Douglas' research focuses on student access and success in higher education, specifically at community colleges. His published work discusses alternatives to college remedial placement, the role of mathematics in post-secondary education, and college and career pathways in STEM. He is also interested in the non-degree routes to workforce development. Douglas has worked on research and evaluation for the US Department of Education, US Department of Labor, and National Science Foundation. He has also partnered with the non-profit advocacy group Complete College America.
Experience
2018–present
Lecturer in Sociology, Trinity College - Hartford, CT
2016–present
Senior Researcher, Rutgers University - Education and Employment Research Center
Education
2018
City University of New York - Graduate Center, PhD
2008
Saint John's University, MA
Publications
2023
The Long-Term Impacts of Corequisite Mathematics Remediation with Statistics: Degree Completion and Wage Outcomes, Educational Researcher
2020
Math Counts: Major and Gender Differences in College Mathematics Coursework, The Journal of Higher Education
2019
Corequisite mathematics remediation: Results over time and in different contexts, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
2017
School mathematics as gatekeeper, The Sociological Quarterly
2016
Should students assessed as needing remedial mathematics take college-level quantitative courses instead? A randomized controlled trial, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis