Publications
BOOKS
Rodriguez, S.L. (in development). Developing STEM Identity for Latina Students during College. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Perez-Felkner, L., Rodriguez, S.L., Fluker, C. (in development). Latinx Students in Engineering. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Gowen, G.H., Knight, K.E., Brooks, T.R., Ellis, C.A., Ogilvie, C.A., Perez, R.J., Rodriguez, S.R., Schweppe, N., Smith, L.L., Smith, R.A. (in press). U.S. Graduate Students’ Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education.
Perez, R.J., Motshubi, R., & Rodriguez, S.L. (in press). “We are a huge source of labor”: Exploring STEM graduate students’ roles in changing climate. Review of Higher Education.
Borrego, M., Andrews, M.E., Kendall, M., Rodriguez, S.L. (in press). Career Plans of Latinx Mechanical Engineering Undergraduates Studying at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
Rodriguez, S.L., Ramirez, D., Lehman, K., Sax, L. (in press). Utilizing Community Cultural Wealth to Explore of the Experiences of Latina Undergraduate Students in Computing. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
Rodriguez S.L. & Lee, W.C. (2022). Reimagining STEM Higher Education Research: Issue 2 of 2. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022042359
Lee, W.C. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2022). Reimagining STEM Higher Education Research: Issue 1 of 2. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022042358
Rodriguez, S. L., Perez, R.J., & Adams, J. (2021). How STEM Lab Settings Influence Graduate School Socialization and Climate for Students of Color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Noble, C., Amey, M., Colon., L., Conroy, J., De Cheke Qualls, A., Deonauth., K., Franke, J., Gardner, A., Goldbberg, B., Hardin, T., Harris., G., Hernadez, S., Holland-Berry, T.L., Keeles., O., Knuth, B.A., Mclinn, C., Ogilvie, C., Perez., R., Rodriguez., S.L., Ruggeri., N., Shiakolas., P.S., Woods, A. (2021). Building a Networked Improvement Community: Lessons in Organizing to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM. Frontiers in Psychology.
Le, B., Rodriguez, S.L., Espino, M.E. (2021). Family Matters: An Asset-based Approach to How Families Shape STEM Identity for Community College Students. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College.
Rodriguez, S. L., Blaney, J., Vasquez, M., Salinas, Jr., C. (2021). Latino Men and Masculinities: Community College Transfer Experiences in Texas, California, and Florida. Community College Review, 49(3), 262-289. DOI: 10.1177/00915521211002898
Rodriguez, S.L., Espino, M.E., Le, B., Cunningham, K. (2021). The Influence of Policy Implementation in the Midwest: How an SSTEM Program Broadens Participation and Enhances Engineering Identity for Community College Students. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29(29), 1-28.
Camacho, L., Salinas, C., Vasquez, M., & Rodriguez, S.L. (2021). A Valued Based Leadership Approach to (Re)Defining Latino Manhood and Masculinity. International Journal of Leadership in Education.
Espino, M., Rodriguez, S. L, & Le, B. (2020). A Systematic Review of Literature: Engineering Identity and Students with Financial Need in Community Colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 46(5), 352-363. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2020.1856218
Rodriguez, S. L., Bukoski, B., Cunningham, K., Jones, A. (2020). Critiquing Oppression and Desiring Social Justice: How Undergraduate Latinas in STEM Engage in Acts of Resistance. NASPA Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education.
Rincon, B. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2020). Latinx Students Charting Their Own STEM Pathways: How Community Cultural Wealth Informs Their STEM Identities. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192720968276
Rodriguez, S. L., Doran, E. E., Friedensen, R. E., Martinez-Podolsky, E., & Hengesteg, P. S.
(2020). Inclusion & marginalization: How perceptions of design thinking pedagogy influence computer, electrical, and software engineering identity. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 8(4), 304-317.
