Publications

• Watts, A., and Dowd, A. C. (2023). Access and Equity in Higher Education. In Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education. Leisyte, L., Dee, J., and van der Meulen, B. (Eds). Edward Elgar. Published, 07/14/2023.
• Watts, A. & Johnson, R. M. (In Press). Meritocracy. In The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education. Winn, W. T. and Winn, L. T. (Eds.). Bloomsbury Press. Accepted, 04/01/2022.

Research Keywords

• Race, racism, and whiteness
• Organizational Theory and Behavior (education)
• Higher Education
• Graduate Education
• Critical Whiteness Studies

Presentations

• Watts, A. (March 2024). Organizing in the In-Between: Dialogues on Administrative Graduate Assistant Activism. Paper accepted for presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 11/18/2023.
• Watts, A., Silberstein, S. & Palmer, D. (March 2024). It’s All Fun and Games: Advancing Critical Consciousness through Playful Pedagogy. Research-in-Progress paper accepted for presentation at the American College Personnel Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 11/17/2023.
• Watts, A., Shaw, S.*, Dragunat, C., Leon Alvarado, D., Ahanonu, M.*, & Gregory, T.* (Nov. 2023). We’re making it up as we go: Collaborative worldmaking in a HESA graduate program. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/17/2023.
• Watts, A. (Nov. 2023). Administrative Graduate Assistant Labor Activism: Implications for Civic Engagement in the Gig Academy. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/16/2023.
• Rubin, P. G., Thomas, S. & Watts, A. (2024). Institutional responses to state policies targeting ‘divisive’ higher education concepts: What do public statements suggest? Paper accepted for roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 11/01/2023.
• Watts, A. (2024). Secure the bag: The Rockefeller Foundation and the Funding of Upward Bound, 1962-1968. Paper accepted for roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 11/01/2023.
• Queer Theory has Entered the CHAT: Dis/Orienting Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Paper presented at the 2023 American Education Research Association Annual Meeting [Virtual Session]. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/05/2023.
• Carey, S.*, Gregory, T.*, Ahanonu, M.*, & Watts, A. (April 2023). Hyper-Christian Nationalism in Student Affairs: A Panel Discussion. Presented at the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) National Conference. New Orleans, LA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/11/2023.
• Carey, S., Gregory, T., Ahanonu, M., Errgang, E. & Watts, A. A Collaborative Dialogue on Hyper-Christian Nationalism and it's Influence on Higher Education. Presentation accepted for the ACPA Annual Meeting, New Orleans. Presentation, Accepted, 12/31/2022.
• Watts, A. & Silberstein, S. Student Affairs in the Upside Down: Exploring Critical Gaming Pedagogy in HESA Grad Prep Programs. Presentation Accepted to the ACPA Annual Meeting, New Orleans. Presentation, Accepted, 12/31/2022.