Catherine Hartman, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor, ELPHD; Faculty Scholar, Belk Center
cehartm2@ncsu.eduBio
Catherine Hartman is an Assistant Professor of Community College Leadership and Faculty Scholar at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Catherine’s research focuses on community college student persistence and engagement, community college student transfer to four-year schools, and community college leadership. Prior to joining NC State, Catherine worked at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She has also held appointments at the Center for Community College Student Engagement, the Charles A. Dana Center, and William & Mary.
Catherine earned associate degrees in liberal arts and social sciences from Tidewater Community College as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from William & Mary. She also received a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from The University of Texas at Austin.
Publications
- An overview of equity‐driven and social justice‐oriented leadership in community colleges , New Directions for Community Colleges (2023)
- How Career Coaches Employed by Community Colleges Shape Students’ Postsecondary and Professional Pathways in North Carolina Public High Schools , Community College Journal of Research and Practice (2023)
- Mobilizing theory to application: Equity‐driven and social justice‐oriented leadership in community colleges , New Directions for Community Colleges (2023)
- "It's Like Trying to Merge into Traffic": Relationships Between Transfer Student Experiences and Identity , Journal of College Student Development (2022)
- A Review of Vertical and Horizontal Transfer Student Transitions and Experiences , Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (2022)
- Changing Definitions of Leadership or Same old “Hero” Leader? , Community College Review (2022)
- Optimizing Intent to Transfer: Engagement and Community College English Learners , Research in Higher Education (2021)
- How Political and Ecological Contexts Shape Community College Transfer , Sociology of Education (2020)
- Thinking Through Transfer: Examining How Community College Students Make Transfer Decisions , Community College Review (2020)