Ryan Creps
Assistant Professor
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY
Specialty/Research Focus
Educational Policy; Higher Education
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 Article:
- Creps, R. (2025). Reconsidering determinants of Title IX compliance: Introducing admission factors disaggregated by gender and female athletic expenditures. Educational Policy.
- Creps, R. (2025). The first-year transition of rural students at a highly selective university. College Student Affairs Journal, 43(1).
- 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.;