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Dr. Shetay Ashford-Hanserd

  • Chair - Professor - Org, Wkforce, & Ldrshp Studies
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Biography and expertise

Dr. Shetay Ashford-Hanserd is Chair and Professor in the Department of Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies at Texas State University. With over two decades of leadership experience across academic, nonprofit, and IT sectors, she is a visionary leader, award-winning educator, and nationally recognized researcher. She is the founding director of the ACCEYSS Research Group and principal investigator of multiple federally funded projects totaling over $11 million. Her scholarship and leadership focus on broadening participation in STEM+C education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community-engaged learning. As a champion of inclusive excellence, she has led strategic academic initiatives, built strong university-community partnerships, and mentored emerging leaders across disciplines.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Curriculum and Instruction

University of South Florida, 2016

Master's Degree

MSIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

Texas State University, 2011

Bachelor's Degree

BSCS in Computer Science

University of South Florida, 2000

Research Interests

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting). STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways across Academic and Cultural Boundaries, National Science Foundation, Federal, $2646529. (Submitted: August 8, 2023, Funded: June 1, 2024 - June 2029). Grant.
  • Lopez, Omar S (Principal), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Boden, Carrie J (Co-Principal), Cherrstrom, Catherine Ann (Co-Principal), Singh, Shailendra Mohan (Co-Principal), Xie, Lei (Co-Principal), Sherron, Todd (Co-Principal), Gottschall, Portia Manhan (Co-Principal). Workforce College Completion Collaborative (WorkforceC3), EDA American Rescue Plan Act Good Jobs Challenge, Federal, $1892062. (Submitted: February 15, 2022, Funded: September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025). Grant.
  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Percent Contribution: %100, Feng, Li (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. CAREER: Effects of community cultural wealth on Black and Hispanic women’s persistence in the P-20 computing workforce pipeline in Texas, National Science Foundation, Federal, $920013. (Submitted: August 11, 2020, Funded: February 1, 2021 - January 31, 2026). Grant.
  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Daniel, Kristy Lynn (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Garcia, Dana M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10. NSF INCLUDES DDLP - ACCEYSS: Association of collaborative communities equipping youth for STEM success (supplemental funding), National Science Foundation, Federal, $14999. (Submitted: May 6, 2019, Funded: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020). Grant.
  • Eaglin, Phillip G. (Principal), Muoneke, Ada (Co-Principal), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Singh, Shailendra Mohan (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %25. Broadening participation to include African American and Hispanic students with disabilities in computer science learning using voice user interface project-based learning, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1616024. (Submitted: February 11, 2019, Funded: October 1, 2019 - August 30, 2021). Grant.
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  • Moreno, T. D., Carrera, L., Kukde, R. D., & Ashford-Hanserd, S. N. (2026). Influence of Community Cultural Wealth on Undergraduate Women of Color in Computing. Journal of the National Organization for Student Success, 3(2).
  • Ashford-Hanserd, S. N., Carrera, L. S. F., Hough, T. D., Moreno, T. D., Mouton, A. J., & Wallace, I. (2024). Influence of community cultural wealth on undergraduate Hispanic and Black women’s persistence in the STEM+C workforce pipeline. Career and Technical Education Research, 49(2), 47–65. https://doi.org/10.5328/cter49.2.47
  • Cherrstrom, C. A., Lopez, O. S., & Ashford-Hanserd, S. N. (2022). STEM knowledge in non-STEM occupations: Implications for community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 46(7), 457–471. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2020.1868359
  • Ashford-Hanserd, S., Carrera, L. S. F., Moreno, T., & Belcher, S. Y. (2022). The Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on Black or African American undergraduate STEM+C students at a Hispanic serving institution. Journal of Negro Education. Retrieved from https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/901991
  • Ashford-Hanserd, S. N., Springer, S. B., Hayton, M.-P. E., & Williams, K. E. (2020). Shadows of Plessy v. Ferguson: The dichotomy of progress towards educational equity since 1954. Journal of Negro Education, 89(4). Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/journal/jnegroeducation
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant recipient, National Science Foundation. February 1, 2021 - Present
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Outstanding Abstract Award, ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching award of honor, Alumni Association of Texas State University. May 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Face of AEA, American Evaluation Association. April 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite professor for 2018 award, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. November 9, 2018
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  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Research in Technical Careers

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Department of Energy (DOE)

  3. Other

    Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology – School Improvement Ph.D. program

  4. Other

    Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology – School Improvement Ph.D. program

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    United States Department of Agriculture / National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    National Science Foundation (Virtual)

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