K J Mills
Biographic Data
| ID | 44910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K J Mills |
| GIVEN NAMES | K J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mills |
| SIGNATURE | MILLS K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5014-9685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black Undergraduates: Examining the Role of General, Academic, and Racial Campus Climates
Investigating Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black College Students Using Photo-Elicitation Methodology
Using photo-elicitation methodology, we explored how seven Black undergraduates experienced racial battle fatigue in the context of a predominantly white university. Findings revealed five themes: (a) encountering racism and racial microaggressions, (b) demonstrating double consciousness, (c) contending with assimilation, (d) negotiating support networks, and (e) experiencing cumulative fatigue. We discuss how these findings complement and extend…
Student-ready critical care pedagogy: A student-centred instructional approach for struggling students
This qualitative case study proposes a pedagogy to support the academic success of students from historically excluded groups (HEGs), e.g. first-generation students, low-income students, and Students of Color, who are struggling academically. We adopted a ‘student-ready’ approach (McNair et al. Citation2016), which foregrounds institutional responsibility for meeting the needs of students. This study took place at a large, public, research-focuse…
How Racial Battle Fatigue Impacts Black Women Graduate Students: A Photo-Elicitation Study
Higher education scholarship demonstrates the regularity and magnitude in which Black populations experience racial battle fatigue (RBF), or the mounting stress associated with enduring everyday racism. Regardless of their identities or roles on campus, Black students, faculty/staff, and administrators uniformly report adverse psychological, physiological, and behavioral stress responses of RBF. For Black women graduate students, who occupy limin…
Latina and Black Women Collegians’ Paternal Relationships: A Chicana and Black Feminist Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
In the current qualitative study, we explored father (and varying father figures’) ethnoracial and gendered socialization messages toward Latina and Black college women. We conducted six focus group interviews with Black (n = 3 groups) and Latina (n = 3 groups) college women. Guided by Chicana and Black feminist interpretive phenomenological analysis, we identified four clusters which detailed perceived paternal influences in the lives of these c…
Black Lives Matter and other signs of solidarity: Perspectives from Black STEM graduate students
Creating inclusive and supportive environments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational settings are important tools for countering racially hostile academic spaces and attracting and retaining talented Black and African American students. STEM faculty and other university members may display Black Lives Matter and similar signs of solidarity to express their support for Black students. However, how Black students p…
Baldr, Ymir, and the Myth of the First Death in Old Norse Mythology (Part 1)
Baldr, Ymir, and the Myth of the First Death in Old Norse Mythology (Part 2)
Black Researchers Studying Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black Students
In this paper, we explore what it means to be Black researchers exploring racial battle fatigue while simultaneously navigating our own racial battle fatigue. We undertook a photo-elicitation project to investigate racial battle fatigue among Black undergraduate and graduate students. Amid doing this work, we wrestled with how to responsibly complete this research while treating participants with care who had full lives, histories, and stories. U…
Mapping the evolution of the impostor phenomenon research: A bibliometric analysis
On racial allyship and constructing a racial allyship framework: Black graduate STEM students’ insights and recommendations for aspiring faculty allies
Black Students’ Perceptions of Campus Climates and the Effect on Academic Resilience
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between general, academic, and racial campus climates and academic resilience among Black college students. This study also investigated the moderating role of civic engagement on the relationships between campus climates and academic resilience. Participants were 388 Black undergraduate students (76.8% women; 58.8% social, behavioral, and economic sciences majors; 87.4% enrolled full…
Transforming Landscapes of Belief in the Early Medieval Insular World and Beyond: Converting the Isles II
What types of brokerage bridge the research-practice gap? The case of public school educators
It’s systemic”: Environmental racial microaggressions experienced by Black undergraduates at a predominantly White institution
What is research? Educators’ conceptions and alignment with United States federal policies
This study draws on two communities theory to address two major research questions related conceptions of research in educational practice and policy. First, how do educators conceptualize research? Second, to what extent do educators' conceptions of research align with recent U.S. federal educational policies? We conducted 90 semi-structured interviews with educators in the United States, asking them what comes to mind when they think of researc…
