Dr. Jennifer Blaney

Biography

Dr. Blaney is an assistant professor of higher education at Idaho State university, where she studies gender equity and student development in STEM disciplines. Prior to joining this research team, she earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA and worked as the Senior Data Manager on the Building, Recruiting, and Inclusion for Diversity (BRAID) Research project, a multi-institution study of equity in computer science education. More recently, Dr. Blaney has been studying community college pathways as a mechanism for broadening women's participation in computing and other STEM fields.