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Heather Rowan-Kenyon

Department Chair, Educational Leadership & Higher Education

Professor

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Heather Rowan-Kenyon

Ph.D.

Contact

Campion Hall Room 227

Telephone: 617-552-4797

Email: heather.rowan-kenyon.1@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland, Education Policy and Leadership
  • M.A., Bowling Green State University, College Student Personnel
  • B.S., University of Scranton, Secondary Education Social Studies

Courses

Assessment in Student Affairs
Seminar in Research in Higher Education
Executive Doctoral Seminar II
Doctoral Proseminar in Ed.D. in Higher Education

Research Interests

College access and student success, persistence in college for low-income students.

Expertise

  • Higher Education
Curriculum Vitae

Department

ELHE Educational Leadership & Higher Education

Publications

Books

Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., Mart铆nez Alem谩n, A. M, & Savitz-Romer, M. (2018).听 Technology and engagement: Making technology work for first generation college students. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.听

- Recipient of the ASHE 2018 Outstanding Book Award

Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., & Mart铆nez-Alem谩n, A.M. with Gin, K.* Blakeley, B.*, Gismondi, A., Lewis, J.*, McCready, A.*, & Zepp, D.*, Knight, S.* (2016).听 Social Media in higher education. ASHE Higher Education Report: Volume 42, Number 5.听 San Francisco: John Wiley.听

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Savitz-Romer, M., Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., Nicola, T., Carroll, S., Kasari, R.* (in press). Boundary spanning in state education agencies: How state officials support school counseling. Education Policy Analysis Archives.听

McCready, A., Martinez Aleman, A., Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., & Abbey, S.* (2025). Effects of on-campus and online racism on perceptions of residence hall climate.听 Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2025.2472332听

Martinez, A. M., McCready, A., & Rowan-Kenyon, H. T. (2024). How social media affect college students: Examining the past, envisioning the future. Journal of College Student Development, 65(2), 169-182. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2024.a923527听

Savitz-Romer, M., Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., Nicola, T.*, & Carroll, S.* (2024). A Landscape Analysis of State-Level School Counseling Policy: Perspectives from State Officials.听 Educational Policy, 38(2), 421-447.听 https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048231163803.

Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., Carroll, S.*, Nicola, T.P.*, & Savitz-Romer, M. (2022). School Counselors and College Counseling During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Review of Higher Education 46(2), 181-208.听 doi:10.1353/rhe.2022.0020.

Alexander, E.*, Savitz-Romer, M., Nicola, T.*, Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., & Carroll, S.* (2022). 鈥淲e are the heartbeat of the school鈥�: How school counselors supported student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professional School Counseling, 26(1b) 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X221105557

Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., McCready, A.M., Mart铆nez Alem谩n, A.M., & Barone, N.* (2022). Does experiencing racialized aggressions on social media influence perceptions about the campus racial climate? Research in Higher Education, 63, 610鈥�630. 10.1007/s11162-021-09662-8听

Savitz-Romer, M., Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., Nicola, T.*, Alexander, E.*, Carroll, S.* (2021). When the kids are not alright: School counseling in the time of COVID-19. AERA Open, 7(1), 1-16. https:/doi.org/10.1177/23328584211033600听听

*indicates student co-authors

Honors/Awards

  • 2018 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Outstanding Book Award
  • Emerging Scholar Award, American College Personnel Association, 2008
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