Elsa M. Gonzalez, Ph.D. '04

Elsa M. Gonzalez, Ph.D., is Assistant Provost of Strategic Educational Partnerships and Associate Professor in the College of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M University (TAMU). Dr. Gonzalez currently serves as Intermittent Expert at the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Gonzalez is the Regional Editor of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), and Board Member of the Journal of Hispanic in Higher Education. She is the author of over hundred publications; her research interests include underrepresented students; access, resilience, retention, graduation, and workforce development in STEM fields; HSI institutions; higher education leadership and methodological issues in cross-language qualitative methodology. She is the author of the book "An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success", the book was awarded as the 2022 Book of the Year by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE).

In 2020, she was awarded an NSF-CAREER grant for her project “Broadening Participation in STEM: A Qualitative Analysis of Resilience Experiences and Strategies of Latina STEM Majors in HSIs.” Recently, she was named by Diverse Issues in Higher Education as one of the 25 Most Outstanding Women in Academia 2023, and she was recognized with the 2023 NSF Director’s Award for Superior Accomplishment.