John M. Braxton

Professor of Education

D. Ed., The Pennsylvania State University, 1980

Research Area

Professor Braxton has two major programs of research. One program centers on the study of college and university faculty members. Faculty scholarly role performance and the normative structures of undergraduate college teaching and research are the primary foci of this particular program of research.

His other program of research focuses on the college student experience in general and the college student departure process in particular. Within this program of research, Professor Braxton conducts research on college student departure, assesses current theory on college student departure and constructs theory on this phenomena.

Short Biography

John M. Braxton is Professor of Education in the department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations. His research interests center on the college student experience, the sociology of the academic profession, and academic course-level processes. He has published over 80 publications in the form of articles in referred journals, books, and book chapters.

His current scholarly interests include research and theory development pertaining to college student departure, scientific misconduct, and the normative structure of undergraduate college teaching. Recent articles and book chapters on these topics have appeared in The Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, Science, Technology and Human Values and Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research.

Professor Braxton also has edited three books: Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle (Vanderbilt University, Press), Perspectives on Scholarly Misconduct in the Sciences (Ohio State University Press), and Faculty Teaching and Research: Is There Conflict? (Jossey-Bass). He has also authored with Alan E. Bayer Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999) and Institutionalizing a Broader View of Scholarship Through Boyer's Four Domains (ASHE-ERIC, Jossey-Bass Higher Education Report series, 2002) with William Luckey and Patricia Helland.

Professor Braxton serves as a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Higher Education and Research in Higher Education and is a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of College Student Retention. Braxton also currently serves as the Immediate-Past President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

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Selected Publications

Books/Monographs

Braxton, John M. Faculty Professional Choices in Teaching that Foster Student Success, Prepared for the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, National Center for Educational Statistics, Washington, DC (in press).

Braxton, John M. (ed.) Analyzing Facutly Work and Rewards: Using Boyer's Four Domains of Scholarship, New Directions of Institutional Research, No. 129 San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Braxton, John M. and Bayer, Alan E. (eds.) Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Braxton, John M., Hirschy, Amy S. and McClendon, Shederick A. Toward Understanding and Reducing College Student Departure. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Braxton, John M., Luckey, William and Helland, Patricia A. Institutionalizing A Broader View of Scholarship Through Boyer's Four Domains. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, San Francisco. CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Braxton, John M. (ed.) Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.

Braxton, John M. and Bayer, Alan E. Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Braxton, John M. (ed.) Perspectives on Scholarly Misconduct in the Sciences, Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press, 1999.

Book Chapters

Braxton, John M. "Toward a Theory of Faculty Professional Choices That Foster College Student Success," In John C. Smart (ed). Higher Education: A Handbook of Theory and Research, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, in press.

Braxton, John M., Luckey, William, Helland, Patricia A. "Ideal and Actual Value Patterns Toward Scholarship in Three Types of Colleges and Universities," In J.M. Braxton (ed.) Analyzing Facutly Work and Rewards: Using Boyer's Four Domains of Scholarship, New Directions of Institutional Research, No. 129, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Braxton, John M., McKinney, Jeffrey, and Reynolds, Pauline. "Cataloging Institutional Efforts to Understand and Reduce College Student Departure," In E.P. St. John (ed.) Improving Academic Success: Using Persistence Research to Address Critical Challenges, New Directions for Institutional Research, San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Braxton, John M. and Hirschy, Amy. S. "Theoretical Developments in the Study of College Student Departure." In Alan Seidman (ed.) College Student Retention: Formula for Success. Wesport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

Braxton, John M. and Lee, Stephanie D. "Toward Reliable Knowledge About College Student Departure." In Alan Seidman (ed.) College Student Retention: Formula for Success. Wesport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

Bayer, Alan E. and Braxton, John M. "Conclusions and Recommendations: Avenues for Addressing Teaching and Learning Improprieties." In John M. Braxton and Alan E. Bayer (eds.) Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Braxton, John M., Bayer, Alan E. and Noseworthy, James A. "The Effects of Teaching Norm Violations on the Welfare of Students as Clients of College Teaching." In John M.Braxton and Alan E.Bayer (eds), Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Braxton, John M. and Bayer, Alan E. "Toward a Code of Conduct for Undergraduate College Teaching. In John M. Braxton and Alan E. Bayer (eds.) Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Braxton, John M. and Mann, Melinda R. "Incidence and Response to Faculty Teaching Norm Violations." In John M. Braxton and Alan E. Bayer (eds.) Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Hirschy, Amy S. and Braxton, John M. "Effects of Student Classroom Incivilities on Students." In John M. Braxton and Alan E. Bayer(eds.) Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Braxton, John M. and Hirschy, Amy. S. "Reconceptualizing Antecedents of Social Integration in Student Departure" In Mantz Yorke and Bernard Longden (eds.) Retention and Student Sucess in Higher Education. Buckingham, U.K.: Open University Press, 2004.

