Scholarship

*Coauthored with student(s).

*Tise, J. C., Hernandez, P. R., & Wesley Schultz, P. (2023). Mentoring underrepresented students for success: Self-regulated learning strategies as a critical link between mentor support and educational attainment. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 102233. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2023.102233

*Lee, H., Hernandez, P. R., *Tise, J. C., & *Du, W. (2023). How role models can diversify college students in STEM: A social-cognitive perspective. Theory Into Practice, 62(3), 232-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2023.2226554

*Du, W., Hernandez, P. R., Adams, A. S., Clinton, S. M., Barnes, R. T., Burt, M., Pollack, I., & Fischer, E. V. (2023). Promoting sense of belonging and interest in the geosciences among undergraduate women through mentoring. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 31(4), 446-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2023.2225395

Hernandez, P. R., Patterson, M. R., *Nyanamba, J. M., Adams, A. S., Barnes, R. T., Bloodhart, B., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., Pollack, I., Fischer, E. V. (Accepted). Webs of science: Developmental networks influence women’s integration into STEM fields. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

*Bonilla, A., Schultz, W., Woodcock, A, Hernandez, P. R. (2023 online first). Diversifying STEM: Communal goal mismatch predicts student intentions. Journal of Social Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-022-09750-2

Hernandez, P. R., *Ferguson, C. F., *Pedersen, R., Richards-Babb, M., Quedado, K., & Shook, N. J. (2023 online first). Research apprenticeship training promotes psychological similarity and high-quality mentoring: A longitudinal quasi-experiment. Mentoring and Tutoring: A Partnership in Learning. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2023.2164973

Saw, G. K., Chang, C., *Lin, S., Hernandez, P. R., & Culbertson, R. (2022 online first). Disparities in mentoring and mental health of US college students in science and engineering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Educational Psychology. https://doi:10.1080/01443410.2022.2146055

Estrada, M., *Young, G., *Flores, L., Hernandez, P. R., & DeerInWater, K. (2022). Culture and quality matter in building effective mentorship relationships with Native STEM scholars. Bioscience. https://doi:10.1093/biosci/biac064

*Henderson, H., Bloodhart, B., Adams, A., Barnes, R. T., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., Godfrey, E., Pollack, I., Fischer, E. V., & Hernandez, P. R. (2022). Seeking Congruity for Communal and Agentic Goals: A Longitudinal Examination of U.S. College Women’s Persistence in STEM. Journal of Social Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-021-09679-y

*Pedersen, R. P., *Ferguson, C. F., Estrada, M., Schultz, P. W., Woodcock, A., Hernandez, P. R. (2022). Similarity and contact frequency promote mentorship quality among Hispanic undergraduates in STEM. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(2), ar27. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-10-0305

 *Lee, S. Y., Agocha, V. B., Hernandez, P. R., Park, C. L., Williams, M., & *Carney, L. M. (2022). Coping styles moderate the relationship between perceived discrimination and eating behaviors during the transition to college. Appetite, 168, 105699. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105699

Park, C. L., Williams, M. K., Hernandez, P. R., Agocha, V. B., *Lee, S. Y., *Carney, L. M., & *Loomis, D. (2020). Development of emotion regulation across the first two years of college. Journal of Adolescence, 84, 230-242. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.09.009

Hernandez, P. R., Agocha, V. B., *Carney, L. M., Estrada, M., *Lee, S. Y., *Loomis, D., Williams, M., Park, C. L. (2020). Testing models of reciprocal relations between social influence and integration in STEM across the college years. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238250. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0238250

Hernandez, P. R., Adams, A., Barnes, R. T., Bloodhart, B., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., *Du, W., *Henderson, H., Pollack, I., & Fischer, E. V. (2020). Inspiration, inoculation, and introductions are all critical to successful mentorship for undergraduate women pursuing geoscience careers. Communications Earth & Environment, 1, 1-7. doi:10.1038/s43247-020-0005-y

Park, C. L., Williams, M., Hernandez, P. R., Agocha, V. B., *Carney, L. M., *DePetris, A., & *Lee, S. Y. (2019). Self-regulation and STEM persistence in minority and non-minority students across the first year of college. Social Psychology of Education, 22, 91–112. doi:10.1007/s11218-018-9465-7

