Paris D. Wicker, Ph.D.

Higher Education Researcher & Comtemplative
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I am Paris Wicker (she/her), an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at The State University of New York at Buffalo.  My research centers the success and well-being of Black and Indigenous students, faculty, and staff. My research has been supported by the Ford Foundation and the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER) and published in the Review of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and the Journal of College Access.

Within this site you will find information about my educational and professional experiences, a description of my program of research and current projects, and recent and past news and media. Read more
Photo courtesy of Dr. H.F. Davis
Photo courtesy of Dr. H.F. Davis

Publications

The consequences of getting it right: Navigating anti-blackness in quantitative statistics courses

Paris Wicker

M. Shardé Davis, Being #BlackintheIvory: Truthtelling about Racism in the American University, University of North Carolina Press, 2024, pp. 53-55

Community and culture: Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs

J. Benson, P. Wicker, I. Barnes, R. Winkle-Wagner

Journal of College Student Development, vol. 64(6), 2023, pp. 615-629

"A web of support." A critical narrative analysis of well Black women's relationships in STEM Disciplines

Paris Wicker, Dorian McCoy, Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Imani Barnes

Review of Higher Education , vol. 47(1), 2023

How to Stay Friends on the Faculty Job Market

Paris Wicker, LaShawn F. Washington

Chronicle of Higher Education, 2023 Oct

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2024 Highlights

AERA Division J Fireside Chat
Presenter at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Graduate Policy Seminar. Spring 2024. https://www.ashe.ws/gsps2024
Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
Media research feature. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Jan 2024. https://jbhe.com/2024/01/black-women-used-social-networks-to-help-them-persist-in-stem/

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Jan 1, 2024

2023 Highlights

Oct 9, 2023

Op-Ed: How to Stay Friends on the Academic Job Market

Published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dr. LaShawn F. Washington & I write about what's it's like to maintain a friendship while competing for the same academic openings.  (Link)

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