Kelly A. Rodgers, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio
Department of Educational Psychology
501 W. Durango Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78207
Office: (210) 458-2568 Cell: (210) 394-5035
Email: kelly.rodgers@utsa.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2007
Master of Arts, Educational Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2004
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics & Spanish, Westminster College, Fulton, MO 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full-time positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at San
Antonio August 2007- present
Part-time positions
Instructor, Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2006
Teaching Assistant, Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2005
Instructor, Psychology Department, Westminster College, Fulton, MO 2004-2005
Teaching Assistant, Mathematics Department, University of Missouri, 1999-2004
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Marra, R. M., Rodgers, K. A., Bogue, B. & Shen, D. (2009). Self-efficacy of women
engineering students – Three years of data at U. S. institutions. Journal of Engineering
Education, 98, 27-38.
Rodgers, K. A. (2009). Minority college student retention in STEM: Traditional paths,
psychological aspects and directions for moving forward. Applying Research to Practice Resource.
National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on
Engineering Education Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) Project.
Available at: http://www.engr.psu.edu/awe/ARPResources.aspx
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Rodgers, K. A. (2008). An expectancy-value application of academic motivation and ethnic identity
in gifted African American students. Roeper Review, 30,111-120.
Rodgers, K. A., & Summers, J. J. (2008). African American students at predominantly White
institutions: Towards a revised retention model. Educational Psychology Review,
20, 171-190.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Schutz, P. A., Nichols, S. L., & Rodgers, K. A. (2008). Using multimethod approaches. In
S. D. Lapan & M. T. Quartaroli, Research essentials: An introduction to design and practices. JosseyBass.
Schutz, P. A., Rodgers, K. A., & Simcic, J. (under review). Motivation and emotional
transactions: Where do we go from here? To appear in T. Urdan, S. Karabenick &
F. Pajares (Eds.) Advances in Motivation, vol. 16: The next decade of research in
Motivation and Achievement.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW / REVISION
Rodgers, K. A. (under revision). Black students at predominantly White institutions: A
motivational and self-systems approach to understanding retention. To be submitted to the
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Marra, R. M., Bogue, B., Shen, D., & Rodgers, K. A. (under review). Those that leave –
Assessing why students leave engineering. Submitted to Journal of Engineering Education.
Rodgers, K. A. (under review). African American self-determination: A case for the existence
of cultural collectivism. Submitted to Personality & Social Psychology Review.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Rodgers, K. A. (manuscript in preparation). The Bookend Effect: Ethnic Identity and
Motivation of Black Collegians. To be submitted to Journal of Black Studies and Research.
PRESENTATIONS
Marra, R. M, Bogue, B., Rodgers, K. A. & Shen, D. (2006). Those that leave – Assessing
why students leave engineering. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI, June 24, 2007.
Marra, R. M., Bogue, B., Shen, D., & Rodgers, K. (2008). Leaving engineering: A multi-year
single institution study. Paper submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 13-17,
2009.
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Marra, R. M., Rodgers, K. A., Bogue, B., & Shen, D. (2006). Self-efficacy of women
engineering students – Three years of data at U. S. institutions. Paper presented
at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI,
June 24, 2007.
Rodgers, K. A. (2008). Black students at predominantly White institutions: A motivational
and self-systems approach to understanding retention. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New
York, NY, March 24-28, 2008.
Rodgers, K. A. (2009). The Bookend Effect: Ethnic Identity and Motivation of Black
Collegians. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Toronto, Canada, August 6-9, 2009.
Rodgers, K. A.., & Browder, A. J. (2006). African American students at predominantly White
institutions: A qualitative investigation. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA,
August 12, 2006.
Rodgers, K. A., & Summers, J. J. (2007). Retention of African American students attending
predominantly White institutions: A revised model of retention. Paper
presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Chicago, IL, April 9-13, 2007.
Summers, J. J., Kay, D., & Rodgers, K. A. (2006). Academic resilience and teenage
pregnancy: A self-determination theory model. Paper presented at the 2006
Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA,
August 10, 2006.
SERVICE
University Service
 Member, UTSA Black Faculty and Staff Association, 2007-present
 Planning Committee for UTSA Black Faculty and Staff Symposium on Black Studies, 20072008
 Session Chair, African American Women’s Language Conference, 2008
 Member, Paul A. Westmeyer Scholarship Committee, 2008
 Session Chair, UTSA Black Faculty and Staff Symposium, 2008
 COEHD Affirmative Action Committee, 2008-present
 COEHD Core Curriculum Committee, 2008
 Faculty Affairs committee, UTSA Black Faculty & Staff Association, 2008
 Greeter, UTSA COEHD Commencement, December 2008
 Committee Chair, UTSA African American Literatures and Cultures Institute Advisory
Council, 2009
 Educational Psychology Learning and Development Content Area Committee, 2008-present
 Educational Psychology Program Planning Committee, 2009-present
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
Department FAIR representative, 2009-present
Professional Affiliations and Service
 Member, Division C (Learning & Instruction) of the American Educational Research
Association, 2005-present
 Member, Division of Educational Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2005present
 Member, Association of Black Psychologists, 2005-present
 Chair, Graduate Student Professional Development Session of the Motivation Special
Interest Group, American Educational Research Association, 2007
 Proposal reviewer for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, 2007-present
 Faculty Mentor, American Educational Research Association Division C (Learning &
Instruction) Graduate Student Seminar, 2008
 Division 15 (Educational Psychology) Program Co-chair for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the
American Psychological Association, 2008-2009
 Division 15 (Educational Psychology) faculty graduate student mentor, 2009
 Vice-chair American Educational Research Association Division C Affirmative Action
Committee, 2009
 Member, Snow Award Committee for Div 15 of APA, 2009
GRANTS
Institutional
Keeping us there: Understanding minority college student retention
University of Texas at San Antonio Faculty Research Grant
Principal Investigator
Amount: $4700
Funded (Spring 2008).
Research
Building a Village: A Retention Program for African American Students
University of Texas System – Transforming Undergraduate Education Grant
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. John Warren)
Amount: $246,950
Not funded (Spring 2009): Grant was finalist for funding.
A Village for African American college student persistence.
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, TG Public Benefit Grant Program
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. John Warren)
Amount requested: $127, 957 (not funded, Spring 2010)
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