Katherine (Kathy) Chau Rohn
Assistant Research Professor
Educational Leadership
Academic Degrees:
Ph.D. in Higher Education – Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Ed.M. in Higher Education – Harvard Graduate School of Education
B.A. in Art History – New York University
Biography:
Kathy Chau Rohn serves as an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the Neag School of Education. She is a former K-12 urban educator and administrator. Her research focuses on college student development and success as well as high-impact experiential education practices that promote student well-being. Committed to building inclusive communities of scholar-practitioners and fostering sustainable and equitable change, Dr. Rohn utilizes participant-centered qualitative methods and theories of change to understand what, how, and for whom practices contribute to student success. Her current research focuses on understanding the effects of social media use on mental health and exploring what and how school-based interventions can promote increased digital literacy and well-being among adolescents.
Dr. Rohn’s research has been published in Teachers College Record, the Journal of College Student Development, the Journal of Experiential Education, Evaluation and Program Planning, and About Campus. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Experiential Education and a Co-Chair for the Symposium on Experiential Education Research. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education from Boston College, Ed.M. in Higher Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and B.A. in Art History from New York University.
Selected Publications:
Rohn, K. C. & Conway, P. F. (2024). The 360 diary method in experiential education: using social media as a complementary method to interviews and audio diaries. Visual Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2024.2404440
Rohn, K. C. (2024). From awareness to action: Institutional agents attempt to (re)imagine college readiness and success at a no-excuses charter high school. Teachers College Record, 126(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681241252299
Rohn. K. C., Arnold, K. D., & Martini, L. (2022). The 360 diary method: A new approach to student assessment and intervention, About Campus. https://doi.org/10.1177/10864822221138255
Rohn, K. C. & Conway, P. F. (2022). Thru-hiking and thriving: Exploring college student experiences on the Appalachian Trail. Journal of Experiential Education. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2024.a919353
Gates, E., Rohn, K. C., & Murugaiah, K. (2024). Equity-related ‘knots’ in theory of change development: Conceptualization and case illustrations, Evaluation and Program Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102385
Conway, P. F. & Rohn, K. C. (2024). Self-authorship development in the outdoors: But for whom?, Journal of College Student Development, 65(1), 95-100. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2024.a919353
Arnold, K. D., Israni, V., & Rohn, K. C. (2020). The student experience of two-way text-message college advising: A first glimpse. Journal of College Access, 5(2), 81-111.
