Brett Nachman

Nachman, B. R., Pryor, J. T., & Miller, M. T. (2024). “It’s Gonna Open Up Doors”: Alumni Reflections of Doctoral Community College Leadership Programs. Community College Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/00915521231218232

Nachman, B. R. (2024). “What Do We Have to Do?” Community College CTE Faculty Perceptions, Preparedness, and Propositions in Supporting Disabled Students’ Employment Opportunities. Community College Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/00915521231222273

Nachman, B. R., & Pryor, J. T. (2023). Advancing Digital Campus Climate: A Conceptual Model for Bolstering Higher Education Inclusivity. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2023.2233447

Nachman, B. R., Maldonado, L. G., Hartman, C., & Deal, S. A. (2023). How Career Coaches Employed by Community Colleges Shape Students’ Postsecondary and Professional Pathways in North Carolina Public High Schools. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2023.2238646

Nachman, B. R., McDermott, C. T., & Cox, B. E. (2022). Brief Report: Autism-Specific College Support Programs: Differences Across Geography and Institutional Type. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(2), 863–870. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04958-1

Nachman, B. R., & Brown, K. R. (2022). Crip places: Dismantling disability discourse in the 2-year college literature. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000443

Nachman, B. R. (2022). Impressions of the (Gay and Autistic) Scholar in the Glass: An Emerging Academic's Journey. In A. Duran, R. A. Miller, T. J. Jourian, & J. Cisneros (Eds.), Queerness as Being in Higher Education: Narrating the Insider/Outsider Paradox as LGBTQ+ Scholars and Practitioners. New York: Routledge.

Nachman, B. R. (2022). Preparing Future Faculty to More Inclusively Teach Autistic College Students: Examining an Inclusive Teaching Professional Development Course. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 33(3), 306–318.

Nachman, B. R. (2021, April). "I need some space:” How autistic community college students learn about and practice self-advocacy. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R. (2021, April). "While a disability in some respects, it is a superpower”: Understanding autistic community college students’ identity development. Presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R., & Wilke, A. K. (2021). (Re)envisioning considerations for disabled community college students. New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021(196), 43–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20482

Nachman, B. R., McDermott, C. T., & Cox, B. E. (2021, April). Access to autismspecific college support programs: Differences across geography and institutional type. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R., Hu, X., Fernandez, F., Eddy, P., Ngo, F., Lee, J., & Burnett, C. (2021, April). Advancing the equity mission: Policy perspectives for practice. Interactive symposium presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, (Virtual).

Dwyer, P., Acevedo, S. M., Brown, H. M., Grapel, J., Jones, S. C., Nachman, B. R., … Williams, Z. J. (2021, August 20). An Expert Roundtable Discussion on Experiences of Autistic Autism Researchers. AUTISM IN ADULTHOOD, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.29019.rtb

Nachman, B. R. (2021, October). Building self-advocacy: Learning from autistic community college students’ experiences. Presented at the National Conference on Students in Transition, (Virtual).

Pryor, J. T., & Nachman, B. R. (2021, December 1). Conceptualizing Digital Campus Climate within LGBTQ plus Resource Center Websites: A Critical Discourse Analysis. INNOVATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-021-09590-6

Pryor, J. T., & Nachman, B. R. (2021, March). Enhancing digital campus climate: A rubric for student affairs practitioners. Poster presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Conference, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R. (2021, November). Reconceptualizing the Conceptual Framework of Community College Student Success to account for disabled CTE students. Roundtable presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Nachman, B. R. (2021, April). Reimagining campus climate for the autism community. Keynote presented at the 2021 Emory University Autism Awareness Month, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Wickersham, K., & Nachman, B. R. (2021). “I Never Learned More in My Life in Such a Short Period of Time”: Math Contextualization as Momentum toward Community College Student Success. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2021.1999341

"I Feel Like They are all Interconnected": Understanding the Identity Management Narratives of Autistic LGBTQ College Students. (2020). College Student Affairs Journal. https://doi.org/10.1353/csj.2020.0000

Wickersham, K., & Nachman, B. R. (2020, April). "I never learned more in my life in such a short period of time”: Math contextualization as momentum toward community college student success. Presented at the Council for the Study of Community College (CSCC) Conference, (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R. (2020, November). "I’ve found my people at last:” The impacts of a community college autism transition program. Poster presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, (Virtual).

