Research

 
 

Research interests


•      College student personnel

•      Gender and labor, specifically faculty issues

•      International higher education focusing on Asia and Southeast Asia; Kenya

•      Qualitative research methods



Current research projects

  1. •    Exploring ACUI’s research agenda

  2. •    Indian international student mobility choice and processes

  3. •    Master’s student motivations and expectations

  4. •    Incorporating student affairs competencies holistically through work and graduate studies


Publications (*denotes graduate student)

Articles (peer-reviewed):

Birnbaum, M. G. & Yakaboski, T. (2011). The legal and policy implications of male-

benefiting admissions policies at public institutions: Can it ever be considered Affirmative Action for men? Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 48(1), 23-46.


Yakaboski, T. (2010). Going at it alone: Single mother undergraduates experiences. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 47(4), 463-481.


IN PRESS

Yakaboski, T. (in press, 2011). Feminist blogging blurs boundaries for

teaching and learning. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.


Yakaboski, T. (in press, summer 2011). “Quietly stripping the pastels”: Analyzing the

“new” undergraduate gender gap to address the female backlash.” Review of Higher Education, 34(4).


UNDER REVIEW

Yakaboski, T. (submitted 2010, under review). Reframing the two-body problem to two-body

opportunity: The unheard perspectives of Asian women faculty in U.S. STEM

departments. Journal of the Professoriate.


Yakaboski, T. (submitted 2010). The rest of the story: A qualitative study of Chinese and

Indian women faculty's migration. Journal of Studies in International Education.


Yakaboski, T. (submitted 2010, revise and resubmit). Evolution: The growth and challenges of student affairs at Kenyan public universities. College Student Affairs Journal.


Yakaboski, T., *Hunter, E., & *Manning, A. (submitted 2010). Keep your values off my body: Health care reform policies and college women. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.


Yakaboski, T, *Sheridan, R., & *Dade, K. (submitted 2011) Is higher education a form of

dowry?: Indian graduate students' migration and intentions. Higher Education.


Articles (invited):

Yakaboski, T. (May 2011). Student centers in Kenya: A shift from living rooms to business offices. ACUI Bulletin, 79(3), 26-32. 


Yakaboski, T. & *Willis, TJ. (2010).  Competency based graduate student assessment bridging work and the classroom. ACUI Bulletin, 78(4), 20-26.


Yakaboski, T. & *Willis, TJ. (2008). Connecting academics to practice: The perspectives from graduate student to practitioner to faculty. ACUI Bulletin, 76(6).


Book chapters:

Yakaboski, T. & Donahoo, S. (2011). Chapter 16: In (re)search of women in student affairs administration. In Pasque, P. A & Nicholson, S. E. (Eds.), Empowering women in higher education and student affairs: Theory, research, narratives, and practice from feminist perspectives. Stylus Publishing.


Yakaboski, T. (2010). Blurred borders: Educational migration, networks, and the creation of transnational social space. In Johanna C. Kardux and Doris Einsiedel (Eds.), Moving migration: Narrative transformations in Asian American literature, 213-233. Berlin: Lit Verlag.


Book reviews:

Yakaboski, T. & *Reinert, L. (2011). Review of Women in academic leadership: Professional strategies, personal choices. NASPA Journal of Women about Women in Higher Education, 4(1), 124-126.


Yakaboski, T. (2009, Winter). Review of College teaching: Developing perspective

through dialogue. Review of Higher Education, 32(2), 289-290.


Yakaboski, T. (2009, August). Review of Next wave cultures: Feminism, subcultures,

activism. Comparative Education Review, 53(3), 467-469.


Other:

Donahoo, S. & Yakaboski, T. (2010). AAUW. In The encyclopedia of education.



Academic conference presentations

Yakaboski, T. “Evolution: Student affairs in Kenya.” Paper accepted for 2011 (CIES) Comparative & International Education Society 55th Annual Conference, May 1-5, Montreal, Canada.


