Amy K. Ribera, PhD

Bio

Amy Ribera is the Research and Evaluation Analyst for Faculty Affairs, Professional Development, Diversity (FAPDD) and holds an academic appointment in Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology as an Associate Research Professor. Her career focuses on survey research and institutional improvement in higher education. She leads a wide-range to strategic initiatives supporting FAPDD priority areas such as Faculty Vitality, Leadership Development, Wellness/Burnout, and the Diversity Pillars. Amy earned her BA in Chemistry, MSEd in Higher Education and Student Affairs, and PhD in Higher Education from Indiana University.

Key Publications

Dankoski, M. E., Palmer, M. M., Nelson Laird, T. F., Ribera, A. K., & Bogdewic, S. P. (2012). An expanded model of faculty vitality in academic medicine. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 17, 633-649.

Palmer, M. M., Hoffmann-Longtin, K., Ribera, A. K., Ribera, T., Nelson Laird, T. F., & Dankoski, M. E. (2013). Enhancing vitality in academic medicine: Faculty development and productivity. To Improve the Academy, 32, 89-106.

Ribera, A. K., Miller, A. L., & Dumford, A. D. (2017). Sense of peer belonging and institutional acceptance in the first year: The role of high-impact practices. Journal of College Student Development, 58, 563-581.

Wang, J. S., Pascarella, E. T., Nelson Laird, T. F., & Ribera, A. K. (2015). How clear and organized classroom instruction and deep approaches to learning effect growth in critical thinking and need for cognition. Studies in Higher Education, 46, 1786-1807.