Chandler Hawkins
Visiting Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies,
Educational Studies
Email:
hawki241@purdue.edu
Phone:
765-494-0094
Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 5136
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Education
- Ph.D. — Higher Education, Indiana University – Bloomington
- Certificate in Institutional Research, Indiana University
- M.S. — Higher Education and Student Affairs, Canisius University
- B.A. — Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville
Career Experience
- 2025 – Present
Visiting Assistant Professor
Higher Education and Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
College of Education, Purdue University - 2021 – 2024
Graduate Assistant
Executive Associate Dean’s Office
School of Education, Indiana University
Awards & Honors
- Indiana University Common Ground Conference Best Paper Award (2024)
Hawkins, C.K. & Callais, V. (2024, April 12-13). College athlete or social media influencer: An exploratory study of student athletes on TikTok in the age of NIL. Indiana University Common Ground Conference. - Research and Practice in Assessment Best Scholarly Presentation (2023)
Miller, A., Hawkins, C. K., Bell, L. (2023, October 31). COVID-19 pandemic impact: Comparing undergraduate athletes mental wellness to non-athlete peers. Assessment Institute.
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
- American Educational Research Association
- National Women’s Studies Association
- Mid-Western Educational Research Association
- Association for the Study of Higher Education
Research & Publications
Dr. Hawkins’ research explores inequities in higher education and how the intersection of race and gender impacts the legibility of Black women in postsecondary education. More specifically, her work examines the racialized and gendered experiences of Black undergraduate women, with particular attention to desirability and a sense of belonging, foregrounding Black feminist perspectives. She has presented research at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Assessment Institute, the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), and the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA).
Selected Publications
- Miller, A., Hawkins, C. K., & Bell, L. (2025). COVID-19 Pandemic impact: Comparing undergraduate athletes mental wellness to non-athlete peers. Research and Practice in Assessment, 19(1), 59-71.
- Brooks, J. E., Hawkins, C. K., & White, D. A. (2024). Same-race bias in romantic attraction: Daters’ race, gender, and racial ideologies. Personal Relationships, 31(4), 1154-1174.
- Hawkins, C. K., Espiritu, G. L., & Miller, D. (2023). Enhancing culturally engaging research: (Re) imagining high impact research practices for undergraduate students. New Directions for Student Services, 181, 29-40.