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Ana M. Mart铆nez-Alem谩n
Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty & Academic Affairs
Golden Eagle Foundation Faculty Research Fellow
Ana M. Mart铆nez-Alem谩n
Ed.D.
Contact
Campion 101
Telephone: 617-552-1760
Email: alemanan@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
- M.A., State University of New York, Binghamton
- B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton
Courses
Doctoral Proseminar in K-16 Administration
Research Interests
Philosophy and theory of higher education; teaching and learning, particularly the impact of race, culture, and gender on college teaching and learning; feminist theory and pedagogy.
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Expertise
- Higher Education
- Philosophy of Education
Department
Profile
Ana M. Mart铆nez-Alem谩n researches topics at the forefront of higher education and campus culture. Her book Online Social Networking on Campus: Understanding What Matters in Student Culture was the first to explore social media鈥檚 impact on campus. Currently, she examines online racialized aggression, and how students of color and first-generation students use technology. Her most recent book explores student sexual violence activism and institutional practice.
The author or coauthor of six books and dozens of publications, she has also delivered more than 100 talks. Since 2002, she has edited the Educational Policy journal and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Higher Education and the American Educational Research Journal. Mart铆nez-Alem谩n and her coauthors received the 2016 AERA Division J Outstanding Publication Award for their book Critical Approaches to the Study of Higher Education and the 2019 AERA Division J, Outstanding Publication Award, and 2018 Outstanding Publication Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education for Technology and Engagement: Making Technology Work for First-Generation College Students.
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n is Professor of Education and has served as the Associate Dean of Faculty and Academics since 2017. She joined the Lynch School in 1998 and served as department chair for the Educational Leadership and Higher Education Department from 2007 to 2017. In 2023, Mart铆nez-Alem谩n serves as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2022-2023. In 2016, Mart铆nez-Alem谩n was elected Vice President of Postsecondary Education (Division J) at the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n earned a doctorate in higher education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and received master鈥檚 and bachelor鈥檚 degrees from the State University of New York, Binghamton.
Select Publications
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A.M., (in press, 2025). Competition and teaching in the research university:听Are these incompatible values? Higher Education Forum.
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A.M., McCready, A.M., & Rowan-Kenyon, H.T. (2024). How social media听affect college students: Examining the past, envisioning the future. Journal of College Student听Development, 65 (2), 169-182.
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M. (2024). Education Research: Geographies Beyond the Front Yard. The听Review of Higher Education, 47 (4), 1-11.
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M. & Marine, S. B. (Forthcoming, 2023). Voices of Campus Sexual Violence Activists: #MeToo and Beyond. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M., Barone, N., & Rowan-Kenyon, H. T. (2021). Cultural Mistrust and Social Media Relationships. SAGE Open, 11(4), 21582440211056625.
Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., McCready, A. M., Barone, N. I., & Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M. (2021). Does Experiencing Racialized Aggressions on Social Media Influence Perceptions About the Campus Racial Climate? Research in Higher Education, 1-21
McCready, A. M., Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., Barone, N. I., & Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M. (2021). Students of Color, Mental Health, and Racialized Aggressions on Social Media. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 58(2), 179-195.
Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., McCready, A. M, Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A.M. & Barone, N.* (2021). Measuring racist aggressions on social media and the effects on U.S. college students of color: An instrument validation, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2020.1827437
Unangst, L.*, & Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A.M. (2021). Identity studies and diverse faculty support: Considering German higher education with a postcolonial lens. Social Inclusion, 9(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i3.4139
Rowan-Kenyon, H., Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M, & Savitz-Romer, M. (2018). Technology and engagement: Making technology work for first generation college students. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A. M. & Bensimon, E. M., & Pusser, B. (Eds.), (2015) Critical approaches to the study of higher education**. Baltimore, MA: Johns Hopkins University Press.
*Doctoral student
Honors & Awards
- Best Article Award, CIES Study Abroad and International Students SIG, 2023
- President, The Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2022-2023
- Vice -President, AERA Division J, Postsecondary Education, 2019-2022
- Outstanding Publication Award, AERA Division J, Postsecondary Education, 2019
- Outstanding Publication Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2018
- Outstanding Publication Award, AERA Division J, Postsecondary Education, 2016.