Research and Scholarly Agenda

Scholarship Focus Areas

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• First-Generation College Access and Success

• First-Generation Student Mental Health and Wellness

• Development and Implementation of First-Generation Programming

• Education Access and Success for Rural Black First-Generation Students

• Intersectionality and the First-Generation Student Identity

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Forthcoming Publications
 

• Troy, C., Jackson, K., Pearce, B. & Rowe, D. Developing and Implementing Promising
  Practices and Programs for First-Generation College Students. New York, NY: Routledge.

 

Recent Publications

 

Edited Books

• Palmer, R., Walker L., Goings, R., Troy, C., Gipson, C. & Commodore, F. (Eds). (2016). Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): A Student Perspective: New York, NY: Routledge.
   

Book and Monograph Chapters

• Robinson, C. S. & Troy, C. Mentoring and Socialization Experiences of Graduate Students in Professional Programs. In T. Boykin, A. Hilton, & R. Palmer (Eds.) (2018). Professional Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Trends, Experiences & Outcomes. New York: Routledge

 

 

Editorials

 

• Lowe, T., Troy, C., Walker, K., & Counts, A. (April 14, 2021). For Colleges and Universities Reopening Plans Must Meet Students’ Mental Health Needs. Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

• Troy, C. (December 17, 2020). Providing Support to First-Generation Students Through Advocacy and Programming. NASPA Center for First-Generation Student Success.

• Buie, D., Counts, A., Hudson, E., Joseph, N., Miles, L., Monk-Morgan, V., Morales, A., Norman, Y., O’Neal, K., Troy, C., Walker, K., & Winfield, J. (February 27, 2020). Black First-Generation College Students Matter: A Call to Action. NASPA Center for First-Generation Student Success.

• Troy, C. (November 24, 2015). Freshmen Retention Rates at HBCUs Indicate Success of First-Generation College Students. MSIs UnPlugged, The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

• Troy, C. (December 2013). The Diary of a First-Year African American Student: The Importance of Peer Mentoring at PWIs. Standing Committee for Women Blog, American College Personnel Association.

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Additional Research Contributions

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Research Papers

• Troy, C.E. & Pearce, B. & Rowe, D. (2019, February). Reciprocal Engagement: The Impact of Peer Mentoring on First-Generation Students. Assessed Institutional Paper presented at the 38th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, National Resource Center on First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Las Vegas, NV.

• Troy, C.E. & Pearce, B. (2018, February). The Impact of Service Learning on First Generation Learning Experiences. Assessed Institutional Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference on the First- Year Experience, National Resource Center on First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, San Antonio, TX.

• Parsons, M. & Troy, C. E. (2013, March). Concepts & Applications of Civic Learning. Paper presented at the East Coast Colleges Social Science Association, Reston, VA.

• Troy, C.E. & Alston, B. (2012, October). Laying the Foundation: The Importance of Implementing Student Mentoring Programs to Promote Minority Student Satisfaction and Persistence on HBCU and PWI. Paper presented at the Maryland Association of Institutional Research, Baltimore, MD.

• Troy, C.E. (2012, September). Higher Education Lockout: Examining the Low-Income Student Experience. Paper presented at the National Academic Advising Association, Richmond, VA.

• Troy, C.E. (2010, September). The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and its Effects on the African American Community. Paper presented at the Conference of Minority Public Administrators, Jackson, MS.

• Troy, C.E. (2009, November). Key Issues in Tobacco Regulation. Paper presented at the NCCU Public Administration Graduate Symposium, Durham, NC.