Cara Cliburn Allen, M.S.Ed. Baylor University One Bear place #97304 Waco, TX 76706 Cara_Cliburn@Baylor.edu EDUCATION Baylor University, Doctor of Philosophy 2019 Higher Education Studies and Leadership PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Baylor University, Master of Science 2015 Higher Education and Student Affairs Thesis: Faith, Work, and Praxis: A Process Model of Integration for Christian Student Affairs Administrators Advisor: Nathan Alleman, Ph.D. Oklahoma Baptist University, Bachelor of Arts 2013 Major: English Literature Minor: Religion Research Assistant, Nathan Alleman Ph.D. & Perry Glanzer, Ph.D. Associate Community Coordinator, Quadrangle Graduate Student Housing Graduate Assistant, Dean Michael McLendon, School of Education 2015 August 2016 Research Assistant, Perry Glanzer Ph.D. Summer 2015 Graduate Apprentice, Graduate Student Life Baylor University, Graduate School, Waco, TX 2013 2015 Academic Mentor, The Milburn Student Success Center Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK 2010 2013 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant: Qualitative Research Fall 2017 Dr. Nathan Alleman
Teaching Assistant: Faith-Based Higher Education Dr. Nathan Alleman, Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to the Art and Science of Nursing, First Year Seminar Fall 2015 Monica Mullins, M.Ed. Undergraduate level course Teaching Assistant: Foundations and History of Higher Education Dr. Nathan Alleman, Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant: English Composition Exposition and Argument January 2013 Mary Sanders, Ph.D. Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK Undergraduate Level Course SCHOLARSHIP. Publications Alleman, N., Cliburn Allen, C., & Haviland, D. (In press). Collegiality and the collegium in an era of faculty differentiation. [ASHE Higher Education Report, 43(4)]. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Cliburn Allen, C. & Alleman, N. (2017). Faith, work, and praxis: A process model of integration for Christian student affairs administrators. Christian Higher Education, 16(5), 285-302. Cliburn Allen, C., & Glanzer, P. (2017). How college students understand their self-control development, Journal of College and Character 18(3), 187-201. Haviland, D., Alleman, N. F., & Cliburn Allen, C. (2017). Separate but not quite equal: Collegiality experiences of full-time, non-tenure-track faculty members. Journal of Higher Education 88(4), 505-528. Publications Under Review Alleman, N., Cliburn Allen, C., & Haviland, D. Full-time, non-tenure track faculty, service, and organizational commitment, Teacher s College Record. Sriram, R., Glanzer, P., & Cliburn Allen, C. What contributes to self-control and grit? The key factors in college students. Journal of College Student Development. Scholarly Presentations Cliburn Allen, C. & Alleman, N. (2017). A private struggle at a private institution: Effects of student hunger on social and academic experiences. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual meeting, Houston, TX. Alleman, N., Nelson, J., & Cliburn Allen (2017). The stigma of tenure denied: An exploration of individual and institutional implications. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual meeting, Houston, TX.
Robinson, J., Cliburn Allen, C., Erck, R., Robbins, K., & Alleman, N. (2017). Forming identities in community college. American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. San Antonio, TX. Alleman, N., Cliburn Allen, C., & Nelson, J. The stigma of tenure denied: An exploration of individual and institutional implications. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual meeting. Columbus, OH, November 2016. Cliburn Allen, C. How Theological Tradition Informs Teaching Methods: A Christian Faculty Survey. Institute for Faith and Learning Conference. Waco, TX, October, 2016. Cliburn Allen, C., Robbins, K., Robinson, J., Landerholm, S., Strietzel, J., & Erck, R. Linking theory to practice: Initiatives to promote thriving for underrepresented populations. 7 th Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium. Austin, TX. August 2016.. Alleman, N., & Cliburn Allen, C., Full Time, non-tenure track faculty, organizational commitment and institutional service. American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, Washington, DC, April 2016. Cliburn Allen, C., & Alleman, N. Faith, work, and praxis: A process model of integration for Christian student affairs administrators. American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, Washington, DC, April 2016. Robinson, J., Cliburn Allen, C., & Alleman, N. Forming identities in the community college: A sociological approach. The Council for the Study of Community Colleges Annual Conference, Plano, TX, April 2016. Haviland, D., Alleman, N. F., & Cliburn Allen, C. Collegiality experiences of full-time, non-tenure track faculty members. