Michael S. Hevel

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Associate Professor /Associate Dean for Research

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Iowa (2009–2012)

8 h-index 41 pubs 255 cited

Research Areas

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ORCID Lab Website Research Group

OverviewAI-generated summary

Michael S. Hevel's research examines the impact of fraternity and sorority affiliation on undergraduate students. His work investigates the relationship between membership in these organizations and outcomes such as socially responsible leadership and political activism. He has also explored the role of age in academic advising for community college students, questioning assumptions about self-directed learning in this demographic.

Hevel's scholarly contributions include publications in peer-reviewed journals, with a focus on synthesizing research in student affairs and examining specific components of the undergraduate experience. His research network includes collaborators from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom he has co-authored several publications. He holds an h-index of 8 and has accumulated over 250 citations across his 40 publications.

Metrics

h-index: 8
Publications: 41
Citations: 255

Positions

Associate Professor /Associate Dean for Research 2017–present

University of Arkansas Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Research Methods ORCID
Associate Professor 2012–present

University of Arkansas Fayetteville Higher Education Program ORCID

Selected Publications

Where Is Gender in the Historiography of LGBTQ+ College Students? (2025)

History of Education Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
’We Didn’t Think It Would be Well Received’: The Gay Alliance of Students’ Legal Victory over Virginia Commonwealth University, 1974–1976 (2023)

Historia y Memoria de la Educación DOI OpenAlex
A Longitudinal Ecological Study of How Unemployment and University Proximity Shaped Adult Community College Enrollment in Arkansas from 1999 Through 2018 (2023)

Community College Journal of Research and Practice 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Bridging the Distance? How Proximity and Online Learning Shape Communities’ Adult Participation in Public Universities (2022)

The Journal of Continuing Higher Education 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier (2020)

The Annals of Iowa DOI OpenAlex
Trends in the Historiography of American College Student Life: Populations, Organizations, and Behaviors (2018)

DOI OpenAlex
Age and Academic Advising in Community Colleges: Examining the Assumption of Self-Directed Learning (2018)

Community College Journal of Research and Practice 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
Charles Dorn. For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 320 pp. (2018)

History of Education Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
A Historiography of College Students 30 Years After Helen Horowitz’s Campus Life (2017)

Higher education 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Developing a Bad Reputation: The Emergence of Student Affairs in College Novels (2017)

Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks DOI OpenAlex
Carroll L. L. Miller and Anne S. Pruitt-Logan Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2012. 500 pp. Paperback $29.95. (2015)

History of Education Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
Deirdre Clemente. Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. 208 pp. Cloth $29.95. (2015)

History of Education Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
The Conservative Corner of the Liberal Academy? Fraternity/Sorority Membership, Politics, and Activism (2015)

NASPA Journal 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Editors' Notes (2014)

New Directions for Student Services DOI OpenAlex
Do Fraternities and Sororities Still Enhance Socially Responsible Leadership? Evidence From the Fourth Year of College (2014)

NASPA Journal 17 citations DOI OpenAlex