Just Google it: Measuring schools’ use of research evidence with internet search results
Measuring the use of research evidence (URE) by schools has become a central of education researchers. However, it has proven challenging due to low response rates, social desirability bias, and costly or time consuming data collection methods. To overcome these challenges and meet the needs of research focused on URE, this paper introduces a non-reactive archival measure: Archival Search of Use of Research Evidence (ASURE). ASURE counts referenc…
The Bond Framework: A Practical Application of Visual Communication Design and Marketing to Advance Evaluation Reporting
Despite growing interest in data visualization and graphically aided reporting, the evaluation literature could benefit from additional guidance on systematically integrating visual communication design and marketing into comprehensive communication strategies to improve data dissemination. This article describes the role of targeted communication strategies-based on visual communications, design, and marketing theory-in producing more effective …
The (Pregnant) Mouse Freed from the Gallows: A Ballad Parallel for the Conclusion of Manawydan fab Llŷr
In the concluding episode of the Third Branch of the Mabinogi, the Welsh nobleman Manawydan takes the (pregnant) mouse that he has captured to the magically significant site Gorsedd Arberth and prepares to hang her for theft, according to the law. As he prepares the gallows, various figures attempt to intervene until finally a ‘bishop’ redeems his transformed wife by disenchanting the land, freeing Manawydan’s companions, and swearing not to take…
Making or buying evidence: Using transaction cost economics to understand decision making in public school districts
We propose transaction cost economics theory as a tool for exploring when school administrators rely on information from two types of sources: internal sources like their own colleagues, and external sources like researchers and government agencies. The theory's application is illustrated in a comparative case study of two public school districts in Michigan. Consistent with the theory's predictions, the smaller, homogeneous, high-performing dist…
Small worlds or worlds apart? Using network theory to understand the research-practice gap
The implementation of effective community interventions can be challenging for many reasons, including financial and time costs, lack of infrastructure, local contextual variations, and barriers to fidelity. But, prior to all of these is the challenge of limited information exchange between the researchers developing interventions and the practitioners implementing them, or the so-called research-practice gap. In this paper, we use network theory…
Brokering the Research–Practice Gap: A typology
Despite widespread recognition of a research–practice gap in multiple service sectors, less is known about how pre‐existing communication channels facilitate the flow of information between researchers and practitioners. In the current study, we applied an existing typology of brokerage developed by Gould and Fernandez (Sociol Methodol 19:89–126, 1989 ) to examine what types of brokerage facilitate information spread between researchers and educa…
An Irish Motif in Guta saga
This article examines a folk motif occurring in a pivotal scene in Guta saga in light of Irish analogues and parallels. It considers the chronology of the Irish sources alongside the history of Scandinavian settlement in Ireland, in order to establish a possible context for borrowing between Ireland and Gotland.1 1 I would like to thank Richard Cole, Thomas D. Hill, and the editors and anonymous reviewers of Folklore for their valuable comments a…
It’s systemic”: Environmental racial microaggressions experienced by Black undergraduates at a predominantly White institution
Brokering the Research–Practice Gap: A typology
Despite widespread recognition of a research–practice gap in multiple service sectors, less is known about how pre‐existing communication channels facilitate the flow of information between researchers and practitioners. In the current study, we applied an existing typology of brokerage developed by Gould and Fernandez (Sociol Methodol 19:89–126, 1989 ) to examine what types of brokerage facilitate information spread between researchers and educa…
Just Google it: Measuring schools’ use of research evidence with internet search results
Measuring the use of research evidence (URE) by schools has become a central of education researchers. However, it has proven challenging due to low response rates, social desirability bias, and costly or time consuming data collection methods. To overcome these challenges and meet the needs of research focused on URE, this paper introduces a non-reactive archival measure: Archival Search of Use of Research Evidence (ASURE). ASURE counts referenc…
On racial allyship and constructing a racial allyship framework: Black graduate STEM students’ insights and recommendations for aspiring faculty allies
An Irish Motif in Guta saga