Cox, B. E., Nachman, B. R., Thompson, K., Dawson, S., Edelstein, J. A., & Breeden, C. (2020). An Exploration of Actionable Insights Regarding College Students with Autism: A Review of the Literature. The Review of Higher Education, 43(4), 935–966. https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2020.0026

Nachman, B. R. (2020, April). Assessing autism in higher education and possibilities for future inquiry: A systematic literature review. Roundtable presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, California (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R., & Waisman, T. C. (2020, November). Autism & Universal Design Training. Presented at the Project REACH’s CUNY Autism Network, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R. (2020, October). Building on students’ strengths: Takeaways from a community college autism program. Presented at the College Autism Summit Conference, (Virtual).

Cox, B. E., Nachman, B. R., & Lei, J. (2020, July). Education beyond school – Transition to college and university for autistic students. Presented at the INSAR Institute: Developmental Stages of Autism through a Research Lens via the International Society for Autism Research, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R. (2020). Enhancing Transition Programming for College Students with Autism: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability.

Pryor, J. T., & Nachman, B. R. (2020, November). Examining digital representations of campus LGBTQ+ centers via the Campus Pride Index. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R., Lei, J., & Cox, B. E. (2020, May). Fostering collaborative postsecondary education for autistic students: Engaging stakeholder perspectives. Presented at the International Society of Autism Research Conference, Seattle, Washington (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R. (2020, April). How an inclusive teaching course prepares future faculty to teach autistic college students. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, California (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R. (2020, October). How to more inclusively teach autistic college students: Using Universal Design to inform future faculty teaching practices. Presented at the The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Michigan State University, (Virtual).

Wang, X., Lee, S. Y., Nachman, B. R., & Zhu, X. (2020). It Matters Long Before: How Early Exposure to Faculty and Advisors at Baccalaureate Institutions Relates to Upward Transfer. Educational Researcher, 50(2), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189x20956659

Nachman, B. R., Haas, E., Bradley, B., Cameron, S., & Martin, R. (2020, April). Many hands cultivate student success: Scottsdale Community College practitioners relay insights and inspiration. Interactive symposium presented at the Council for the Study of Community College (CSCC) Conference, (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R., McDermott, K. T., & Cox, B. E. (2020, May). Mapping out autism-specific college support programs in the United States. Poster presented at the International Society of Autism Research Conference, Seattle, Washington (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R., & Brown, K. R. (2020). Omission and Othering: Constructing Autism on Community College Websites. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2019.1565845

Nachman, B. R. (2020, March). Opening a window into autism and higher education: Research and reflections in charting new horizons. Presented at the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Nachman, B. R., Cisneros, J., Duran, A., Jourian, T. J., Miller, R., Vaccaro, A., & Renn, K. (2020, November). Theorizing the insider-outsider binary: Reflections of higher education professionals with minoritized sexual and gender identities. Interactive symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, (Virtual).

Nachman, B. R., & Brown, K. R. (2020, April). Two-year colleges and students with disabilities. Presented at the Council for the Study of Community College (CSCC) Conference, (Cancelled).

Nachman, B. R., Abelson, S. R., Alcívar-Zuñiga, M. B., Christian, C. R., del Rosario, Z., Valentine, D. R., & Virgüez, E. (2020). Voices of changemakers: How commitments to learning, community, and equity shape future faculty. Panel presented at the Association for the Study of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Conference, Washington, D.C.

