Directory » EMMA PEREZ
I am Associate Program Director of Outreach & Research at the Office of Strategic Educational Partnerships at Texas A&M University. Within the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, I also assist with project management or the execution and management of the project “Broadening Participation in STEM: A Qualitative Analysis of Resilience Experiences and Strategies of Latina STEM Majors in Hispanic Serving Institutions.”
My goal is to continue in a career in higher education focused on understanding and guiding students in STEM education and careers while attempting to chip away at structures that marginalize, so all students can succeed.
My goal is to continue in a career in higher education focused on understanding and guiding students in STEM education and careers while attempting to chip away at structures that marginalize, so all students can succeed.
Education
Ph.D., Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience (DCBN), University of Houston (2020)
M.A., Psychology/DCBN, University of Houston (2016)
B.S., Biology, University of Houston (2014)
B.S., Psychology, University of Houston (2014)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Journal Articles
Perez, E. C., Gonzalez, E. M., & Sanchez Hernandez, I. (2024). Resilience in action through culture: Latinas successfully navigating STEM spaces at an HSI. Education Sciences, 14(8), 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080848 [published with student]
Deis, C., Gonzalez, E., & Perez, E.C. (2023). Roots of cultural resilience: A case study on the resilience of Latinx medical students. Journal of Latinos and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2023.2263783
Perez, E. C., Gehm, K.H., Gaume Lobo, V., Olvera, M., & Leasure, L. J. (2023). Adulthood effects of developmental exercise in rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22444
Tang, T. T., Zawaski, J. A., Kesler, S., Beamish, C. A., Inoue, T., Perez, E. C., Bronk, L., Poenisch, F., Briere, T. M., Sabek, O. M., Grosshans, D. R., & Gaber, M. W. (2021). Cognitive and imaging differences after proton and photon whole brain irradiation in a preclinical model. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.09.005
Perez, E. C., Bravo, D. R., Rodgers, S. P., Khan, A. R., & Leasure, J. L. (2019). Shaping the adult brain with exercise during development: Emerging evidence and knowledge gaps. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2019.06.006
Perez, E. C., Rodgers, S. P., Inoue, T., Pedersen, S. E., Leasure, J. L., & Gaber, M. W. (2018). Olfactory memory impairment differs by sex in a rodent model of pediatric radiotherapy. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2019.06.006
Book Chapters
Gonzalez, E. & Perez, E. C. [In press]. Latina resilience in engineering and the impact of COVID: Strategies of success in a Hispanic serving institution. In L. Perez-Felkner, S. L. Rodriguez, & C. Fluker (Eds.), Latin* students in engineering: An intentional focus on a growing population. Rutgers University Press.
COURSES TAUGHT
3341. Physiological Psychology
undergraduate course (University of Houston) about neuronal communication, neuroanatomy, addiction, biology of sex/gender, emotion/stress, body senses, and learning/memory
Summer 2017, 2018-2020