Friedensen, R.E., Rodriguez, S. L., Doran, E. (2020). The Making of ‘Ideal’ Electrical and Computer Engineers: A Departmental Document Analysis. Engineering Studies, 12(2), 104-126, DOI: 10.1080/19378629.2020.1795182.
Hatch-Tocaimaza, Mardock-Uman, N., D. K., Garcia, C. E., Rodriguez, S. L., (2020). Charting the Design of Community College Student Success Courses: Uncovering Their Espoused and Enacted Curricula. American Journal of Education.
Vasquez, M.C., Salinas Jr., C., Rodriguez, S.L., Gonzalez, A. (2020). Landing Spaces and Capital: Latino transfer men resiliency and knowledge building. New Directions for Community Colleges, 87-101.
Rodriguez, S. L., & Blaney, J. M. (2020). “We’re the Unicorns in STEM”: Understanding How Academic and Social Experiences Influence Sense of Belonging for Latina Undergraduate Students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Hensen, K., Espino, M. (2019). Promoting STEM Identity Development in Community Colleges & Across the Transfer Process. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 26(2), 11-21.
Lu, C., Rodriguez, S. L., Bukoski, B. (2019). Exploring How Gay Latinx Men Cope in College Using Emotion Regulation. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Estes, R., Sissel, M., Doran, E. (2019). Becoming La Ingeniera: Examining the Engineering Identity Development of Undergraduate Latinas. Journal of Latinos in Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Jordan, A., Doran, E., Saenz, V. B. (2019). Latino Men & Community College Environments: Understanding How Belonging, Validation, and Resources Shape Experience. The Journal of Applied Research in the Community College.
Rodriguez, S. L., Pilcher, A., Garcia-Tellez, N. (2019). The Influence of Familismo on Latina STEM Identity Development. Journal of Latinos in Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Garbee, K., Poldosky Martinez, E. (2019). Coping with College Obstacles: The Complicated Role of Familia for First-generation Mexican American College Students. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Marron, T., Friedensen, R., Bartlett, M. (2019). Latina undergraduate students in STEM: The role of religious beliefs and STEM identity. Journal of College and Character.
Hatch-Tocaimaza, D. K., Garcia, C. E., Mardock-Uman, N., Rodriguez, S. L., & Young, D. G. (2019). What works: Learning outcomes due to design variations in community college student success courses. Teachers College Record, 121(7).
Rodriguez, S.L., Lu, C., & Bartlett, M. (2018). Engineering identity development: A review of the higher education literature. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology. 6(3), 254-265.
Rodriguez, S. L. & Lehman, K. (2018). Developing the Next Generation of Diverse Computer Scientists: The Need for Enhanced, Intersectional Computer Science Identity Theory. Computer Science Education. 27(3-4), 229-247.
Sax, L. J., Blaney, J. M., Lehman, K. J., Rodriguez, S. L., George, K. L., & Zavala, C. (2018). Sense of belonging in computing: The role of introductory courses for women and underrepresented minority students. Social Sciences, 7(8), 1-24.
Saenz, V. B., García-Louis, C., De Las Mercédez, C., & Rodriguez, S. L. (2018). Mujeres Supporting: How Female Family Members Shape the Educational Success of Latino Males in Postsecondary Education. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Cunningham, K., Jordan, A. (2017). STEM identity development for Latinas: The role of self- and outside recognition. 18(3), Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Saenz, V. B., Mercedes, C., Rodriguez, S. L., & Garcia Louis, C. (2017). Latino Men and Their Fathers: Exploring How Community Cultural Wealth Influences Their Community College Success. Association for Mexican American Educators Journal, 11(2), 89-110.
Rodriguez, S.L., Garbee, K., Miller, R. & Saenz, V.B. (2017). How Community Colleges in Texas Prioritize Resources for Latino Men. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-16.
Rodriguez, S. L., Cunningham, K., Jordan, A. (2016). What a Scientist Looks Like: How Community Colleges Can Utilize and Enhance Science Identity Development as a Means to Improve Success for Women of Color. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 41(4-5), 232-238.