Braxton, John M. "Student Success" In Susan Komives and Dudley Woodard (eds.) Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession (4th Edition). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Braxton, John M. and Del Favero, Marietta. "Evaluating Scholarship Performance: Traditional and Emergent Assessment Templates," In Carol Colbeck (ed.) Evaluating Faculty Performance. New Directions for Institutional Research, pp. 19-31, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Braxton, John M. and Del Favero, Marietta. "The Researcher: Generating Knowledge for Team Teaching." In James L. Bess (ed.) Teaching Alone, Teaching Together: Transforming the Structure of Teams for Teaching, pp. 62-84, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Braxton, John M. "Introduction: Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle" In John M. Braxton (ed.) Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle, pp. 1-8, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.

Braxton, John M. and Lien, Leigh A. "The Viability of Academic Integration as a Central Construct in Tinto's Interactionalist Theory of College Student Departure." In John M. Braxton (ed.) Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle, pp. 11-28, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.

Braxton, John M. "Reinvigorating Theory and Research on the Departure Puzzle."In John M. Braxton (ed.) Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle, pp. 257-274, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.

Braxton, John M. "Introduction: Exercising Responsibility for Scholarly Misconduct." In John M. Braxton (ed.) Perspectives on Research Misconduct in the Sciences, Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999.

Braxton, John M. "Toward a Guiding Framework for Self-Regulation in the Community of the Academic Profession." In John M. Braxton (ed.) Perspectives on Research Misconduct in the Sciences, Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999.

Fox, Mary Frank and Braxton, John M. "Self-Regulation and Social Control of Scientific Misconduct: Roles, Patterns and Constraints." In John M. Braxton (ed.) Perspectives on Research Misconduct in the Sciences, Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999.

Braxton, John M. and Berger, Joseph B. "How Disciplinary Consensus Affects New Faculty Adjustment." In Robert J. Menges (ed.) Professors in New Jobs: Mastering Academic Work, San Francisco, 1999.

Articles published in Refereed Journals

Braxton, J.M., Brier, E.M. and Steele, S.L. (in press). “Shaping Retention from Research to Practice,” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice.

Caboni, Timothy C., Braxton, John M., and associates. "Toward an Empirical Delineation of a Normative Structure for College Students." Journal of Higher Education, 76 (2005), 519-544.

Braxton, John M., Bayer, Alan E. and Noseworthy, James. "Students as Tenuous Agents of Social Control of Professorial Misconduct." Peabody Journal of Education, 77 (2002), 101-124.

Helland, Patricia, Stallings, Hillary, and Braxton, John M. "The Fulfillment of Expectations for College and Student Departure Decisions," Journal of College Student Retention, 3 (2002), 381-396.

Braxton, John M. and Baird, Leonard L. "Preparation for Professional Self-Regulation," Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, 7 (2001), 593-610.

Eimers, Mardy E., Braxton, John M. and Bayer, Alan E. " Normative Support for Improving Undergraduate Education in Teaching-Oriented Colleges," Research in Higher Education, 42 (2001), 569-592.

Braxton, John M. and Mundy, Meaghan E. "Powerful Institutional Levers to Reduce College Student Departure." Journal of College Student Retention, 3 (2001), 91-118.

Braxton, John M. and McClendon, Shederick A. "The Fostering of Social Integration and Retention Through Institutional Practice." Journal of College Student Retention, 3 (2001), 57-71.

Braxton, John M., Milem, Jeffrey F. and Sullivan, Anna S. "The Influence of Active Learning on the College Student Departure Process," Journal of Higher Education, 71 (2000), 569-590.

Braxton, John M., Bray, Nathaniel J. and Berger, Joseph B. " Faculty Teaching Skills and Their Influence on the College Student Departure Process," Journal of College Student Development, 41 (2000), 215-227.

Elkins, Susan A., Braxton, John M. and James, Glenn W. "Tinto's Separation Stage and Its Influence on First Semester College Student Persistence," Research in Higher Education, 41 (2000), 251-268.

Bray, Nathaniel J., Braxton, John M. and Sullivan, Anna S. "The Influence of Stress-Coping Strategies on College Student Departure Decisions," Journal of College Student Development, 40 (1999), 645-657.

Hagedorn, Linda S., Pascarella, Ernest T., Edison, Marcia, Braxton, John M., Nora, Amaury, and Terenzini, Patrick T. "Does Institutional Context Influence the Development of Critical Thinking?: A Research Note, The Review of Higher Education, 22 (1999), 265-285.

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