Natalie Nailor

Associate Director of Research Administration,

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

[email protected]

Dixie Gammage Hall Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code: 2680

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Natalie has been with Arizona State University since 2005 with over 25 years K-12 and higher education experience. She joined the Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts in 2023 and currently leads Research Advancement & Operations for HIDA. Her work supported HIDA in advancing from 7th to 2nd in the national HERD rankings. Her portfolio incudes research compliance, operations, contracting services and leveraging HIDA research in support of ASU goals. In 2015, Natalie led the implementation of ASU’s First in the World federal research grant, ProMod. It included partnering with university faculty and high school teachers to re-design their classrooms using project-based learning. As Executive Director of Access ASU, Natalie oversaw 10 different programmatic strategies to reach the diverse population of Arizona. She also launched Arizona’s first Earn to Learn program in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services to leverage ASU’s financial aid funds to match college savings accounts of low-income high school students. Prior to coming to ASU, Natalie taught middle school and managed a prevention focused federal grant in 4 elementary/middle schools. Natalie has a Bachelor’s in Secondary Education from ASU and received her Master’s and Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University.

Publications

Henderson, J.B., Marley, S., Wilcox, J. M., Nailor, N., Sowl, S., & Close, K. (2022, April). Challenges assessing the impact of project-based learning on critical thinking skills. Journal of Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness, 10(1-2), 33-60.

Department of Education’s Best Practices Clearinghouse: ASU’s Networked Cohorts: Forging Enduring Virtual Communities Among Teachers Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Audrain, R. L., Ruiz, E. A., Maresso Wyatt, L. G., Nailor, N., & Weinberg, A. E. (2023). Sustaining teachers through collaboration and autonomy: Outcomes of a professional development experience. The New Educator, 19(2), 121-145.

Audrain, R. L. & Nailor, N. (2023, March) Teacher Preparation, Starting in High School: Role- Based Clinical Experiences for High School Students Interested in Becoming Educators in Team Taught, Next Education Workforce Models. American Association of College for Teacher Education 2023 Annual Meeting presentation.

Audrain, R. L. & Nailor, N. (2023, March) Teacher Preparation and Job Upskilling for Paraeducators: How Team-Based Staffing Models Open More Pathways. American Association of College for Teacher Education 2023 Annual Meeting presentation.

Henderson, J. B., Marley, S., Wilcox, M. J., Nailor, N., Sowl, S., & Close, K. (2020). Challenges Assessing the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Critical Thinking Skills. Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, 10(1-2), 33-60.

Marley, S. C., Sowl, S., Wilcox, M. J., & Nailor, N. (2019, April) Text Messaging in a College Access Program for High School Students: A Latent Profile Analysis. Roundtable accepted for presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Ont.

Wilcox, M. J., Marley, S. C., Nailor, N., & Sowl, S. (2019, April) Does First-Year Parent Support for College and Academic Discussions Predict Student Motivation and Second- Year Achievement? It Depends. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Ont.

Zhu, H., Derk, I., Sowl, S., & Nailor, N. (2018, June). Fusing Introduction to Engineering and Intercultural Communication and its Effect on the Customer Awareness Aspect of the Entrepreneurial Mindset. In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.

Sowl, S., Downing, V., Nailor, N., & Wilcox, M.J. (2018, April). Examining the Impact of Text Messaging in a College Access Program for Predominately Low-Income, First- Generation Hispanic Students. Round-table session accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Henderson, J.B., Close, K., Sowl, S., Marley, S.C., Nailor, N., & Wilcox, M.J. (2018, April). Challenges assessing the impact of project-based learning on critical thinking skills. Poster session accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Marley, S.C., Wilcox, M., & Nailor, N. (2016, November) A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the College Student Social Capital Scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Marley, S. C., Wilcox, J., Barnard, B., & Nailor, N. (2016). The Influence of Family Support on First-Year College Student Achievement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Denver, CO.

Nailor, N., Wilcox, J., Marley, S. C. & Moratto, M. (2016). Family and Peer Support Predict the Motivational Characteristics of High School Seniors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Denver, CO.

Marley, S.C., Wilcox, M. J., Nailor, N., & Barnard, W. (2016, Apr.) Construct Validity Study of the College Student Social Capital Scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of

the American Educational Research Association.

Marley, S.C., Wilcox, M. J., Nailor, N., & Barnard, W. (2016, Apr.) College Social Capital Predicts Motivational Characteristics of First-Year College Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Wilcox, M. J., Marley, S.C., Nailor, N., & Barnard, W. (2016, Apr.). Do Non-Cognitive Factors Predict Academic Achievement in Diverse College Freshman? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Nailor, N., Sowden, B., & Flesher, L. (2014) eAdvisor: High school tracking tools. Session presented at the National College Access Network Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.

Nailor, N., Reno, J., Jensen, L. (2013) Ensuring College and Career Knowledge & Skills for Postsecondary Access & Success. Session presented at National College Access Network Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Nailor, N. & Mendoza, C. (2012) Building a College-Going Culture, Session presented at Arizona School Counselors Association Annual Conference, Mesa, Arizona.

Nailor, N. (2010). Perceptions of College Readiness: the ACT National Curriculum Survey & What Schools Can do to Bridge the Gap. Session presented at ACT State Organization Annual Conference, Tempe, Arizona.

Nailor, N. (2009). Improving the Pipeline- Ensuring College Success. Session presented at ACT State Organization Annual Conference, Tempe, Arizona.

Nailor, N. (2008). The Sun Devil Promise: ASU’s Commitment to Serving AZ Families. Session presented at College Board National Forum.

Nailor, N. & Franco, A. (2008). Access ASU. Session presented at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Los Angeles.

Nailor, N. & Franco, A. (2007). Access ASU- The Sun Devil Promise. Session presented at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, San Antonio.