Rodriguez, S. L., Lu, C., Bukoski, B. E. (2016). “I Just Feel Like I Have to Duke It Out By Myself”: How Latino Men Cope with Academic and Personal Obstacles During College. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, (2)2, 64-101. https://tinyurl.com/ybb25h6j
Rodriguez, S. L., Massey, K., Saenz, V.B. (2016). Engaging Latino Men in Community Colleges: The Role of Student-Faculty Engagement. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 23(2), 21-40.
Saenz, V. B., Mayo, J., Miller, R. & Rodriguez, S. L. (2015). (Re)defining Masculinity Through Peer Interactions: Latino Men in Texas Community Colleges. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 52(2), 164-175.
Saenz, V. B., Bukoski, B. E., Lu, C., & Rodriguez, S. L. (2013). Latino Males in Texas Community Colleges: A Phenomenological Study of Masculinity Constructs and Their Effect on College Experiences. Journal of African American Males in Education, 4(2), 82-102.
COMMISSIONED PAPERS
Rodriguez, S.L., Garbee, K., & Hightower, H. (2021). Lee College and Developmental Math Education: Leading a Systematic Change Process. Steps to Success Series. Strong Start to Finish. Education Commission of the States. Denver, CO.
Rincón, B., & Rodriguez, S.L. (2020). Latinx Students Charting their Own STEM Pathways: Centering Identities and Communities. Scholarly Paper Commissioned by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). Tempe, AZ.
RESEARCH/POLICY BRIEFS & REPORTS
Ogilvie, C., Brooks., T.R., Ellis, C., Gowen, G., Knight, K., Perez, R.., Rodriguez, S.L., Schweppe, N., Smith., L.L., Smith., R. (2020). NSF RAPID: Graduate Student Experiences of Support and Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. https://www.montana.edu/covid19_rapid/sample-page-two.html
Ali, S.R., Rodriguez, S.L., Kim, J.Y.C., Xiao, M., Li, C. (September, 2018). IINSPIRE LSAMP Career Development Study: Preliminary Findings. LSAMP IINSPIRE Program Research Brief Series. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Ali, S.R., Rodriguez, S.L., Kim, J.Y.C., Xiao, M. (October, 2017). IINSPIRE LSAMP Career Development Study Design & Piloting: How Using Social Cognitive Career Theory Can Improve STEM Experiences for URMs. LSAMP IINSPIRE Program Research Brief Series. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Rodriguez, S. L., Vasquez, M., Salinas, C. (2017). Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color Policy Brief Series: Latino Men and Masculinities: Community College Transfer Experiences in Texas, California, and Florida. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2016). Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color
Policy Brief Series: How Latino men cope with academic and social obstacles during college. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Saenz, V. B., Rodriguez, S. L., Martinez, G. (2014). Policy brief: African American and Hispanic male success in Texas: A longitudinal 8th grade cohort study. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2013). Research brief: Examining Latino boys’ educational pathways and motivation for postsecondary educational success. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2013). Enhancing the STEM pipeline for Latina/o students in community college. American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Graduate Scholar PoliMemo Project: A Research Policy Hub on Latina/os and Higher Education. San Antonio, TX: University of Texas at San Antonio.
Ponjuan, L., Clark, M., Saenz, V.B. (2012). Final Report - Boys in Peril: Examining Latino boys’ educational pathways and motivation towards postsecondary education. [Coordinated and co-authored writing final report of qualitative research findings]. Joint funding to University of Texas at Austin and University of Florida. TG Foundation: Round Rock, TX.
