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Dr. Hutchins Ph.D. currently serves as a Clinical Associate Professor in the department of Teaching, Learning and Culture (TLAC). He previously served as Interim Co-Director and Associate Director of evaluation for the Texas A&M Education Research Center (ERC). He also served as Program Chair (2023-24) and President (2024-25) of the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA); currently serving term as Immediate Past President (2025-26). Dr. Hutchins has over 20 years of professional experience in research and evaluation shared across higher education, PK-12 public education, and the defense and space sector. His teaching, practice, and scholarship focus on research, evaluation, and continuous improvement in schools. Dr. Hutchins remains actively involved in grant funded projects within the university and with local school districts. As an Educational Research Methodologist, he teaches graduate level courses in educational research methods including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods; action research; program evaluation; and improvement science.
Education
Ph.D., Education & Human Resource Studies, Research methodology, Colorado State University (2015)
M.A., Experimental psychology and Experimental statistics, Engineering psychology, New Mexico State University (2007)
B.A., Psychology, University of Maine at Farmington (2000)
COURSES TAUGHT
EDCI605. Qualitative Research Methods in Curriculum and Instruction
2019B
EDCI609. ANALY REPORT REC OF STDY
2021A,2018A,2017A
EDCI632. Program Evaluation in Curriculum and Instruction
2021B
EDCI636. Educator as Researcher
2021A,2021C
EDCI661. MIXED MTHODS RSCH C&I
2021C,2020C,2019C,2019A,2017C
EDCI751. Problem-Based Research Frameworks
2021A
EDCI754. TRENDS IN DATA MGMT ANALYSIS
2021C,2020C
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Kwok, A. Svajda-Hardy, M., Hill-Jackson, V. & Hutchins, S. D. (2023). Exploring a Teacher Residency as a Recruitment and Retention Strategy for High-Need Districts. Journal of Education, 0(0), online first https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574231196558.
Conference Proceedings
Hutchins, S. D. (2024) On the Definitions and Components of Methodology: A Qualitative Synthesis of Literature and Proposed Framework. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 14-16. Arlington, TX.
Hutchins, S. D & Rambo-Hernandez, K. (2024) Using Contingency Tables as a Method of Crossover Analysis for Achieving Complementarity in Convergent Mixed Methods Designs. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 14-16. Arlington, TX.
Hill-Jackson, V., Kwok, A., Hutchins, S. D., & Svajda-Hardy, M. (2023). Voices of the residents: A university-based teacher residency program as a retention strategy for high-need school districts. Conference Proceedings of the 2023 Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators.
Hutchins, S. D., Wright, K., & Duffield, N. (2023). Application of a Retrospective Pretest-Posttest Design to the Evaluation and Continuous Improvement of Professional Development. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 15-17. San Antonio, TX.
Walker, R., & Hutchins, S. D. (2023). A Mixed Methods Needs Analysis to Support Community Families in School Readiness. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 15-17. San Antonio, TX.
Conference Presentations
Hutchins, S. D., & Ortiz, A. (2023). Is it working? Evaluation of a Teacher Appraisal and Compensation System. The Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education (CSOTTE) Annual Conference. October 8-10. San Marcos, TX.
Hill-Jackson, V., Kwok, A., Hutchins, S. D., Caldwell, C., & Ramirez, M. (2022). Voices of Residents and School Leaders: A University-based Teacher Residency as a Recruitment and Retention Strategy for High-Need Districts. The Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education (CSOTTE) Annual Conference. October 9-11. San Marcos, TX.
Hutchins, S. D., Kwok, A., Corn, M., & Vasquez Neshyba, M. (2022). Measuring Clinical Practice: Description of the Process and Product of Observation Instrument Development. The Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education (CSOTTE) Annual Conference. October 9-11. San Marcos, TX.
Other Publications and Presentations
Hutchins, S. D. (2024). Understanding the Through Line in Mixed Methods Research:
Connecting the rationale, mixed question, mixed design, and meta-inference. Workshop delivered at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 14-16. Arlington, TX.
Connecting the rationale, mixed question, mixed design, and meta-inference. Workshop delivered at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 14-16. Arlington, TX.
Hutchins, S. D., & Grant, M. (2023). How to Collaborate with a Methodologist. Workshop delivered at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference. February 15-17. San Antonio, TX.
Hutchins, S. D., & Viruru, R. (2022). Working in the tension: Creating problem of practice statements for Ed.D. records of study. Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) Annual Convening Learning Exchange. October 12-14. Pittsburgh, PA.
AWARDS
American Educational Research Association, 2019 Division H Outstanding Publication Award, Applied Research: Category 2, Program Evaluation.
American Educational Research Association, 2016 Division H Outstanding Publication Award, Applied Research: Category 1b, Applied Research Reports.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Immediate Past President, Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA), 2025-26
President, Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA), 2024-25
Program Chair, Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA), 2023-24
Interim Co-Director, Texas A&M Education Research Center, 2023-25
Associate Director for Evaluation, Texas A&M University Education Research Center, 2020-2023