Doctor Nida Denson
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW,
Diversities, Ethics & Education Research Group
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of California
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Diversities, Ethics & Education Research Group
Contact
| Email: | N.Denson@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 6849 |
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| Location: | 21.G.12 Bankstown |
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Denson, N. and Ing, M. (2011), 'Educational psychology and psychological literacy in higher education: Developmental and cultural aspects of racial diversity', Educating the psychologically literate citizen: Global perspectives, Oxford University Press 9780199794942.
- Denson, N., Oseguera, L. and Hurtado, S. (2008), 'A Profile of Hispanic Students Transitioning to College: The Impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program', Readings on Equal Education, AMS Press Inc 0270-1448.
Journal Articles
- Angel, E., Angel, L., Crave, R., Craven, R. and Denson, N. (2012), 'The Nurses Self-Concept Instrument (NSCI): Assessment of Psychometric Properties for Australian Domestic and International Student Nurses', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 7.
- Angel, E., Angel, L., Craven, R. and Denson, N. (2012), 'The nurses' self-concept instrument (NSCI): A comparison of domestic and international student nurses' professional self-concepts from a large Australian University', Nurse Education Today, 5.
- Angel, E., Craven, R. and Denson, N. (2012), 'The Nurses' Self-Concept Instrument (NSCI) : a comparison of domestic and international student nurses' professional self-concepts from a large Australian university', Nurse Education Today, 5.
- Angel, E., Craven, R. and Denson, N. (2012), 'The Nurses Self-Concept Instrument (NSCI) : assessment of psychometric properties for Australian domestic and international student nurses', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 7.
- Bowman, N. and Denson, N. (2012), 'What's past is prologue : how precollege exposure to racial diversity shapes the impact of college interracial interactions', Research in Higher Education, 20.
- Denson, N. and Seltzer, M. (2011), 'Meta-Analysis in Higher Education: An Illustrative Example Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling', Research in Higher Education, 30.
- Bowman, N., Denson, N. and Denson, N. (2011), 'The integral role of emotion in interracial interactions and college student outcomes', Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 13.
- Denson, N. and Zhang, S. (2010), 'The Impact of Student Experiences with Diversity on Developing Graduate Attributes.', Studies in Higher Education, 15.
- Vogelgesang, L., Denson, N. and Jayakumar, U. (2010), 'What determines Faculty-Engaged Scholarship?', The Review of Higher Education, 36.
- Denson, N., Loveday, T. and Dalton, H. (2010), 'Student Evaluation of Courses: What Predicts Satisfaction?', Higher Education Research & Development, 18.
- Bodkin-Andrews, G., O'Rourke, V., Grant, R., Denson, N. and Craven, R. (2010), 'Validating racism and cultural respect: testing the psychometric properties and educational impact of perceived discrimination and multiculturation for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students', Educational Research and Evaluation, 23.
- Astin, A. and Denson, N. (2009), 'Multi-Campus Studies of College Impact: Which Statistical Method is Appropriate?', Research in Higher Education, 14.
- Denson, N. and Chang, M. (2009), 'Racial Diversity Matters: The Impact of Diversity-Related Student Engagement and Institutional Context', American Educational Research Journal, 32.
- Park, J. and Denson, N. (2009), 'Attitudes and advocacy: Understanding faculty views on racial/ethnic diversity', Journal of Higher Education, 24.
- Denson, N. (2009), 'Do curricular and cocurricular diversity activities influence racial bias? a meta-analysis', Review of Educational Research, 34.
- Oseguera, L., Denson, N. and Hurtado, S. (2008), 'Hispanic Students and the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program: Promising Results Extending to the Third College Year', Journal of College Student Retention, 32.
- Gilmartin, S., Denson, N., Li, E. and Bryant, A. (2007), 'Gender Ratios in High School Science Departments: The Effect of Percent Female Faculty on Multiple Dimensions of Students' Science Identities', Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30.
- Oseguera, L., Hurtado, S., Denson, N., Cerna, O. and Saenz, V. (2006), 'The Characteristics and Experiences of Minority Freshmen Committed to Biomedical and Behavioral Science Research Careers', Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 23.
- Chang, M., Denson, N., Saenz, V. and Misa, K. (2006), 'The Educational Benefits of Sustaining Cross-Racial Interaction among Undergraduates', Journal of Higher Education, 26.
Conference Papers
- Bodkin-Andrews, G., Parada, R., Denson, N. and Bansel, P. (2012), 'Theory and research on bullying and racism from an Aboriginal Australian perspective', Joint Australian Association for Research in Education and Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Conference, Sydney.
