My research reflects interdisciplinary interests in psychology and education, pertaining to areas including: social cognition in education and leadership, underrepresented students in higher education, and gender differences in STEM.

• Faculty Marshal for the Graduate School - UTEP (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
• College Marshal for Education - College of Education, The University of Texas at El Paso (12/01/2017-12/31/2017)
• Psychology Dissertation Research Grant - University of Michigan (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
• Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow - Ford Foundation (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow - Ford Foundation (01/01/1999-12/31/1999)
• Summer Research Opportunities Program Fellow - University of Michigan (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)

• Ph D in Social Psychology, University of Michigan (2003)
• MA in Social Psychology, University of Michigan (2000)
• BA in Psychology, Stanford University (1998)

• Tenure With a Termination Letter (2020), Penelope P. Espinoza.
• Tenure with a termination letter. (2020), Penelope Espinoza.
• Survey on Experiences in Academia for UTEP Women Faculty & Professional Staff Report prepared for the UTEP Women’s Advisory Council to the President. (2019), Penelope P. Espinoza, Ivonne Santiago, Heidi A. Taboada Jimenez, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Karina Canaba.
• Cultivating Constructivist Science Internships for High School Students Through a Community of Practice with Cogenerative Dialogues Learning Environment Research 21 2 (2018), Pei-Ling Hsu, Penelope P. Espinoza.
• Hi, I Want to Talk to You About Your Progress: A Large Course Intervention for At-Risk College Students Journal of College Student Retention (2018), Penelope P. Espinoza, Gaspare M. Genna.
• Correlates of political ideology among U.S.-born Mexican Americans: Cultural identification, socioeconomic status, and acculturation attitudes Social Psychological and Personality Science 8 1 (2017), Laura P. Naumann, Veronica Benet-Martinez, Penelope P. Espinoza.

• Institutional reform for women in STEM and non-STEM fields at an HSI: From survey data to action steps (2021), Volume South Padre Island, TX, Penelope P. Espinoza, Ivonne Santiago.
• Achieving institutional reform through Latinas’ perspectives on advancement in STEM (2019), Volume South Padre Island, TX, Penelope P. Espinoza, Ivonne Santiago, Heidi A. Taboada Jimenez, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• A workplace designed for mamá: What employers should know (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Penelope P. Espinoza.
• Building a Constructivist Learning Environment in a University Science Internship for High School Students (2016), Volume Washington, DC, Pei-Ling Hsu, Penelope P. Espinoza.
• “A pesar de todo”: The persistence of Latina graduate engineering students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (2016), Volume Albuquerque, NM, Sandra Aguirre-Covarrubias, Eduardo C. Arellano, Penelope P. Espinoza.

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