BOOK CHAPTERS, BOOK REVIEWS, & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Rodriguez, S.L., & Garza, N. (2022). The Promise and Future of Latinas in STEM. Hispanic Outlook. Paramus, NJ. https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/unicorns-no-more
Rodriguez, S. L., Lu, C., & Ramirez, D. (2020). Navigating Operating Systems: A Framework for Understanding Identity Development for Undergraduate Latina Students in Computing. In E.M. Gonzalez, F. Fernandez, & M. Wilson (Eds.), An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success. Research in STEM Education Series. London, UK: Routledge.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2018). Women of Color: Architects for Systemic Change in Tomorrow's Higher Education Landscape. Annual National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Knowledge Community Publication. NASPA: Washington, D.C.
Lu, C., Rodriguez, S. L. (2018). Increasing the STEM Pipeline by Strengthening Latin@ Science Identity Development. In T. Yuen, E. Bonner, M. Arreguín-Anderson (Eds.), (Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM: Increasing Participation Throughout Education and Workplace. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Saenz, V. B., Rodriguez, S. L., Pritchett, K., Estrada, J., Garbee, K. (2016). Latino Males in Higher Education: Administrator Awareness of the Emerging Challenges. In V.B. Saenz, L. Ponjuan, J. Figueroa (Eds.), Ensuring the success of Latino males in higher education: A new national imperative (pp. 177-191). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2016). [Review of the book Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What’s Out There to Transform College Teaching, by Shank, J.]. The Review of Higher Education, 39(3).
Rodriguez, S. L., Saenz, V. B., Lu, C. (2014). Bridging the gap between community colleges and four-year universities to maximize effectiveness in STEM education for Latino males. In J. L. Wood & R. T. Palmer (Eds), STEM Models of Success: Programs, Policies, and Practices in the Community College (75-89). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
Rodriguez, S. L. (Summer 2013). Identifying with a single identity? A way of the past. [Review of the book Navigating multiple identities: Race, gender, culture, nationality, and roles, by R. Josselson & M. Harway]. The Review of Higher Education, 36(3).
Cofer, J., Somers, P., Bukoski, B., & Rodriguez, S. L. (2012). Qualidade na educação superior: o desenvolimento de medidas e relatórios significativos. Qualidade Da Educação Superior: grupos investigativos internacionais em diálogo - v. 5. EdiPUCRS. Porto Allegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rodriguez, S. L., & Glauser, T. L (2010). Making the connection: How student involvement affects African American social integration at a Predominantly White Institution. November/December ed. Campus Activities Programming Magazine, Columbia, SC.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Garza, N. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2022). Nepantla aquí, Nepantla allá: The borderlands of identity from Mexican American women in STEM. Annual Meeting American Society for Engineering Education, Minneapolis, MN.
Rover, D.T., Mina, M., Herron-Martinez, A.R., Rodriguez, S.L., Espino, M.L. and Le, B.D. (2021, October). Improving the Student Experience to Broaden Participation in Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-7).
*Selected as the 2021 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Best
Diversity Paper Award winner
Rodriguez, S.L., Le, B., Espino, M.E. (2020). “It's not about making money, but it kind of is about making money”: How Socio-economic Status Influences Science and Engineering Identity for Community College Students in an S-STEM Program. ASEE PEER.
Rodriguez, S. L., Doran, E., & Hengesteg, P. (2019, June). Intersections of Design Thinking and Perceptions of Success for Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering Students. Annual Meeting American Society for Engineering Education, Tampa, FL. https://peer.asee.org/33010
Espino, M. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2019, April). A Systematic Review of the Intersections of Engineering Identity and Financial Need Literature. Annual Conference for the Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity. Washington, DC. https://peer.asee.org/31738
Friedensen, R.E., Rodriguez, S.L., Doran, E. (2018, June). Documenting Engineering Identity: Electrical & Computer Engineering Departmental Documents and Student Identity. Annual Meeting American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT. https://peer.asee.org/30343
Rodriguez, S.L., Sissel, M., Estes, R., Doran, E. (2018, April). Engineering Identity for Latina Undergraduate Students: Exploring Development and Intersecting Identities. Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, VA. https://peer.asee.org/29529
Rodriguez, S.L. (in development). Developing STEM Identity for Latina Students during College. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Perez-Felkner, L., Rodriguez, S.L., Fluker, C. (in development). Latinx Students in Engineering. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Gowen, G.H., Knight, K.E., Brooks, T.R., Ellis, C.A., Ogilvie, C.A., Perez, R.J., Rodriguez, S.R., Schweppe, N., Smith, L.L., Smith, R.A. (in press). U.S. Graduate Students’ Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education.