This article examines a folk motif occurring in a pivotal scene in Guta saga in light of Irish analogues and parallels. It considers the chronology of the Irish sources alongside the history of Scandinavian settlement in Ireland, in order to establish a possible context for borrowing between Ireland and Gotland.1 1 I would like to thank Richard Cole, Thomas D. Hill, and the editors and anonymous reviewers of Folklore for their valuable comments a…
What is research? Educators’ conceptions and alignment with United States federal policies
This study draws on two communities theory to address two major research questions related conceptions of research in educational practice and policy. First, how do educators conceptualize research? Second, to what extent do educators' conceptions of research align with recent U.S. federal educational policies? We conducted 90 semi-structured interviews with educators in the United States, asking them what comes to mind when they think of researc…
Making or buying evidence: Using transaction cost economics to understand decision making in public school districts
We propose transaction cost economics theory as a tool for exploring when school administrators rely on information from two types of sources: internal sources like their own colleagues, and external sources like researchers and government agencies. The theory's application is illustrated in a comparative case study of two public school districts in Michigan. Consistent with the theory's predictions, the smaller, homogeneous, high-performing dist…
Small worlds or worlds apart? Using network theory to understand the research-practice gap
The implementation of effective community interventions can be challenging for many reasons, including financial and time costs, lack of infrastructure, local contextual variations, and barriers to fidelity. But, prior to all of these is the challenge of limited information exchange between the researchers developing interventions and the practitioners implementing them, or the so-called research-practice gap. In this paper, we use network theory…
Brokering the Research–Practice Gap: A typology
Despite widespread recognition of a research–practice gap in multiple service sectors, less is known about how pre‐existing communication channels facilitate the flow of information between researchers and practitioners. In the current study, we applied an existing typology of brokerage developed by Gould and Fernandez (Sociol Methodol 19:89–126, 1989 ) to examine what types of brokerage facilitate information spread between researchers and educa…
An Irish Motif in Guta saga
This article examines a folk motif occurring in a pivotal scene in Guta saga in light of Irish analogues and parallels. It considers the chronology of the Irish sources alongside the history of Scandinavian settlement in Ireland, in order to establish a possible context for borrowing between Ireland and Gotland.1 1 I would like to thank Richard Cole, Thomas D. Hill, and the editors and anonymous reviewers of Folklore for their valuable comments a…
Making or buying evidence: Using transaction cost economics to understand decision making in public school districts
We propose transaction cost economics theory as a tool for exploring when school administrators rely on information from two types of sources: internal sources like their own colleagues, and external sources like researchers and government agencies. The theory's application is illustrated in a comparative case study of two public school districts in Michigan. Consistent with the theory's predictions, the smaller, homogeneous, high-performing dist…
Just Google it: Measuring schools’ use of research evidence with internet search results
Measuring the use of research evidence (URE) by schools has become a central of education researchers. However, it has proven challenging due to low response rates, social desirability bias, and costly or time consuming data collection methods. To overcome these challenges and meet the needs of research focused on URE, this paper introduces a non-reactive archival measure: Archival Search of Use of Research Evidence (ASURE). ASURE counts referenc…
The Bond Framework: A Practical Application of Visual Communication Design and Marketing to Advance Evaluation Reporting
Despite growing interest in data visualization and graphically aided reporting, the evaluation literature could benefit from additional guidance on systematically integrating visual communication design and marketing into comprehensive communication strategies to improve data dissemination. This article describes the role of targeted communication strategies-based on visual communications, design, and marketing theory-in producing more effective …
The (Pregnant) Mouse Freed from the Gallows: A Ballad Parallel for the Conclusion of Manawydan fab Llŷr
In the concluding episode of the Third Branch of the Mabinogi, the Welsh nobleman Manawydan takes the (pregnant) mouse that he has captured to the magically significant site Gorsedd Arberth and prepares to hang her for theft, according to the law. As he prepares the gallows, various figures attempt to intervene until finally a ‘bishop’ redeems his transformed wife by disenchanting the land, freeing Manawydan’s companions, and swearing not to take…
