Trina Fletcher Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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7 h-index 43 pubs 160 cited

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Biography and Research Information

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Trina Fletcher's research focuses on understanding and improving educational experiences and outcomes, particularly for underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Her work investigates the impact of societal events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, on student belonging and academic progress within Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Fletcher is also exploring the integration and implications of generative artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, on student decision-making and degree attainment.

Her federally funded work, supported by a $199,999 NSF grant, addresses leadership challenges in STEM broadening participation and research capacity building at HBCUs. Fletcher leads a research group and collaborates with researchers like Karl Reid, with whom she has co-authored publications. Her scholarship includes studies on increasing accessibility to summer engineering programs for underrepresented youth and developing instruments to link undergraduate experiences to graduate pathways for HBCU scientists and engineers.

Fletcher's publications also examine the experiences of Black engineers and computer scientists in remote work environments and explore ethical and transformative pedagogy in engineering education. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, with 43 total publications and 160 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 43
  • Citations: 160

Selected Publications

  • Stakeholder Insights and Presidential Capital: Leadership Turnover and Its Impact on Higher Education (2025) DOI
  • Maximizing Accessibility: Providing Summer Engineering Experiences for Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Underrepresented Youth (2024) DOI

Federal Grants 1 $199,999 total

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