Perez, R.J., Motshubi, R., & Rodriguez, S.L. (in press). “We are a huge source of labor”: Exploring STEM graduate students’ roles in changing climate. Review of Higher Education.
Borrego, M., Andrews, M.E., Kendall, M., Rodriguez, S.L. (in press). Career Plans of Latinx Mechanical Engineering Undergraduates Studying at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
Rodriguez, S.L., Ramirez, D., Lehman, K., Sax, L. (in press). Utilizing Community Cultural Wealth to Explore of the Experiences of Latina Undergraduate Students in Computing. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
Rodriguez S.L. & Lee, W.C. (2022). Reimagining STEM Higher Education Research: Issue 2 of 2. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022042359
Lee, W.C. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2022). Reimagining STEM Higher Education Research: Issue 1 of 2. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022042358
Rodriguez, S. L., Perez, R.J., & Adams, J. (2021). How STEM Lab Settings Influence Graduate School Socialization and Climate for Students of Color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Noble, C., Amey, M., Colon., L., Conroy, J., De Cheke Qualls, A., Deonauth., K., Franke, J., Gardner, A., Goldbberg, B., Hardin, T., Harris., G., Hernadez, S., Holland-Berry, T.L., Keeles., O., Knuth, B.A., Mclinn, C., Ogilvie, C., Perez., R., Rodriguez., S.L., Ruggeri., N., Shiakolas., P.S., Woods, A. (2021). Building a Networked Improvement Community: Lessons in Organizing to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM. Frontiers in Psychology.
Le, B., Rodriguez, S.L., Espino, M.E. (2021). Family Matters: An Asset-based Approach to How Families Shape STEM Identity for Community College Students. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College.
Rodriguez, S. L., Blaney, J., Vasquez, M., Salinas, Jr., C. (2021). Latino Men and Masculinities: Community College Transfer Experiences in Texas, California, and Florida. Community College Review, 49(3), 262-289. DOI: 10.1177/00915521211002898
Rodriguez, S.L., Espino, M.E., Le, B., Cunningham, K. (2021). The Influence of Policy Implementation in the Midwest: How an SSTEM Program Broadens Participation and Enhances Engineering Identity for Community College Students. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29(29), 1-28.
Camacho, L., Salinas, C., Vasquez, M., & Rodriguez, S.L. (2021). A Valued Based Leadership Approach to (Re)Defining Latino Manhood and Masculinity. International Journal of Leadership in Education.
Espino, M., Rodriguez, S. L, & Le, B. (2020). A Systematic Review of Literature: Engineering Identity and Students with Financial Need in Community Colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 46(5), 352-363. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2020.1856218
Rodriguez, S. L., Bukoski, B., Cunningham, K., Jones, A. (2020). Critiquing Oppression and Desiring Social Justice: How Undergraduate Latinas in STEM Engage in Acts of Resistance. NASPA Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education.
Rincon, B. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2020). Latinx Students Charting Their Own STEM Pathways: How Community Cultural Wealth Informs Their STEM Identities. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192720968276
Rodriguez, S. L., Doran, E. E., Friedensen, R. E., Martinez-Podolsky, E., & Hengesteg, P. S.
(2020). Inclusion & marginalization: How perceptions of design thinking pedagogy influence computer, electrical, and software engineering identity. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 8(4), 304-317.
Friedensen, R.E., Rodriguez, S. L., Doran, E. (2020). The Making of ‘Ideal’ Electrical and Computer Engineers: A Departmental Document Analysis. Engineering Studies, 12(2), 104-126, DOI: 10.1080/19378629.2020.1795182.
