Maureen E. Babineau

Visiting Instructor in Psychology and Education

Education

• B.A., Mount Holyoke College
• M.A., Mount Holyoke College

Interests

I have a passion for working with nontraditional college students many of whom are first generation college students. My thesis and on going research involves trying to understand and support adult students. My thesis involved trying to understand the mechanism that signals non-traditional college students that it is time to return to education, and how this mechanism may influence certain groups such as first generation college students.  I am learning more about how students who once considered college as adolescents, but did not go for a number of reasons, find ways to recast their possible selves back into future possibilities and achieve success.

Recent Papers and Publications

Babineau, M. E., & Packard, B. W. (in press). The pursuit of college in adulthood: Reclaiming past selves or constructing new? Journal of Adult Development.

Packard, B. W., Babineau, M. E., & Hauke, S. E. (2006). Entrepreneurial strategies for supporting independent, individualized learning in science. Paper presented in Symposium “Individualized Learning: Motivational and Organizational Conditions for Effectiveness”. Paper presented at 2006 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

Packard, B. W., Babineau, M. E., Piontkowksi, S., & Ruiz, Y. (2006). Mentoring among first generation college students pursuing science and technology: Are diverse investment strategies prevalent? Paper presented at 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA.

Babineau, M. E., & Packard, B. W. (2005). Adult women returning to school: Mentoring during application and post-enrollment phases. Paper presented at 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Canada.