Ryan Creps
Assistant Professor
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY
Specialty/Research Focus
Educational Administration; Educational Leadership; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Legal Issues
Education and Training:
- Ph.D., Boston College, Higher Education
- B.A., Grinnell College, Economics
- M.Ed., Providence College, Higher Education
Awards and Honors:
- NSF Fellow, Summer Institute in Advanced Research Methods for STEM Education; National Science Foundation; 2025-05-01;
- Project Scholar, Institute for Higher Education Faculty; National Endowment for the Humanities; 2024-05-01;
- Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award; Boston College; 2022-05-01;
Recent Publications:
Journal Articles:
- Creps, R., & Boatman, A. (2026). Geographic differences in high school math curricula, college choice, and postsecondary math remediation. The Review of Higher Education.
- Creps, R. (2025). Expanding opportunities or perpetuating inequity? Assessing the impact of new women’s sports teams on Title IX compliance and diversity in NCAA athletics. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 18(4), 353-375.
- Creps, R. (2025). The first-year transition of rural students at a highly selective university. College Student Affairs Journal, 43(1).
- Creps, R. (2025). Reconsidering determinants of Title IX compliance: Introducing admission factors disaggregated by gender and female athletic expenditures. Educational Policy.
- Creps, R., Islem, S., Zeng, B., Boatman, A., & Castro Samayoa, A. (2025). Tech equity: A survival analysis of an undergraduate computer science supplemental education program. Innovative Higher Education.
Recent Presentations:
Conferences:
- Creps, R. (2025, April). Expanding opportunities or perpetuating inequity? Assessing the impact of new women’s sports teams on Title IX compliance and diversity in NCAA athletics. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.;
- Islem, S. Zeng, B., Creps, R, Boatman, A., & Rowan-Kenyon, H. (2024, November). Developing a sense of belonging in computer science through curricular and supplemental education experiences. [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Minneapolis, MN.;
- Rowan-Kenyon, H., Carroll, S., Creps, R., Brown, L., Xiang, Z., & Savitz-Romer, M. (2024, November). The role of counselor recommendation letters in the holistic admissions process. [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Minneapolis, MN.;
- Savitz-Romer, M., Brown, L., Carroll, S., Rowan-Kenyon, H., & Creps, R. (2025, April). Do no harm: Admission officer sensemaking of the high school counselor recommendation letter. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.;