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual meeting. Denver, CO, November 2015. Invited Talks Cliburn Allen, C. Understanding Food Insecurity at a Private Institution, Student Success Professional Development,, July 2017. Cliburn Allen, C. College Student Hunger and a University s Response, Drive to Hunger Awareness, Baylor University, Waco, TX, February 2017. Cliburn Allen, C., & Alleman, N. The Invisible Struggle: Food Insecurity on College Campuses in Building Success: Tools to Help Students Complete, Completion Summit, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX, February 2017. Alleman, N., & Cliburn Allen, C. Collegiality in the Era of the New Faculty Majority: Bridging the Divide Between Tenure and Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Seminars for Excellence in Teaching (SET), Baylor University, Waco, TX, January 2015. Cliburn Allen, C. Women in the academy: Developing holistic leaders, National Association of Graduate- Professional Students Regional Conference,, March 2014. Scholarship in Progress Food Insecurity and College Students at a Research Institution, This study is currently being conducted with Nathan Alleman, a faculty member in my department. I am the lead researcher on this study. We are seeking to understand whether or not students that experience food insecurity while in college feel a sense of belonging
within the institution both academically and socially. Results will be used to help the institution ascertain what services are needed to support students experiencing food insecurity. Stylus Non-tenure Track Faculty Book, Stylus just offered our research team, Nathan Alleman, Don Haviland, and myself a book contract to write about the current experiences of non-tenure track faculty and the ways in which institutions can respond to make a better work environment for the new majority of faculty. The manuscript is due spring 2018. Felt Identity Among Community College Students, This study is being conducted with a faculty member and 3 doctoral students in my department. Building off a sociological study of collegiate identity formation by Kaufman and Feldman (2004) this study analyzes how community college students conceive of this community college experience and whether or not it contributes to students felt identity toward new identity formulations, or in ways that reinforce prior class perceptions. Stigma: Faculty Who are Denied Tenure, This study is currently under development and will explore the socialpsychological phenomenon of being denied tenure. The study employ s Goffman s concept of stigma and explores how individuals who are denied tenure or foresee being denied tenure handle impression management, compartmentalization, and other strategies to navigate an undesirable professional label that also holds implications for personal self-projection. I am working on this project in conjunction with a faculty member at Baylor and a fellow graduate student in the Sociology department. UNIVERSITY SERVICE (Baylor University) Created Baylor Mobile Food Pantry 2017 Baylor Food Insecurity Working Group (Committee Chair) 2016 Present Student Life Staff Professional Development Committee 2014 2015 Student Life Development Book Club Facilitator 2015 Chair Institute for Faith and Learning Symposium Session 2014 ITS/Libraries Faculty and Staff Advisory Council 2013 2014 ITS/Libraries Student Advisory Council Chair, Who s Who Graduate Student Committee 2013 2015 Chair, Sic Em Grant Committee 2013 2015 Chair, Women in the Academy Conference Steering Committee 2013 2015 Professional Development Subcommittee 2013 2015 Higher Education and Student Affairs, Graduate Student Association Graduate Student Association Member PROFESSIONAL ASOCIATIONS
Association for the Study of Higher Education American Educational Research Association Council for the Study of Community Colleges 2016 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators 2015 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASHE Graduate Student Policy Seminar, Denver, CO 2015 Title IX Training, Waco, TX 2014 Content Management System Training, Waco, TX 2014 QPR Suicide Prevention Training, Waco, TX 2013 Annual Conference on First Year Experience, Orlando, FL 2013 AWARDS Who s Who Among Students in American Universities 2016 2017 AERA Conference Division J Student Travel Grant 2016 Graduate School Fellowship Baptist College and University Scholar 2015 - Present Qualified for Golden Key National Honor Society 2015 Full Tuition Remission and Graduate Student Stipend COMMUNITY SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT Baylor Mobile Food Pantry 2017 Academic Mentor-History of Higher Education Course 2016 Baylor Free Farmer s Market 2016-2017 Facilitated Inaugural Higher Education Studies and Leadership Ph.D. Student Orientation 2016 Teach 3-4 year old Sunday School-First Baptist Church Grandview 2017