- Bodkin-Andrews, G., Denson, N. and Craven, R. (2011), 'Looking Past Positivity for Indigenous Australian Students: A preliminary investigation of racial discrimination and the illusion of resiliency in academia.', AARE International Education Research Conference - 2010., Melbourne.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | An Historical Analysis of Queer Youth Identitites: A Pilot Study |
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| Years: | 2012-11-15 - |
| ID: | P00021223 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kerry Robinson, Nida Denson and Peter Bansel |
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| Title: | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre - YAWCRC - Engaging Creativity Through Technologies P2:P2 |
| Years: | 2013-01-01 - 2016-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021345 |
| UWS Researchers: | Amanda Third, Kerry Robinson, Nida Denson and Peter Bansel |
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| Title: | Doing Diversity: Intercultural Understanding in primary and secondary schools [via Deakin Uni] |
| Years: | 2012-12-06 - 2015-12-05 |
| ID: | P00020662 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson |
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| Title: | Maximising the benefits of diversity in university through cross-cultural interaction |
| Years: | 2010-01-01 - 2013-12-31 |
| ID: | P00017830 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson |
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| Title: | Seeding Success and Research-Based Intervention for Aboriginal Students: Impact of quality teaching, effective schools, and psycho-social drivers on educational outcomes |
| Years: | 2007-12-18 - 2013-12-30 |
| ID: | P0015473 |
| UWS Researchers: | Rhonda Craven, Alexander Yeung, Geoff Munns, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews and Nida Denson |
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| Title: | YAWCRC - Performing Queer: Young people challenging vulnerabilities and inequities through performance ethnography and handheld technologies |
| Years: | 2012-03-01 - 2013-12-31 |
| ID: | P00020856 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kerry Robinson, Peter Bansel and Nida Denson |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | The politics of education policy and the education of socially, economically and culturally diverse and marginalised young people |
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| Years: | 2010-10-28 - 2011-10-27 |
| ID: | P00017608 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christine Halse, Michael Singh, Kerry Robinson, Carol Reid and Nida Denson |
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| Title: | Kellyville Public School Immersive Learning Pilot |
| Years: | 2009-11-18 - 2011-11-30 |
| ID: | P00017816 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christine Halse, Katina Zammit and Nida Denson |
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| Title: | CER and Liverpool Schools Network [via Liverpool Schools Network] |
| Years: | 2010-11-23 - 2011-11-01 |
| ID: | P00019780 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson and Peter Bansel |
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| Title: | Expanding Student Success: The Effects of Financial Aid on Developmental and Diversity-Related Outcomes |
| Years: | 2011-11-30 - 2013-01-31 |
| ID: | P00020689 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson |
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| Title: | Examining the psychometric properties of socioeconomic status indicators for higher education |
| Years: | 2010-05-10 - 2010-10-10 |
| ID: | P00018864 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson and Peter Bansel |
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| Title: | Schools First [via Liverpool Schools Network] |
| Years: | 2011-08-16 - 2012-07-31 |
| ID: | P00020453 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson and Peter Bansel |
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| Title: | Evaluation of the Together for Humanity Foundation Project [via Deakin Uni] |
| Years: | 2012-06-01 - 2012-12-31 |
| ID: | P00021194 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson |
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| Title: | The Development and Validation of an Instrument Assessing Student -Institution Fit Among University Students |
| Years: | 2012-03-02 - 2013-03-01 |
| ID: | P00020568 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nida Denson |
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Supervision
Doctor Denson is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Models of school based professional learning and their effectiveness in developing teacher expertise in meeting the needs of student learning successin a diverse socio-cultural setting. |
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| Title: | Teacher Motivation, Commitment and Interactive Professionalism |
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| Title: | Building a Collaborative Culture of Enquiry, Teamwork and Enhanced Pedagogies in a Low SES Environment Utilising Flexible Staffing Models |
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| Title: | Building Ethical and Respectful Relationships for Innovative Cultures in Schools and School Systems Through Using Policy to Build a Culture of Mental Health and Well-Being in the School Setting |
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| Title: | The Development of a Reward Expectation Model for Risky Decision Making |
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| Title: | Bullying Embraces the Virtual World: Elucidating the Psychosocial Determinants and Outcomes of Traditional vs Cyber-Bullying Types |
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| Title: | Longing and Belonging: A Study of Acculturation and Enculturation of Ethnic Australian Students and its Influences on Psychosocial Constructs |
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