About
Eric McChesney is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Pittsburgh, where he studies the effects of psychosocial belonging interventions on marginalized STEM students as part of the UBelong Collaborative. This multi-institutional, interdisciplinary project aims to develop, rigorously test, and scale affordable class-based interventions that reliably generalize across a wide variety of student and institutional contexts and that enhance students' sense of belonging, growth mindset, engagement, course grades, and persistence in both college, and in their chosen major.
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Education
2018-2022
Ph. D.
Higher Education and Student Affairs
The Ohio State University
Advisor: Dr. Matthew J. Mayhew
Dissertation: Pluralism orientation development among undergraduate STEMM students during college
2010 - 2012
M. A. Education
University of Florida
Advisor: Dr. Jane Townsend
Thesis: Literary fiction in academia and the MFA program: A qualitative study of dilemmas in theory, structure, and praxis
2006-2010
B. A. English Literature
Denison University
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
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Best Diversity Paper in Division Award: Honorable Mention. Student Perceptions of a Belonging Intervention. American Society for Engineering Education, Professional Interest Council II (11 divisions), Education Research and Methods Division
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Best Paper in Council and in Division Award. Equitable Engineering Identity? Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in the Predictors of Engineering Identity in First-Year Engineering. American Society for Engineering Education, Professional Interest Council II (11 divisions), Education Research and Methods Division
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McChesney, E. T. (2024). Ray Travel Grant for Outstanding Service. The Ohio State University.
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McChesney, E. T. & Mayhew, M. J. (2022). Enhancing Diversity in Career and Technical STEM: EDiCTS Project. Educational Credit Management Corporation Foundation. $499,914.
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McChesney, E. T., Fitz, J., Ceviren, B., Lightle, K., Lu, X., & Sanchez, B. (2021). Evaluation of the Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research Initiative in the OSU College of Education and Human Ecology. Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration. $3,375.
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McChesney, E. T., Fitz, J., Ceviren, B., Lu, X, & Sanchez, B. (2021). Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration. $10,000.
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McChesney, E. T., Ahmed, S., Ceviren, B., Fitz, J., Lu, X, & Sanchez, B. (2020). Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration. $10,000.
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Ahmed, S., McChesney, E. T., Ceviren, B., & Rivera, M. (2019). Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration. $10,000
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McChesney, E. T. (2018). University Fellowship. The Ohio State University.
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McChesney, E. T. & B. Ratliff (2017). Effects of digital literacies and composition curriculum on academic writing proficiency: Research and evaluation grant. Marion City/County Retired Teacher's Association.