Yakaboski, T., *Hunter, E., & *Manning, A. Keep your values off my body:

Health care reform policies and college women. Paper accepted for 2010 Annual

Meeting of Association for the Study of Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN.


Yakaboski, T, *Dade, K., & *Sheridan, R. Is higher education a form of dowry?:

Indian graduate students' migration and intentions. Paper accepted for 2010

Annual Meeting of Association for the Study of Higher Education, Indianapolis,

IN.


Yakaboski, T. & Seymour, R. “Single parent experiences and needs.” Paper proposal

submitted to the Annual Meeting of National Association of Student Personnel

Administrators, Chicago, IL, March 6-10, 2010.


Donahoo, S. & Yakaboski, T. “Understanding student motivations and expectations for

matriculating to graduate school.” Paper accepted for the Annual

Meeting of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Chicago,

IL, March 6-10, 2010.


Birnbaum, M. G. & Yakaboski, T. “Dances with Affirmative Action: The legal and policy

implications of sex-based admissions policies.” Paper accepted for the 2009

Annual Meeting of Association for the Study of Higher Education, Vancouver, BC, November 4-6 2009.


Yakaboski, T. & Donahoo, S.  “The reinforcement of a “woman’s place in a man’s life

cycle”: Analyzing the presentations of women’s development in film.” Accepted

for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Association for the Study of Higher Education, Vancouver, BC, November 4-6 2009.


Yakaboski, T. “Quietly stripping the pastels”: Analyzing the “new” undergraduate gender

gap through postmodern feminism to address the female backlash. Paper

presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, San Diego, CA, April 2009.


Yakaboski, T. “A recipe for the graduate student to faculty transition: The shifting

strategies of Asian women’s academic careers in the U.S.” Paper presented at

the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, ‘San Diego, CA, April 2009.


Yakaboski, T. “Non-traditional migration forces for Indian and Chinese women via the

route of higher education.” Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Conference of

Comparative and International Education Society, Charleston, SC, March 2009.


Yakaboski, T. “Migration forces: Influences on Asian females in their pursuit of graduate

education in the STEM fields within the United States.” Paper presented at

MESEA –The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas, Leiden University, The Netherlands, June 25-28, 2008.


Yakaboski, T. “A career network analysis of the role of graduate education in shaping

the academic careers of Asian female faculty.” Paper presented at the Annual

Conference of Comparative and International Education Society, New York City,

New York, March 17-21, 2008.


Yakaboski, T. “The role of family: Examining the transnational career networks for Asian

female faculty.” Paper presented at the Regional Conference of Comparative and International Education Society, Chicago, Illinois, November 2-3, 2007.



Student and academic affairs presentations


Yakaboski, T. & Willis, TJ. “Strengthening the Core: Applying the core competencies

with graduate students.” Paper proposal accepted to ACUI, Association of

College Unions International Conference, March 2010 in New York, NY.


Yakaboski, T. “Using qualitative and quantitative data to inform practice in higher

education.” Research on International Education Data Collection and \Assessment to Improve Campus Programs and Affect Policy" for IL NAFSA, April 18, 2008.


Yakaboski, T. “Leadership for women” workshop. University of Arizona, 2006.


Yakaboski, T. “University budget management.” Graduate Seminar 650 – Finance, Spring 2005.


Yakaboski, T. “Satellite union operations.” Association of College Unions International

Conference, Reno, Nevada, March 2005.


Yakaboski, T. “Student services 101.” San Diego State University Leadership Conference, February 2002.


Yakaboski, T. “Putting your Greek membership to work.” Western Regional Leadership

Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2002.



Grants


Qualitative data consultant. (submitted 2009). “University-Community-Hospice

Partnership To Address Organizational Barriers to Cultural Competence in Hospice”

National Institute Health.


Principle investigator. (2009) “NVivo 8 Research Software for EAHE Computer Lab.”

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant, 2008-2009. Accepted for $5,000.


Training

NVivo 8 software