Hernandez, P. R., Bloodhart, B., Adams, A. S., Barnes, R. T., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., *Du, W., Godfrey, E., *Henderson, H., Pollack, I., Fischer, E. V. (2018). Role modeling is a viable retention strategy for undergraduate women in the geosciences. Geosphere, 14(6), 2585-2593. doi:10.1130/GES01659.1

Hernandez, P. R., *Hopkins, P. D., *Masters, K., Holland, L., Mei, B. M., Richards-Babb, M., Quedado, K., Shook, N. J. (2018). Student integration into STEM careers and culture: A longitudinal examination of summer research mentors and project ownership. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 17:ar50(3), 1-14. doi:10.1187/cbe.18-02-0022

Fischer, E. V., Adams, A. S., Barnes, R. T., Bloodhart, B., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., Godfrey, E., Pollack, I., Hernandez, P. R. (2018). Welcoming women into the geosciences. Eos, 99. doi:10.1029/2018EO095017

Hernandez, P. R., Woodcock, A., Estrada, M., & Schultz, P. W. (2018). Undergraduate research experiences broaden diversity in the scientific workforce. BioScience. 68(3), 204-211. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix163

Estrada, M., Hernandez, P. R., & Schultz, P. W. (2018). A longitudinal study of how quality mentorship and research experience integrate underrepresented minorities into STEM careers. CBE-Life Sciences Education. 17(ar9), 1-13. doi:10.1187/cbe.17-04-0066

Hernandez, P. R., Bloodhart, B., Barnes, R. T., Adams, A. S., Clinton, S. M., Pollack, I., Godfrey, E., Burt, M., Fischer, E. V. (2017). Promoting professional identity, motivation, and persistence: Benefits of an informal mentoring program for female undergraduate students. PLoS ONE. 12, e0187531. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187531

Hernandez, P. R., Estrada, M., Woodcock, A., & Schultz, P. W. (2016). Protégé perceptions of high mentorship quality depend on shared values more than on demographic match. Journal of Experimental Education. 83(3), 450-468. doi: 10.1080/00220973.2016.1246405

Rodenbusch, S., Hernandez, P. R., Simmons, S. L., & Dolan. E. L. (2016). Early engagement in course-based research increases graduation rates and completion of science, engineering, and mathematics degrees. CBE-Life Sciences Education. 15, 1-10. doi: 10.1187/cbe.16-03-0117

Woodcock, A., Hernandez, P. R., & Schultz, P. W. (2015). Diversifying science: Intervention programs moderate the effect of stereotype threat on motivation and career choice. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 7(2), 184-192. doi:10.1177/1948550615608401

Hernandez, P. R., *Bodin, R., *Elliot, J. W., *Ibrahim, B., Rambo-Hernandez, K. E., Chen, T. W., de Miranda, M. A. (2014). Connecting the STEM dots: Measuring the effect of an integrated engineering design intervention. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 24, 107-120. doi: 10.1007/s10798-013-9241-0

Wolgemuth, J. R., Harper, H. Hernandez, P. R., Helmer, J. (2013). Cultural validity of the group reading assessment and diagnostic evaluation level K phonological awareness scale for Indigenous Australians. The International Journal of Quantitative Research in Education, 1, 229-250. doi: 10.1504/IJQRE.2013.057697

Hernandez, P. R., Schultz, P. W., Estrada, M., Woodcock, A., & *Chance, R. C. (2013). Sustaining optimal motivation: A longitudinal analysis of interventions to broaden participation of underrepresented students in STEM. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 89-107. doi: 10.1037/a0029691

Woodcock, A., Hernandez, P. R., Estrada, M., & Schultz, P. W. (2012). The consequences of chronic stereotype threat: Domain disidentification and attrition (for some). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 635-646. doi: 10.1037/a0029120

Estrada, M., Woodcock, A., Hernandez, P. R., & Schultz, P. W. (2011). Toward a model of social influence that explains minority student integration into the scientific community. Journal of Educational Psychology, 203, 206-222. doi: 10.1037/a0020743

Schultz, P. W., Hernandez, P. R., Woodcock, A., Estrada, M., Chance, R. C., Aguilar, M., & Serpe, R. T. (2011). Patching the pipeline: Reducing educational disparities in the sciences through minority training programs. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33, 95-114. doi: 10.3102/0162373710392371

Hernandez, P.R. (October, 2023). Webs of science: The formation and impacts of effective mentorship networks for underrepresented students pursuing STEM careers. Plenary speaker at the annual UNM Mentoring Institute Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Hernandez, P.R. (October, 2023). Webs of science: The formation and impacts of effective mentorship networks for underrepresented students pursuing STEM careers. Invited speaker at the 2nd World Giftedness Center International Conference, Held Online.

