Dr. Bray has maintained an active research portfolio ever since his graduate school days at Vanderbilt, through his time in Institutional research at VirginiaTech and while at The University of Alabama. His main areas of research across higher education include: policy and financial access, student issues, and sociology of the field. His new co-authored book is slated to arrive early in 2022 from Harvard Education Press: Educating the top 100%: Policy pathways in public higher education.
The book is now available for pre-order at the Harvard Education Press website:
www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/educating-the-top-100-percent
You can learn more about his funded research and service project work here: Grants
Below are some example works over the past decade:
Katsinas, S. G., Kanter, M., & Bray, N. J. (Spring 2022). Educating the top 100%: Policy pathways in public higher education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Braxton, J. M., & Bray, N. J. (2012) (Eds.). Codes of conduct in academia. New Directions for Higher Education, 2012 (160). Series Editor: B. Barefoot. San Francisco: Wiley Co.
Adair, L., Katsinas, S. G., Grant, P., & Bray, N. J. (2020). Federal spending for higher education: The impact of budget reconciliation. Journal of Education Finance, 46 (2), 220-237. Project Muse, muse.jhu.edu/article/785653.
Koh, J., Katsinas, S. G., Bray, N. J., & Hardy, D. (2020). Disparities in unmet student financial need at public community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
Shedd, L., Katsinas, S. K., & Bray, N. J. (2020). Examining the employment profile of institutions under the Mission-Driven Classification System and the impact of collective bargaining. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, 11 (5). Available at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/vol11/iss1/5.
Koh, J., Katsinas, S. G., & Bray, N. J. (2019). State financing for public community colleges: A comparative study of fiscal capacity and tax effort. Journal of Education Finance, 45 (2).
Katsinas, S. G., Bray, N. J., Hagedorn, L., Dotherow, S., & Malley, M. (2019). From vertical to dynamic transfer: Recognizing continuous swirl in American higher education. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 51 (3), 44-51. DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2019.1606607.
Bray, N. J., Johnson, S., Katsinas, S. G., & Shadduck, P. (2018). Course revision in introductory STEM courses: An exploratory study at an HBCU community college. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 43 (7), 481-493. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2018.1494062.
Shedd, L., Katsinas, S. K., & Bray, N. J. (2018). Unionization and monetary compensation at America’s access institutions. Educational Policy, 32 (2), 255-279. DOI: 10.1177/0895904817741466.
Wheeler, S., & Bray, N. J. (2017). Effectively evaluating developmental mathematics. Journal of Developmental Education, 41 (1), 10-17.
Tarrant, M., Bray, N. J., & Katsinas, S. G. (2017). The invisible colleges revisited: An empirical review. Journal of Higher Education, 89 (3), 341-367. DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2017.1390971.
Campbell, E., & Bray, N. J. (2017). Two sides of the same coin? Analysis of faculty and administrators’ perspectives on governance. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42 (12), 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2017.1374220.
Bray, N. J., & Sweatt, W. (2017). The usability of the websites of Alabama’s community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42 (10), 744-747. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2017.1325786.
Bray, N. J. & Williams, L. (2017). A quantitative study on organizational commitment and communication satisfaction of administrative staff at an American Master’s institution. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39 (5), 487-502. DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2017.1354757.
†McCreary, G., Bray, N. J., & Thoma, S. (2016). Bad apples or bad barrels? Moral disengagement, social influence, and the perpetuation of hazing in the college fraternity. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 11(1), 1-15.
Katsinas, S. G., Ogun, J., & Bray, N. J. (2016). Monetary compensation of full-time faculty at American public regional universities: The impact of geography and the existence of collective bargaining. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, Volume 8, Article 3.
Mayhall, B.R., Katsinas, S.G., & Bray N.J. (2015). Thinking about tomorrow: Collective bargaining and labor relations in higher education. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, Volume 8, Article 4, pp. 1-28.
Bourke, B., & Bray, N. J. (2012). African American student persistence at a predominantly White institution. Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 20 (1), 5-18.
Hale, J., & Bray, N. J. (2011). The impact of registration timing on student performance. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 35 (7), 556-573. DOI: 10.1080/10668920802289984.