Hatch-Tocaimaza, Mardock-Uman, N., D. K., Garcia, C. E., Rodriguez, S. L., (2020). Charting the Design of Community College Student Success Courses: Uncovering Their Espoused and Enacted Curricula. American Journal of Education.
Vasquez, M.C., Salinas Jr., C., Rodriguez, S.L., Gonzalez, A. (2020). Landing Spaces and Capital: Latino transfer men resiliency and knowledge building. New Directions for Community Colleges, 87-101.
Rodriguez, S. L., & Blaney, J. M. (2020). “We’re the Unicorns in STEM”: Understanding How Academic and Social Experiences Influence Sense of Belonging for Latina Undergraduate Students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Hensen, K., Espino, M. (2019). Promoting STEM Identity Development in Community Colleges & Across the Transfer Process. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 26(2), 11-21.
Lu, C., Rodriguez, S. L., Bukoski, B. (2019). Exploring How Gay Latinx Men Cope in College Using Emotion Regulation. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Estes, R., Sissel, M., Doran, E. (2019). Becoming La Ingeniera: Examining the Engineering Identity Development of Undergraduate Latinas. Journal of Latinos in Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Jordan, A., Doran, E., Saenz, V. B. (2019). Latino Men & Community College Environments: Understanding How Belonging, Validation, and Resources Shape Experience. The Journal of Applied Research in the Community College.
Rodriguez, S. L., Pilcher, A., Garcia-Tellez, N. (2019). The Influence of Familismo on Latina STEM Identity Development. Journal of Latinos in Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Garbee, K., Poldosky Martinez, E. (2019). Coping with College Obstacles: The Complicated Role of Familia for First-generation Mexican American College Students. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Marron, T., Friedensen, R., Bartlett, M. (2019). Latina undergraduate students in STEM: The role of religious beliefs and STEM identity. Journal of College and Character.
Hatch-Tocaimaza, D. K., Garcia, C. E., Mardock-Uman, N., Rodriguez, S. L., & Young, D. G. (2019). What works: Learning outcomes due to design variations in community college student success courses. Teachers College Record, 121(7).
Rodriguez, S.L., Lu, C., & Bartlett, M. (2018). Engineering identity development: A review of the higher education literature. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology. 6(3), 254-265.
Rodriguez, S. L. & Lehman, K. (2018). Developing the Next Generation of Diverse Computer Scientists: The Need for Enhanced, Intersectional Computer Science Identity Theory. Computer Science Education. 27(3-4), 229-247.
Sax, L. J., Blaney, J. M., Lehman, K. J., Rodriguez, S. L., George, K. L., & Zavala, C. (2018). Sense of belonging in computing: The role of introductory courses for women and underrepresented minority students. Social Sciences, 7(8), 1-24.
Saenz, V. B., García-Louis, C., De Las Mercédez, C., & Rodriguez, S. L. (2018). Mujeres Supporting: How Female Family Members Shape the Educational Success of Latino Males in Postsecondary Education. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Rodriguez, S. L., Cunningham, K., Jordan, A. (2017). STEM identity development for Latinas: The role of self- and outside recognition. 18(3), Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
Saenz, V. B., Mercedes, C., Rodriguez, S. L., & Garcia Louis, C. (2017). Latino Men and Their Fathers: Exploring How Community Cultural Wealth Influences Their Community College Success. Association for Mexican American Educators Journal, 11(2), 89-110.
Rodriguez, S.L., Garbee, K., Miller, R. & Saenz, V.B. (2017). How Community Colleges in Texas Prioritize Resources for Latino Men. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-16.
Rodriguez, S. L., Cunningham, K., Jordan, A. (2016). What a Scientist Looks Like: How Community Colleges Can Utilize and Enhance Science Identity Development as a Means to Improve Success for Women of Color. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 41(4-5), 232-238.