Hernandez, P.R. (September, 2023). Webs of science: The formation and impacts of effective mentorship networks for underrepresented students pursuing STEM careers. Invited speaker at the Baylor Geoscience Department Seminar, Waco, TX.

Hernandez, P.R. (May, 2023). Webs of science: The formation and impacts of effective mentorship networks for underrepresented students pursuing STEM careers. Invited speaker at the 2023 International Expert Meeting on Transformative Power of Mentoring for Reaching Excellence in STEMM. Colorado Springs, CO.

Hernandez, P.R. (April, 2023). Webs of Science: Mentor Networks Influence Social Integration into STEM Careers. Invited speaker for the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) virtual seminar series. Held online.

Hernandez, P.R. (April, 2023). Diversifying Science & Engineering: Effects of STEM Training Programs and Why They Work. Keynote speaker for the Texas A&M SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) chapter. College Station, TX.

Hernandez, P.R. (February, 2023). Inspiration, Inoculation, & Introductions Are All Critical to Successful Mentorship for Undergraduate Women Pursuing Geoscience Careers. Invited speaker for the Second Annual UTA College of Education Research Day, Arlington, TX.

Hernandez, P.R. (March, 2022). Social and Motivational Interventions to Broadening Participation in STEM: Theory and Applications. Invited speaker for The Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions Spring 2022 Webinar Series, Held Online.

Edgar, P., Hammond, T., Goldberg, D., Kirby, K., Hernandez, P.R., Watson, K., & White, L. (November, 2021). SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS | Diversifying the Workforce – Teaching, Research & Application. Invited speaker at the TxGIS Day 2021, Held Online.

​Hernandez, P.R. & Williams, M. (October, 2018). Self-Regulation Skills as Predictors of URM Success in Biomedical Research. Invited speaker at the session at the first Understanding Interventions – SACNAS Workshop, San Antonio, TX.

Hernandez, P.R. (October, 2018). Metrics, Assessment, and Evaluation in Mentorship. Invited speaker at the session at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine “Participatory Workshop on Metrics, Models, and Identities in STEMM Mentoring Relationships: What Works and Why?” Irvine, CA.

Hernandez, P. R., Williams, M., Agocha, V.B., Carney, L., Depetris, A., George, L., Lee, S., & Park, P. (March, 2018). Early Research and Mentoring Experiences: A Social Influence Model for Integrating First-Generation Students into STEM. Co-Plenary address at the Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Careers conference, Baltimore, MD.

Hernandez, P.R. (October, 2017). Broadening the diversity of the scientific workforce
through undergraduate research experiences. Invited speaker at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD.

Hernandez, P.R. (June, 2017). Measuring Motivational and Other Psychological Factors in URE Participants. Invited speaker at the session at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine “Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities” report launch, Washington, DC.

Laursen, S. & Hernandez, P.R. (February, 2017). Defining and operationalizing mentoring. Co-Plenary speaker at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine “Participatory Workshop on Effective Mentoring in STEMM: practice, research, and future directions,” Washington, DC.

Hernandez, P.R. (May, 2016). Do Science Training Programs Work? A 10-year Longitudinal Study of Minority Students Funded through Science Training Programs. Invited speaker at the open session of the May meeting of the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, Bethesda, MD.

Hernandez, P.R. (September, 2015). Using quantitative analysis of effects of interventions to broaden participation. Invited speaker session at the meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee to study “Strengthening Research Experiences for Undergraduate STEM Students,” Washington D.C.

Hernandez, P. R. (March, 2015). Diversifying science: Effects of minority training programs and why they work. Oral presentation given at the WVU Psychology Department colloquium, Morgantown, WV.

Hernandez, P. R. & Rambo-Hernandez, K. E. (November, 2014). Interventions to promote women’s persistence in STEM. Oral presentation given at the WVU CEHS Brown Bag BUZZ colloquium, Morgantown, WV.

