Section Links

• Research Biography
• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Selected Publications

Research Biography

Degrees

• Ph.D., Training and Learning Technologies, University of New Mexico, 1996
• M.A., Communication, University of New Mexico, 1991
• B.A., Communication, University of New Mexico, 1989

Key Professional Appointments

• Associate Professor, Human Resource Education, College of Education, University of Illinois, 2004--
• Assistant Professor, Human Resource Education, College of Education, University of Illinois, 1998-2004
• Adjunct Professor, Organizational Learning & Instructional Technologies, University of New Mexico, 1994-1997
• Adjunct Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, 1994-1994
• Project Specialist/Associate Director, Educational Foundations Special Projects/New Mexico State Facilitator Project, University of New Mexico, 1987-1990

Activities & Honors

• Outstanding Scholar, Association for Career and Technical Education Research, 2007
• Outstanding Symposium Award, Association for Career and Technical Education Research, 2006
• Editor, Career and Technical Education Research, 2005-2006
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for Faculty, College of Education, 2005
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-2007
• Outstanding Assistant Professor, University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education, 2003
• Emerging Scholar, Council for the Study of Community Colleges, 2003
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, HRE 490 and HRE 482, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
• Editorial Board Member, Editorial Board, Journal of American Indian Education, 1999- present
• Technical Contributor, Evaluation of Tech Prep Consortia Initiatives, Illinois State Board of Education, 1998-2001
• Excellence for Outstanding Presentation, New Mexico, International Society for Performance Improvement, 1997

Selected Publications

• Espelage, D. L., Aragon, S. R., Birkett, M., & Koenig, B. W. (2008). Homophobia and psychological outcomes: How can parents and schools help [Special issue]? School Psychology Review, 37(2), 202-216.
• Githens, R. P., & Aragon, S. R.  (in press).  LGBT employee groups:  Goals and organizational structures.  Advances in Developing Human Resources.
• Aragon, S. R., Rodriguez, D., Marvel, M. R., Crews, D. M., & Broeren, A. J. (2007). Do skill standards make a difference? A case study of two community college districts. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education.
• Alfeld, C., Stone, J. R., III, Aragon, S. R., Hansen, D. M., Zirkle, C., Connors, J., et al. (2007). The value added by career and technical students organizations (CTSOs) to students’ high school experience. Minneapolis: National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, University of Minnesota.
• Crews, D. M., & Aragon, S. R. (2007). Influence of a community college developmental education writing course on persistence. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 31(8), 637-652.