Rodriguez, S. L., Lu, C., Bukoski, B. E. (2016). “I Just Feel Like I Have to Duke It Out By Myself”: How Latino Men Cope with Academic and Personal Obstacles During College. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, (2)2, 64-101. https://tinyurl.com/ybb25h6j
Rodriguez, S. L., Massey, K., Saenz, V.B. (2016). Engaging Latino Men in Community Colleges: The Role of Student-Faculty Engagement. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 23(2), 21-40.
Saenz, V. B., Mayo, J., Miller, R. & Rodriguez, S. L. (2015). (Re)defining Masculinity Through Peer Interactions: Latino Men in Texas Community Colleges. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 52(2), 164-175.
Saenz, V. B., Bukoski, B. E., Lu, C., & Rodriguez, S. L. (2013). Latino Males in Texas Community Colleges: A Phenomenological Study of Masculinity Constructs and Their Effect on College Experiences. Journal of African American Males in Education, 4(2), 82-102.
COMMISSIONED PAPERS
Rodriguez, S.L., Garbee, K., & Hightower, H. (2021). Lee College and Developmental Math Education: Leading a Systematic Change Process. Steps to Success Series. Strong Start to Finish. Education Commission of the States. Denver, CO.
Rincón, B., & Rodriguez, S.L. (2020). Latinx Students Charting their Own STEM Pathways: Centering Identities and Communities. Scholarly Paper Commissioned by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). Tempe, AZ.
RESEARCH/POLICY BRIEFS & REPORTS
Ogilvie, C., Brooks., T.R., Ellis, C., Gowen, G., Knight, K., Perez, R.., Rodriguez, S.L., Schweppe, N., Smith., L.L., Smith., R. (2020). NSF RAPID: Graduate Student Experiences of Support and Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. https://www.montana.edu/covid19_rapid/sample-page-two.html
Ali, S.R., Rodriguez, S.L., Kim, J.Y.C., Xiao, M., Li, C. (September, 2018). IINSPIRE LSAMP Career Development Study: Preliminary Findings. LSAMP IINSPIRE Program Research Brief Series. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Ali, S.R., Rodriguez, S.L., Kim, J.Y.C., Xiao, M. (October, 2017). IINSPIRE LSAMP Career Development Study Design & Piloting: How Using Social Cognitive Career Theory Can Improve STEM Experiences for URMs. LSAMP IINSPIRE Program Research Brief Series. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Rodriguez, S. L., Vasquez, M., Salinas, C. (2017). Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color Policy Brief Series: Latino Men and Masculinities: Community College Transfer Experiences in Texas, California, and Florida. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2016). Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color
Policy Brief Series: How Latino men cope with academic and social obstacles during college. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Saenz, V. B., Rodriguez, S. L., Martinez, G. (2014). Policy brief: African American and Hispanic male success in Texas: A longitudinal 8th grade cohort study. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2013). Research brief: Examining Latino boys’ educational pathways and motivation for postsecondary educational success. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2013). Enhancing the STEM pipeline for Latina/o students in community college. American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Graduate Scholar PoliMemo Project: A Research Policy Hub on Latina/os and Higher Education. San Antonio, TX: University of Texas at San Antonio.
Ponjuan, L., Clark, M., Saenz, V.B. (2012). Final Report - Boys in Peril: Examining Latino boys’ educational pathways and motivation towards postsecondary education. [Coordinated and co-authored writing final report of qualitative research findings]. Joint funding to University of Texas at Austin and University of Florida. TG Foundation: Round Rock, TX.
