Dr. Maria Adamuti-Trache

Selected Publications

College Readiness & STEM Education

Adamuti-Trache, M., Zhang, Y. & Hagedorn, L. (2021). Exploring students’ endorsement enrollments in Texas public high schools. Texas Education Review, 9(1), 23-48.

Adamuti-Trache, M., Zhang, Y. & *Barker, S. (2020). Texas perspectives on college and career readiness: An examination of high school endorsements. Career and Technical Education Research, 45(2), 59-78.

Zhang, Y., Adamuti-Trache, M., & Connolly, J. (2019). From a community college attendant to a baccalaureate recipient in STEM fields of study: A planned behavior model for transfer students. Journal of Higher Education, 90(3), 373-401.

*Campbell, T. & Adamuti-Trache, M. (2016). Science and engineering doctorate recipients entering the labor market: Income disparities for underrepresented minorities. Career and Technical Education Research, 41(2), 85-105

Adamuti-Trache, M. & Sweet, R. (2014). Science, technology, engineering and math readiness: Ethno-linguistic and gender differences in high-school course selection patterns. International Journal of Science Education, 36(4), 610-634.

Higher Education Research

Sweet, R., Pullman, A., Adamuti-Trache, M. & Robson, K. (2019). Ethnolinguistic patterns of degree completion in BC universities: How important are high-school academic achievement and institution of entry? The Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 49(3), 69-87

Zhang, Y. L., Laanan, F. S., & Adamuti-Trache, M. (2018). What matters to students’ satisfaction: A comparative study between vertical and horizontal transfer students at 4-year universities. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42(12), 878-892.

*Campbell, T., Adamuti-Trache, M., & Bista, K. (2018). Employment and earnings of international science and engineering graduates of U.S. universities: A comparative perspective. Journal of International Students, 8(1), 409-430.

Sweet, R., Robson, K., Adamuti-Trache, M. (2017). Ethnicity and Effectively Maintained Inequality in BC universities. The Canadian Review of Sociology, 54(4), 497-518.

Immigrants and International students

Adamuti-Trache, M., Anisef, P., & Sweet, R. (2018). Language barriers, learning opportunities and language proficiency gains by immigrant women to Canada. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 17(1), 16-33.

*Ugwu, D. & Adamuti-Trache, M. (2017). Post-graduation plans of international science and engineering doctoral students attending U.S. universities. Journal of International Students, 7(1), 1-21

Adamuti-Trache, M. (2011). First 4 years in Canada: Post-secondary education pathways of highly-educated immigrants. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 12(1), 61-82