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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. ​

Eric T. McChesney holding a book to which he has contributed.

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

  • McChesney, E. T. & Mayhew, M. J. (2022). Enhancing Diversity in Career and Technical STEM: EDiCTS Project. Educational Credit Management Corporation Foundation. $499,914.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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