BOOK CHAPTERS, BOOK REVIEWS, & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Rodriguez, S.L., & Garza, N. (2022). The Promise and Future of Latinas in STEM. Hispanic Outlook. Paramus, NJ. https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/unicorns-no-more
Rodriguez, S. L., Lu, C., & Ramirez, D. (2020). Navigating Operating Systems: A Framework for Understanding Identity Development for Undergraduate Latina Students in Computing. In E.M. Gonzalez, F. Fernandez, & M. Wilson (Eds.), An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success. Research in STEM Education Series. London, UK: Routledge.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2018). Women of Color: Architects for Systemic Change in Tomorrow's Higher Education Landscape. Annual National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Knowledge Community Publication. NASPA: Washington, D.C.
Lu, C., Rodriguez, S. L. (2018). Increasing the STEM Pipeline by Strengthening Latin@ Science Identity Development. In T. Yuen, E. Bonner, M. Arreguín-Anderson (Eds.), (Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM: Increasing Participation Throughout Education and Workplace. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Saenz, V. B., Rodriguez, S. L., Pritchett, K., Estrada, J., Garbee, K. (2016). Latino Males in Higher Education: Administrator Awareness of the Emerging Challenges. In V.B. Saenz, L. Ponjuan, J. Figueroa (Eds.), Ensuring the success of Latino males in higher education: A new national imperative (pp. 177-191). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
Rodriguez, S. L. (2016). [Review of the book Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What’s Out There to Transform College Teaching, by Shank, J.]. The Review of Higher Education, 39(3).
Rodriguez, S. L., Saenz, V. B., Lu, C. (2014). Bridging the gap between community colleges and four-year universities to maximize effectiveness in STEM education for Latino males. In J. L. Wood & R. T. Palmer (Eds), STEM Models of Success: Programs, Policies, and Practices in the Community College (75-89). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
Rodriguez, S. L. (Summer 2013). Identifying with a single identity? A way of the past. [Review of the book Navigating multiple identities: Race, gender, culture, nationality, and roles, by R. Josselson & M. Harway]. The Review of Higher Education, 36(3).
Cofer, J., Somers, P., Bukoski, B., & Rodriguez, S. L. (2012). Qualidade na educação superior: o desenvolimento de medidas e relatórios significativos. Qualidade Da Educação Superior: grupos investigativos internacionais em diálogo - v. 5. EdiPUCRS. Porto Allegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rodriguez, S. L., & Glauser, T. L (2010). Making the connection: How student involvement affects African American social integration at a Predominantly White Institution. November/December ed. Campus Activities Programming Magazine, Columbia, SC.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Garza, N. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2022). Nepantla aquí, Nepantla allá: The borderlands of identity from Mexican American women in STEM. Annual Meeting American Society for Engineering Education, Minneapolis, MN.
Rover, D.T., Mina, M., Herron-Martinez, A.R., Rodriguez, S.L., Espino, M.L. and Le, B.D. (2021, October). Improving the Student Experience to Broaden Participation in Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-7).
*Selected as the 2021 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Best
Diversity Paper Award winner
Rodriguez, S.L., Le, B., Espino, M.E. (2020). “It's not about making money, but it kind of is about making money”: How Socio-economic Status Influences Science and Engineering Identity for Community College Students in an S-STEM Program. ASEE PEER.
Rodriguez, S. L., Doran, E., & Hengesteg, P. (2019, June). Intersections of Design Thinking and Perceptions of Success for Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering Students. Annual Meeting American Society for Engineering Education, Tampa, FL. https://peer.asee.org/33010
Espino, M. & Rodriguez, S.L. (2019, April). A Systematic Review of the Intersections of Engineering Identity and Financial Need Literature. Annual Conference for the Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity. Washington, DC. https://peer.asee.org/31738
Friedensen, R.E., Rodriguez, S.L., Doran, E. (2018, June). Documenting Engineering Identity: Electrical & Computer Engineering Departmental Documents and Student Identity. Annual Meeting American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT. https://peer.asee.org/30343
Rodriguez, S.L., Sissel, M., Estes, R., Doran, E. (2018, April). Engineering Identity for Latina Undergraduate Students: Exploring Development and Intersecting Identities. Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, VA. https://peer.asee.org/29529