What types of brokerage bridge the research-practice gap? The case of public school educators
It’s systemic”: Environmental racial microaggressions experienced by Black undergraduates at a predominantly White institution
What is research? Educators’ conceptions and alignment with United States federal policies
This study draws on two communities theory to address two major research questions related conceptions of research in educational practice and policy. First, how do educators conceptualize research? Second, to what extent do educators' conceptions of research align with recent U.S. federal educational policies? We conducted 90 semi-structured interviews with educators in the United States, asking them what comes to mind when they think of researc…
Transforming Landscapes of Belief in the Early Medieval Insular World and Beyond: Converting the Isles II
Black Students’ Perceptions of Campus Climates and the Effect on Academic Resilience
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between general, academic, and racial campus climates and academic resilience among Black college students. This study also investigated the moderating role of civic engagement on the relationships between campus climates and academic resilience. Participants were 388 Black undergraduate students (76.8% women; 58.8% social, behavioral, and economic sciences majors; 87.4% enrolled full…
Mapping the evolution of the impostor phenomenon research: A bibliometric analysis
On racial allyship and constructing a racial allyship framework: Black graduate STEM students’ insights and recommendations for aspiring faculty allies
Latina and Black Women Collegians’ Paternal Relationships: A Chicana and Black Feminist Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
In the current qualitative study, we explored father (and varying father figures’) ethnoracial and gendered socialization messages toward Latina and Black college women. We conducted six focus group interviews with Black (n = 3 groups) and Latina (n = 3 groups) college women. Guided by Chicana and Black feminist interpretive phenomenological analysis, we identified four clusters which detailed perceived paternal influences in the lives of these c…
Black Lives Matter and other signs of solidarity: Perspectives from Black STEM graduate students
Creating inclusive and supportive environments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational settings are important tools for countering racially hostile academic spaces and attracting and retaining talented Black and African American students. STEM faculty and other university members may display Black Lives Matter and similar signs of solidarity to express their support for Black students. However, how Black students p…
Baldr, Ymir, and the Myth of the First Death in Old Norse Mythology (Part 1)
Baldr, Ymir, and the Myth of the First Death in Old Norse Mythology (Part 2)
Black Researchers Studying Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black Students
In this paper, we explore what it means to be Black researchers exploring racial battle fatigue while simultaneously navigating our own racial battle fatigue. We undertook a photo-elicitation project to investigate racial battle fatigue among Black undergraduate and graduate students. Amid doing this work, we wrestled with how to responsibly complete this research while treating participants with care who had full lives, histories, and stories. U…
Investigating Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black College Students Using Photo-Elicitation Methodology
Using photo-elicitation methodology, we explored how seven Black undergraduates experienced racial battle fatigue in the context of a predominantly white university. Findings revealed five themes: (a) encountering racism and racial microaggressions, (b) demonstrating double consciousness, (c) contending with assimilation, (d) negotiating support networks, and (e) experiencing cumulative fatigue. We discuss how these findings complement and extend…
Student-ready critical care pedagogy: A student-centred instructional approach for struggling students
This qualitative case study proposes a pedagogy to support the academic success of students from historically excluded groups (HEGs), e.g. first-generation students, low-income students, and Students of Color, who are struggling academically. We adopted a ‘student-ready’ approach (McNair et al. Citation2016), which foregrounds institutional responsibility for meeting the needs of students. This study took place at a large, public, research-focuse…
How Racial Battle Fatigue Impacts Black Women Graduate Students: A Photo-Elicitation Study
Higher education scholarship demonstrates the regularity and magnitude in which Black populations experience racial battle fatigue (RBF), or the mounting stress associated with enduring everyday racism. Regardless of their identities or roles on campus, Black students, faculty/staff, and administrators uniformly report adverse psychological, physiological, and behavioral stress responses of RBF. For Black women graduate students, who occupy limin…
Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black Undergraduates: Examining the Role of General, Academic, and Racial Campus Climates
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