*Coauthored with student(s).

*Ream, A, Hernandez, P. R., Haddad, K., Killen, A., Hernandez, N., and Woodcock, A. (2023, October). Longitudinal Evaluation of Parents for STEM Success: Insights from Parental Experiences. [Poster Presentation]. American Evaluation Association Annual Conference 2023, Indianapolis, IN.

*Yu, F., Yan, R., Hernandez, P. R., Anderson, B., DeerInWater, K., Estrada, M., Hosoda, K., Maldonado, N., Smith, T., & Watson, L. (2023, August). Motivating Native Americans in STEM: Role of microaffirmation, STEM Identity and self-efficacy. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychology Association Annual Conference 2023, Washington, DC.

*Du, Z., Luo, W., & Hernandez, P.R. (2023, August). Analyzing nested count data: A simulation study using Poisson multilevel modeling. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Conference 2023, Washington, DC.

*Zhang, Q., Hernandez, P. R., Patterson, M. (2023, June). Exploring Network Churn in STEM Undergraduate Women’s Mentorship Networks. [Paper Presentation]. Sunbelt Annual Conference 2023, Portland, OR.

*Pedersen, R., Patterson, M., Thomas, S., Hernandez, P. R., (2023, April). Peer Access Supports Community Values: A Social Network Analysis of Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduates. [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, IL.

*Pedersen, R., Hernandez, P. R., Woodcock, A., Schultz., P. W. (2023, April). My Mentors are Like Me: Perceived Similarity Predicts Relational Satisfaction within Mentor Networks. [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, IL.

*Nyanamba, J. M., *Yu, F., Hernandez, P. R., Anderson, B., DeerInWater, K., Estrada, M., Hosoda, K. K., Maldonado, N., Smith, T. D., †Flores, L. (2023, April). Motivating Native Americans in STEM: Belonging Mediates the Impact of Goal Affordance and Congruity. [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, IL.

*Tise, J., Hernandez, P. R., Schultz, P. W. (2023, April). Mentoring for Success: Self‐Regulated Learning Strategies Use Links Mentor Support and Educational Attainment. [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, IL.

*Du, Z., *Zhang Q., Hernandez, P.R., *Abda, T., *Juarez, N., Patterson, M., Handelsman, J., Broderick, N., Miller, S., Estrada, M., †Young, G., †Sandoval, P., Aldana C.C. Maldonado, N. (2023, April). Improving Instructor‐Student Relationship Quality through Social Inclusion Intervention in Biomedical Sciences. [Poster Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, IL.

Hernandez, P. R., Adams, A., Barnes, R. T., Bloodhart, R., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., *Du, W., *Henderson, H. L., Pollack, I., & Fischer, E. V. (2022, December). Inspiration, inoculation, and introductions are all critical to successful mentorship for undergraduate women pursuing geoscience careers. Paper presented at the annual American Geophysical Union Conference 2022, Chicago, IL.

Hernandez, P. R., *Nyanamba, J., Patterson, M. (2022, April). Webs of Science: Developmental Networks Influence Women’s Longitudinal Integration into STEM Fields. [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2022, San Diego, CA.

*Pedersen, R. M., *Ferguson, C. F., & Hernandez, P. R. (2022, April). Time Matters: The Moderating Role of Contact Frequency on the Mentorship to Career Development Link. [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2022, San Diego, CA.

*Pedersen, R.M. & Hernandez, P.R. (2022, March). Relationships of Implicit and Explicit Balanced STEM Identity Moderated by Gender. [Accepted for Conference Session]. Southwest Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.

*Pedersen, R. M., *Du, Z., & Hernandez, P. R. (2022, January). Science identity retains women in STEM: A longitudinal social influence study. [Poster Presentation]. Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference 2022, San Francisco, CA.

*Pedersen, R. M., *Sanneh, N. I., & Hernandez, P. R. (2022, February). Implicit and Explicit Balance Scores Vary as a Function of Gender and STEM Major. [Paper Presentation]. American Society for Engineering Education CoNECD Conference 2022, New Orleans, LA

*Chen, S., *Nyanamba, J., Hernandez, P. R., & Park, C. (2021, August 12 -14). Effect of Academic Support and Gender on GPA Outcomes in Underrepresented Minority STEM Students. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association 2021 convention, San Diego, CA. To Be Held Online.

