I am Paris Wicker (she/her), an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at The State University of New York at Buffalo. My research centers the success and well-being of Black and Indigenous students, faculty, and staff. My research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), The Ford Foundation, and the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER) and published in the Review of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and Education Sciences.
Within this site you will find information about my educational and professional experiences, a description of my program of research and current projects, and recent and past news and media.
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Faculty Profile at the University at Buffalo
Within this site you will find information about my educational and professional experiences, a description of my program of research and current projects, and recent and past news and media.
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Faculty Profile at the University at Buffalo
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Credit: Dr. H.F. Davis
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Credit: ASHE
News
Wicker awarded 2024 ASHE Dissertation of the Year Award
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Award-winning GSE scholar studies social support networks and their impact on minoritized college student success and well-being
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Podcast: The academy won't save us: Black women's health in higher education
Podcast Description: Black women working in higher education as administrators, faculty, and staff face daily harms and traumas that affect their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Black women are often hazed, shamed, and... (Link)
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Publications
Paris D. Wicker
Special Issue: Familial and Relational Influences on College Outcomes among Minoritized Students, Education Sciences, vol. 14(8), 2024
The consequences of getting it right: Navigating anti-blackness in quantitative statistics courses
Paris Wicker
M. Shardé Davis, Being #BlackintheIvory: Truthtelling about Racism in the American University, University of North Carolina Press, 2024, pp. 53-55
Community and culture: Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
J. Benson, P. Wicker, I. Barnes, R. Winkle-Wagner
Journal of College Student Development, vol. 64(6), 2023, pp. 615-629
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Highlights
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Laboring for Wellness Panel. University of Arizona
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Keynote Speaker. Mindfulness Symposium. Washington State University. February 2025. https://cahnrs.wsu.edu/ctll/mindfulness-symposium/
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Next Level Leadership Mentoring, University at Buffalo, February 2025
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News Brief. Graduate School of Education. University at Buffalo. https://ed.buffalo.edu/news-events/news.host.html/content/shared/ed/news/ticker/2024/11/05.detail.html
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2024 Award Ceremony. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Fall 2024
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2024 Award Ceremony. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Fall 2024
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Dissertation of the Year Award. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Fall 2024. https://www.ashe.ws/dotyaward
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Student Affairs Now Podcast Episode. July 2024. https://youtu.be/tGCOa4hfqG8?si=Gd-Ese3_Gzx5JnWW
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Sunbelt Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
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Sunbelt Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
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Virtual Presentation (May 28, 2024): Enhancing Mental Health and Well-Being through AI Innovations. University at Buffalo
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New Faculty Academy Fellow. University at Buffalo. Spring 2024
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Podcast guest. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adlunchcast/episodes/Supporting-Black-Students-and-Families-e2f1bmt
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AERA Division J Fireside Chat
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Presenter at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Graduate Policy Seminar. Spring 2024. https://www.ashe.ws/gsps2024
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Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
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Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
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New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
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Media research feature. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Jan 2024. https://jbhe.com/2024/01/black-women-used-social-networks-to-help-them-persist-in-stem/