Journal Articles
Grote, D. M., & Knight, D. B. (2026). Transfer composition: An exploration of transfer student access in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 115(4), e70080. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.70080
Klopfer M, Knight D, Grohs J and Richardson A (2026) Socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate engineering programs: a national study of Pell-eligible students. Front. Educ. 11:1946870. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1946870
Richardson, A.J., Klopfer, M. & Knight, D.B. Flexibility to Conformity: How Federal Grant Mechanisms May Unintentionally Result in the Convergence of STEM Education Program Designs. Journal for STEM Educ Res (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-026-00198-z
Richardson, A. J., Knight, D. B., & Lee, W. C. (2026). How Organizational Partnerships Spark Information Sharing in a Quest for Sustainable, Institutional Change. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2026.2630345
Research Briefs
Becerra Montano, J., Lehr, J. L., Richardson, A. J., & Knight, D. B. (2025). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways: Lessons Learned in S-STEM Faculty & Peer Mentoring. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/139849
Grote, D., Knight, D. B., & Richardson, A. J. (2025). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Understanding Curricular Complexity for Engineering Transfer Students. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/134272
Johnson, J., Richardson, A.J., Rodriguez, S., Lee, W. (2026). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways – Lessons Learned From Working Engineering Students. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/143144
Major, J, Richardson, A. J., & Rodriguez, S. L., (2026). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways: Supporting Low-Income S-STEM Students. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/140848
Moyer, S., Richardson, A. J., & Newcomer, J. (2026). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways – Lessons Learned From Cross-Sector Partnerships. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/143024
Newcomer, J., Richardson, A. J., Work, A., & Knight, D. B. (2025). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways-Lessons Learned in S-STEM Scholar Recruitment. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/136965
Ott, R., Newcomer, J., Richardson, A. J., Work, A., & Knight, D. B. (2025). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways – Lessons Learned in S-STEM Industry Partnerships. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/137571
Richardson, A. J., & Knight, D. B. (2025). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Understanding Credit Mobility for Engineering Transfer Students. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/125120
Richardson, A. J., Knight, D. B., & Lee, W. C. (2026). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Information Sharing Between Institutions in Support of Change. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/143708
Rodriguez, S. L., Blaney, J. M., Richardson, A. J., & Knight, D. B. (2025). ROPES Hub Research Brief: Strengthening STEM Pathways-Lessons Learned in S-STEM Identity. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/138962
Conference Presentations
Richardson, A. J. & Knight, D. B.. (2026). From Required to Remarkable: S-STEM Activities & What we Share About Them. [Conference presentation]. S-STEM PI 2026 Meeting.
Edwards, J.. Richardson, A., Rodriguez, S., Grote, D., (2026, April 2 – April 4).Strategies for Building Equitable, Sustainable Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Universities [Conference presentation]. Council for the Study of Community Colleges 2026 Conference
Lee, W. C., Knight, D. B., Rodriguez, S., Austin, S. J., Sturgess, J. R., Klopfer, M. D., Grohs, J. R., Richardson, A., Grote, D., & Newcomer, J. N. (2024, February 25). S-STEM Partnerships Supporting Low-Income Engineering Students: A Descriptive Case Study. 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD). https://peer.asee.org/s-stem-partnerships-supporting-low-income-engineering-students-a-descriptive-case-study
Knight, D., Watford, B., Lee, W., Grohs, J., Reed, T., Imbrie, P. K., Grote, D., Richardson, A., Klopfer, M., Johnson Austin, S., & Berhane, B. (2023). Board 354: Organizational Partnerships S-STEM Research Hub. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 42992. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2–42992
Richardson, A., Grote, D., Reeping, D., Newcomer, J. (2024, April 18 – April 20). Using Transfer Student Structural Complexity as a Boundary Object for Transfer Pathways [Conference presentation]. Council for the Study of Community Colleges 2024 Conference
Richardson, A., Knight, D. (2025, April 3 – April 5). How Organizational Partnerships Spark Information Sharing and Knowledge Sharing in a Quest for Sustainable, Institutional Change [Conference presentation]. Council for the Study of Community Colleges 2025 Conference.
Richardson, A., Rodriguez, S., Grote, D., Brehane, B.,. (2026, April 2 – April 4). Not Like Us: Navigating Divergent Approaches to Transfer in STEM Collaborations Between Community Colleges and Universities [Conference presentation]. Council for the Study of Community Colleges 2026 Conference
Rodriguez, S., Richardson, A. J., Chaback, B., Reeping, D., Knight, D. K., Work, A. (2025, November 2 – November 5). WIP: What does mutuality look like? Comparing how MSIs and Non-MSIs engage in S-STEM partnerships to serve low-income engineering and computing college students [Conference presentation]. Frontiers in Education 2025 Conference.
Rodriguez, S. L., Work, A., Richardson, A., Knight, D., and Lee, W. (2024, November 20 – November 23). Leading S-STEM Programs Within Higher Education Contexts: How Leaders Create Change for Academically Talented STEM Students with Financial Need [Conference presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education 2024 Conference.