*Du, W. & Hernandez, P. R. (2021, August 12 -14). Promoting Sense of Belonging and Interest in Geosciences among Undergraduate Women through Mentoring. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association 2021 convention, San Diego, CA. To Be Held Online.

*Ferguson, C. F., *Pedersen, R. M., & Hernandez, P. R. (2021, August 12-14). Quality of mentorship enhanced by promoting mentor-protégé psychological similarity [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association 2021 Convention, San Diego, CA. To Be Held Online.

*Du, W., Zhang, Q., & Hernandez, P. R. (2021, March 29-April 2). Promoting Sense of Belonging and Interest in Geosciences among Undergraduate Women through Mentoring. [Poster Presentation]. Texas A&M University Student Research Week, College Station, TX. https://srw.tamu.edu/, Held Online.

*Pedersen, R. M., *Avlonitis, M. R., *Sanneh, N. I., Hernandez, P. R. (2021, March 29-April 2). Type of STEM Field Moderates Gender Differences in Implicit and Explicit Identity Balance [Poster presentation]. Texas A&M University Student Research Week, College Station, TX. https://srw.tamu.edu/, Held Online.

Saw, G., Chang, C., & Hernandez, P.R. (April, 2021). Disparities in Mentoring Experiences and Academic/Career Outcomes of STEM Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper to be presented at the annual National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference, Held Online.

Hernandez, P. R., Adams, A., Barnes, R. T., Bloodhart, R., Burt, M., Clinton, S. M., *Du, W., Fischer, E. V., *Henderson, H. L., Pollack, I. (December, 2020). Building optimal support programs: Evidence from a randomized field experiment. Poster presented at the annual Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Conference, Held Online.

Hernandez, P.R., Agocha, V. B., *Carney, L., Estrada, M., *Lee, S. Y., *Loomis, D., Williams, M., & Park, C. L. (August, 2020). Testing models of reciprocal relations between social influence and integration in STEM across the college years. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Convention, Held Online.

*Henderson, H. L., Hernandez, P. R., Bloodhart, B. & Fischer, E. V. (February, 2020). Communal values and the longitudinal effect on persistence of undergraduate women in STEM. Paper to be presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychological Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Park, C. L., Hernandez, P.R., Williams, M. Agocha, V. B., *Carney, L., & *Lee, S. Y. (May, 2019). Differences in Coping and Emotion Regulation Styles over Three Years of University. Paper presented in symposium, Integrating Perspectives on Stress Processes: The Overlapping and Unique Roles of Coping and Emotion Regulation (C. L. Park & P. J. Moore, Chairs), at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

Hernandez, P. R., Adams, A., Agocha, B., Barnes, R. T., Bloodhart, R., Burt, M., Carney, L., Clinton, S. M., Depetris, A., Du, W., Estrada, M., Godfrey, E., Fischer, E. V., Henderson, H. L., Lee, S., Park, C., Pollack, I., Schultz, P. W., Williams, M. (March, 2019). Clarifying the role of efficacy, identity, and values to optimize interventions to broaden participation in STEM. Paper presented at the annual Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Conference, Baltimore, MD.

*Henderson, H. L., Hernandez, P. R., Bloodhart, R., Adams, A., Barnes, R. T., Clinton, S. M., & Fischer, E. V. (March, 2019). Promoting women’s interest in science through mentoring experiences that affirm communal goals. Poster presented at the annual Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Conference, Baltimore, MD.

*Du, W., Hernandez, P. R., (February, 2019). Promoting sense of belonging and interest among undergraduate women in STEM. Poster presented at the annual Eastern Psychological Association Convention, New York, NY.

*Gondring, A., Hernandez, P. R., (February, 2019). Psychosocial support and professional development among female undergraduate STEM majors. Poster presented at the annual Eastern Psychological Association Convention, New York, NY.

*Khan, A., Hernandez, P. R., (February, 2019). The effect of mentorship on women’s self-efficacy. Poster presented at the annual Eastern Psychological Association Convention, New York, NY.

Bloodhart, R., Hernandez, P. R., Adams, A., Barnes, R. T., Clinton, S. M., & Fischer, E. V. (February, 2019). Too Feminine for STEM?: Interference between Gender and Science Identities Impacts Women’s Interest in Science. Paper presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychological Convention, Portland, CA.