Doctoral students Hanna Chipman and Francheska Jimenez are the 2025 recipients of the Anna Neumann Supporting Student Research Award.
The Anna Neumann Supporting Student Research Award has been supported over the years by Professor Neumann's former students and other HPSE alumni and supporters. The award recognizes and seeks to advance promising dissertation research on faculty careers and college teaching and learning.
HANNA CHIPMAN
Hanna Chipman (she/her) is a second-year part-time PhD student and the Admissions Inquiries Coordinator for the MA, EdM, and PhD in the Higher and Postsecondary Education Program (HPSE) at TC. She works full-time in academic affairs at Columbia Climate School. Her research interest centers on a foundational part of student learning and development: the process of students finding a sense of belonging. She is particularly drawn to the specific student identity of first-generation racial/ethnic minority students who attend colleges/universities where the majority of the population identifies as white.
As a 2025 recipient of the Anna Neumann Supporting Student Research Award, Hanna will attend the 50th Annual Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference where she will continue to network with higher education leaders, scholars, practitioners and attend workshops that align with her research interests. Though her research experience has been somewhat limited thus far, the combination of increased exposure at this conference, the deep knowledge and skills learned in her classes, and her dedication to these student identities and sense of belonging will enable her to fully commit to and focus on her future dissertation and research goals.
FRANCHESKA JIMENEZ
Francheska Jimenez (she/her) is a PhD student in the Higher and Postsecondary Education program at Teachers College. Her research interests include intersectional identity development among Queer students of color, sense of belonging, access for minoritized students, and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Francheska also has a M.A. in Higher Education Administration and B.A. in English from Stony Brook University. She has a culmination of professional experience at New York University, Columbia University, K-12 schools in Harlem, and non-profit organizations.
With this award, Francheska is planning to attend the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference in the fall. As she approaches the early stages of dissertation work, she hopes that attending the conference will provide opportunities to stay up-to-date with concurrent research related to her interests and future pursuits as well as engage with other higher education scholars. She would also like to take advantage of the professional development workshops and networking spaces for graduate students that ASHE also offers.