Bray, N. J, & Major, C. H. (2011). Status of journals in the field of higher education. Journal of Higher Education, 82 (4), 479-503.
† Recipient of the 2017 Dr. Charles Eberly Oracle Award.
The book is now available for pre-order at the Harvard Education Press website:
www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/educating-the-top-100-percent
You can learn more about his funded research and service project work here: Grants
Below are some example works over the past decade:
Katsinas, S. G., Kanter, M., & Bray, N. J. (Spring 2022). Educating the top 100%: Policy pathways in public higher education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Braxton, J. M., & Bray, N. J. (2012) (Eds.). Codes of conduct in academia. New Directions for Higher Education, 2012 (160). Series Editor: B. Barefoot. San Francisco: Wiley Co.
Adair, L., Katsinas, S. G., Grant, P., & Bray, N. J. (2020). Federal spending for higher education: The impact of budget reconciliation. Journal of Education Finance, 46 (2), 220-237. Project Muse, muse.jhu.edu/article/785653.
Koh, J., Katsinas, S. G., Bray, N. J., & Hardy, D. (2020). Disparities in unmet student financial need at public community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
Shedd, L., Katsinas, S. K., & Bray, N. J. (2020). Examining the employment profile of institutions under the Mission-Driven Classification System and the impact of collective bargaining. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, 11 (5). Available at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/vol11/iss1/5.
Koh, J., Katsinas, S. G., & Bray, N. J. (2019). State financing for public community colleges: A comparative study of fiscal capacity and tax effort. Journal of Education Finance, 45 (2).
Katsinas, S. G., Bray, N. J., Hagedorn, L., Dotherow, S., & Malley, M. (2019). From vertical to dynamic transfer: Recognizing continuous swirl in American higher education. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 51 (3), 44-51. DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2019.1606607.
Bray, N. J., Johnson, S., Katsinas, S. G., & Shadduck, P. (2018). Course revision in introductory STEM courses: An exploratory study at an HBCU community college. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 43 (7), 481-493. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2018.1494062.
Shedd, L., Katsinas, S. K., & Bray, N. J. (2018). Unionization and monetary compensation at America’s access institutions. Educational Policy, 32 (2), 255-279. DOI: 10.1177/0895904817741466.
Wheeler, S., & Bray, N. J. (2017). Effectively evaluating developmental mathematics. Journal of Developmental Education, 41 (1), 10-17.
Tarrant, M., Bray, N. J., & Katsinas, S. G. (2017). The invisible colleges revisited: An empirical review. Journal of Higher Education, 89 (3), 341-367. DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2017.1390971.
Campbell, E., & Bray, N. J. (2017). Two sides of the same coin? Analysis of faculty and administrators’ perspectives on governance. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42 (12), 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2017.1374220.
Bray, N. J., & Sweatt, W. (2017). The usability of the websites of Alabama’s community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42 (10), 744-747. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2017.1325786.
Bray, N. J. & Williams, L. (2017). A quantitative study on organizational commitment and communication satisfaction of administrative staff at an American Master’s institution. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39 (5), 487-502. DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2017.1354757.
†McCreary, G., Bray, N. J., & Thoma, S. (2016). Bad apples or bad barrels? Moral disengagement, social influence, and the perpetuation of hazing in the college fraternity. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 11(1), 1-15.
Katsinas, S. G., Ogun, J., & Bray, N. J. (2016). Monetary compensation of full-time faculty at American public regional universities: The impact of geography and the existence of collective bargaining. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, Volume 8, Article 3.
Mayhall, B.R., Katsinas, S.G., & Bray N.J. (2015). Thinking about tomorrow: Collective bargaining and labor relations in higher education. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, Volume 8, Article 4, pp. 1-28.
Bourke, B., & Bray, N. J. (2012). African American student persistence at a predominantly White institution. Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 20 (1), 5-18.
Hale, J., & Bray, N. J. (2011). The impact of registration timing on student performance. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 35 (7), 556-573. DOI: 10.1080/10668920802289984.
Bray, N. J, & Major, C. H. (2011). Status of journals in the field of higher education. Journal of Higher Education, 82 (4), 479-503.
† Recipient of the 2017 Dr. Charles Eberly Oracle Award.
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