement, and Systematic Equity for STEM Faculty (INCREASE)

National Science Foundation

06-2026

Aligning Graduate Education and Workforce Opportunities: A Robust, Equity-Focused Landscape Scan of Computing Terminology Aligning Graduate Education and Workforce Opportunities: A Robust, Equity-Focused Landscape Scan of Computing Terminology

Sloan Foundation

09-2025

Using Fine-Grained Quantitative and Qualitative Data to Enhance Curricula and Broaden Participation in Computer Science Using Fine-Grained Quantitative and Qualitative Data to Enhance Curricula and Broaden Participation in Computer Science

National Science Foundation

06-2025

University Research Partnerships to Reduce Educational Disparity in College Towns: Building a Model Framework in Tallahassee, Florida University Research Partnerships to Reduce Educational Disparity in College Towns: Building a Model Framework in Tallahassee, Florida

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

09-2024

Florida Homeless Education Evaluation and Needs Assessment Project Florida Homeless Education Evaluation and Needs Assessment Project

Florida Dept of Ed - FEM

06-2024

Gendered Pathways: From Florida's Two-Year Institutions to Computing Degrees Gendered Pathways: From Florida's Two-Year Institutions to Computing Degrees

National Science Foundation

02-2024

CREST Center for Complex Materials Design (CoManD) for Multidimensional Additive Processing CREST Center for Complex Materials Design (CoManD) for Multidimensional Additive Processing

Florida Agricultural & Mechani

08-2022

Making Hunger Visible: Florida Research-Practitioner Partnership on Food Insecurity Making Hunger Visible: Florida Research-Practitioner Partnership on Food Insecurity

American Educational Research

08-2022

Student Experience Research Network Midcareer Fellows Program Student Experience Research Network Midcareer Fellows Program

New Venture Fund

07-2022

Center for Postsecondary Success FL Measurement and Evaluation Partnership Center for Postsecondary Success FL Measurement and Evaluation Partnership

Gates Learning Foundation

12-2021

RISE: High Performance Manufacturing of Composite Structures via Development of Re-configurable Cyber-Physical Robotic RISE: High Performance Manufacturing of Composite Structures via Development of Re-configurable Cyber-Physical Robotic

Florida Agricultural & Mechani

12-2021

Subaward: FAMU-RISE Subaward: FAMU-RISE

Florida Agricultural & Mechani

08-2021

Education for Life Education for Life

Temple University

08-2015

GSE/RES: Enhancing the Rigor of Evidence on Gendered Differences in STEM Persistence: Female and Male College Students' Subjective Experiences in Engineering and Computer Science. GSE/RES: Enhancing the Rigor of Evidence on Gendered Differences in STEM Persistence: Female and Male College Students' Subjective Experiences in Engineering and Computer Science.

NORC at the University of Chicago

Biography

Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner is a Professor of Higher Education and Sociology in the Higher Education Program within the College of Education at Florida State University. She is also an Affiliated Faculty member in the Department of Sociology, and Senior Research Associate with FSU’s Center for Postsecondary Success. Additional affiliations: the HOPE Center for College, Community, and Justice; Pathways to Adulthood, and Network Gender and STEM.

Her research uses developmental and sociological perspectives to examine how young people’s social contexts influence their college and career outcomes. She focuses on the mechanisms that shape entry into and persistence in institutions and fields in which they have traditionally been underrepresented. In particular, she investigates racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic disparities in post-secondary educational attainment and entry to scientific career fields.

Degrees

Ph.D., Comparative Human Development

University of Chicago ▪ 2009
M.A., Social Sciences

University of Chicago ▪ 2005
B.A., Psychology

Wesleyan University ▪ 2001

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"The Impact of Merit Aid on STEM Major Choices: A Propensity Score Approach"

2024 ▪ Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Shouping Hu; Lara Perez-Felkner; Teng Zhao;

https://openalex.org/W4399813972

Physical Sciences > Mathematics > Statistics and Probability
Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Safety Research
"Computing Education Interventions to Increase Gender Equity from 2000 to 2020: A Systematic Literature Review"

2024 ▪ Review of Educational Research

Kristen Erichsen; Shouping Hu; Jinjushang Chen; Lara Perez-Felkner; Yang Li; Ladanya Ramirez Surmeier; Chelsea Shore;

https://openalex.org/W4396535259

Physical Sciences > Computer Science > Computer Science Applications
Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies
Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Safety Research
"Gender Differences in Motivational and Curricular Pathways Towards Postsecondary Computing Majors"

2023 ▪ Research in Higher Education

Kristen Erichsen; Shouping Hu; Jinjushang Chen; Lara Perez-Felkner; Chantra Nhien; Yang Li;

https://openalex.org/W4386204334

Social Sciences > Psychology > Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies
Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Safety Research

Peer Review Positions

Research in Higher Education, Editorial Board; 2023 - 2026

Sociology of Education, Editorial Board; 2022 - 2024

Journal of Higher Education, Editorial Board; 2022 - 2026

American Educational Research Association, Research Advisory Committee; 2017 - 2022

Educational Researcher, Editorial Board; 2015 - 2024

National Science Foundation, Education and Human Resources; 2009 - 2024

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Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM Careers

Year:	2015
Link Address:	http://www.wtxl.com/lifestyle/tech-smart-bridging-the-gender-gap-in-stem-careers/article_430570fe-472e-11e5-a5fa-8b5a1e27862c.html
Keywords:	gender, ability, perceptions, mathematics, STEM, longitudinal studies, higher education, postsecondary
Source:	upload
Duration:	00:03:45

Perceived Ability Under Challenge: Gender Differences in STEM in Secondary and Postsecondary

Year:	2015
Link Address:	sbKCkUPPvuM
Keywords:	gender, ability, perceptions, mathematics, STEM, longitudinal studies, higher education, postsecondary
Source:	youtube
Duration:	00:02:02

Gender and STEM

Year:	2015
Link Address:	sbKCkUPPvuM
Keywords:	STEM, gender, mathematics, ability beliefs, growth mindset, college majors, pathways
Source:	youtube
Duration:	2:02

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