Research Interests

Academic Self-Efficacy; Academic environment structures; Retention in STEM majors; Underacademically Prepared students in STEM; Widening Access to STEM majors; Building Community in STEM; Building leadership identity; Internationalization; Global Leadership Identity; Program Impact, Assessment and Development

Selected Intellectual Contributions

  • Clark ,J.I., Kittelman, S., Rehman, F., Schmitt, M.R. (2024). Using a taxonomy to categorize physiological affect statements to determine their impact on other sources of self efficacy. 2024 ASEE Pacific Northwest Region Conference
  • Clark, J. I. (2021). Using student perception of college environment for developing academic self-efficacy in engineering and computing education (Publication No. 16565) [Doctoral dissertation, Montana State University]. Thesis and Dissertations and Montana State University. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/16595
  • J. I. Clark, (2020). Research to Practice: Keeping STEM student recruitment fresh and relevant using peer mentoring, 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274230. 
  • Aderholdt, D., Oliveri, C., Clark, J., & Seifert, T. (2020). Informal peer mentorship: Listening to the everyday student. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 7(3), 5–14.
  • J. I. Clark, W. D. Aderholdt, T. A. Seifert and C. N. Oliveri, Flipping the lens: What we learn from students about success in college, 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2019, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028581.
  • Oliveri, C., Funke, K., Clark, J., & Seifert, T. A. (2018). Blueprints for student success: High school students’ questions about the transition to college. The Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 17(2), 43–59.

  • Clark, J.I., Codd, S.L., Des Jardins, A.C.,  Foreman, C.M., Gunnink, B.W., Plumb, C. & Stocker, K.R. (2015). Peer Mentoring Program: Providing Early Intervention and Support to Improve Retention and Success of Women in Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, June 14-17, 2015.  DOI: 10.18260/p.24555.