National
Walls, M. A.*, & Smith, K. N. (2025, April). Undergraduate women’s experiences building and leveraging social capital to secure computing internships. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Denver, CO.
Wu, J., & Smith, K. N. (2025, April). Shaping possible selves: The influence of internships on women’s career paths in computing. AERA Conference, Denver, CO. [Roundtable]
Smith, K. N., Walls, M. A.*, Crawford, B.*, Hallstrom, J.*, Nutinsky, L.*, Walls, M.*, Zimmerman, M.* (2024, November). Understanding first-generation and continuing-generation graduates’ decisions to pursue PhD programs in biological science. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Wofford, A. W., Henning, H.*, Smith, K. N., & Branch, B. (2024, November). “She wasn’t supposed to be my official mentor”: Gendered mentorship in undergraduate engineering internship settings. ASHE Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Lapan, J. C., & Smith, K. N. (2024, October; Invited). Internships as sites of transition: Supporting students' career development. National Conference on Students in Transition, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Virtual.
Smith, K. N. (2024, April). “Eyes were watching me”: An intersectional exploration of undergraduate women’s experiences in computing internships across modalities. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Smith, K. N. (2023, November). The postsecondary structures that shape undergraduate women’s entry and success in computing majors. ASHE Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Smith, K. N. (2023, November). Preparing deans of women: The earliest student affairs courses and the evolution of a graduate program. ASHE Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Lehman, K., Stormes, K., Smith, K., Lapan, J. (2023, April). Exploring participation in computing internships among undergraduates in non-computing majors. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Chicago, IL. [Roundtable]
Smith, K. (2022, November). “A whole cycle all over again”: First-generation college students’ graduate school plans and decisions. ASHE Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Smith, K. (2022, November). Women’s belonging in computing across institutional contexts: A multiple case study. ASHE Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Smith, K., Pincus, B.*, Wofford, A. M., & Branch, B. (2022, November). “Do I even belong?”: Internships as career socialization experiences for women in engineering. ASHE Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Smith, K., Wofford, A. M., & Branch, B. (2022, April). “I have a place here in engineering”: The role of student organizations in affirming women’s engineering identity. AERA Conference, San Diego, CA.
Smith, K., Wofford, A. M., & Branch, B. (2022, March). Investigating women’s engineering identity and advancement through the internship experience. American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Convention, St. Louis, MO.
Local
Smith, K., & Janowski, A.* (2023, April). The gendered nature of undergraduate women’s interactions and belonging in computing internships. The Petersheim Academic Exposition, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.
Cohen, R. , Corby, Z.*, Montalvo, S. *, Oro, A. *, Suratt, H. *, Wureh, E. *, Smith, K., & Delozier, A. (2023, April). Exploring the historical development of U.S. higher education. The Petersheim Academic Exposition, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.
Anand, S., & Smith, K. (2023, April). Using sentiment analysis to understand the professional socialization experiences and expectations of women in computer science. The Petersheim Academic Exposition, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.
*Student co-presenter