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Catherine Hartman is a postdoctoral research associate at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Catherine works with Center staff to carry out projects related to the Center’s original research agenda and grant-seeking activities.

Prior to joining the National Resource Center, Catherine served as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Community College Student Engagement and at the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin. She also worked as a graduate assistant in the Dean of Students Office and the Office of Academic Advising at the College of William & Mary.

Catherine’s research focuses on community college student persistence and engagement, student transfer from community colleges to four-year schools, undergraduate transfer student identity development, and linguistically diverse students’ experiences in postsecondary contexts.   

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Educational Background

• Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin
• Master of Education, Higher Education Administration, College of William & Mary
• Bachelor of Arts, English, College of William & Mary
• Associate of Science, Social Sciences, Tidewater Community College
• Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, Tidewater Community College