Nachman, B. R., Miller, R. A., & Peña, E. V. (2020). “Whose Liability Is It Anyway?” Cultivating an Inclusive College Climate for Autistic LGBTQ Students. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 1, 155545891989794. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555458919897942

Nachman, B. R., Lei, J., & Cox, B. E. (2019, May). Adapting and advancing postsecondary education for autistic students. Special interest group presented at the International Society of Autism Research Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Nachman, B. R. (2019). Autism panel. Presented at the LEND Seminar, Waisman Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

Nachman, B. R. (2019). Giving credit to course interests: How faculty can capitalize on students’ passions. Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 99(1), 8–11.

How Do 2-Year College Students Beginning in STEM View Themselves as Learners? (2019). Teachers College Record. Retrieved from http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=22607

Wang, X., Lee, S. Y., Nachman, B. R., & Zhu, X. (2019, March). It matters long before transfer: The influence of early exposure to faculty and advisors at baccalaureate institutions on upward transfer. Presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, San Diego, California.

Nachman, B. R., Wickersham, K., Bakken, T., Zamani-Gallaher, E., Bower, B., Crisp, G., … Wickersham, K. (2019, March). Meaningful mentorship: Exploring domains and sharing experiences for the next generation of two-year college researchers and practitioners. Interactive symposium presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference.

Nachman, B. R. (2019, October). Redesigning college classrooms to more inclusively teach autistic students. Presented at the College Inclusion Summit Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Nachman, B. R. (2019, October). Research-to-Practice Dismantling discomfort post-conference symposium. Presented at the College Inclusion Summit Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Nachman, B. R., & Brown, K. R. (2019, November). The power of place: A systematic review of the literature on disability at 2-year colleges. Poster presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Portland, Oregon.

Nachman, B. R. (2019, May). There's no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach: How future faculty plan to teach autistic college students. Poster presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching and Learning Symposium, Madison, Wisconsin.

Miller, R. A., Nachman, B. R., & Wynn, R. D. (2018, November). "I feel like they are all interconnected”: How college students experience autism and queer/trans* identities. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Tampa, Florida.

Nachman, B. R., & Brown, K. B. (2018, April). A content analysis of how 2-year college websites frame autism. Presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Addison, Texas.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, April). College students on the spectrum: From the inside out. Presented at the Autism - As We Are: An Evening of Growth & Challenge, Waisman Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, March). Cultivating inclusive spaces for students with disabilities. Presented at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE), Madison, Wisconsin.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, November). Discovering community at community colleges: Opportunities and avenues of support for students with autism. Presented at the College Inclusion Summit Conference, Burlington, Vermont.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, November). Enhancing transition programming for college students with autism: A critical literature review. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Tampa, Florida.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, April). Galvanizing efforts to support community college students on the Autism Spectrum: A critical literature review. Presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Addison, Texas.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, October). Making the most of a conference. Panel presented at the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Leadership, Engagement, Advancement, & Development of Students ((ELPA LEADS), Madison, Wisconsin.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, November). What can we learn from emergent college autism research? Presented at the College Inclusion Summit Conference, Burlington, Vermont.

Nachman, B. R. (2018, November). Woke scholarship and self-care: Strategies for graduate student community and endurance. Panel presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference, Tampa, Florida.

Wang, X., Chan, H.-Y., Soffa, S. J., & Nachman, B. R. (2017). A nuanced look at women in STEM fields at two-year colleges: Factors that shape female students' transfer intent. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(FEB). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00146

Cox, B. E., Nachman, B. R., Thompson, K., Dawson, S., Edelstein, J., & Breeden, C. (2017, November). Actionable insights regarding college students with autism: A systematic literature review. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Houston, Texas.

Nachman, B. (2017). Bridging the academic gap. In R. W. Glover & K. M. O’Flaherty (Eds.), Structural Challenges and the Future of Honors Education (Honors Education in Transition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Nachman, B. R. (2017, April). Examining community colleges’ academic, professional and social gateways for Autism Spectrum students. Presented at the 28th Annual Autism Society of Wisconsin Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.

Wang, X., Ning, S., Wagner, B., & Nachman, B. (2017, April). How do 2-year college students view themselves as STEM learner? Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

Nachman, B. R. (2017, November). How do 2-year college websites depict autism? Presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Ed Talks event, Madison, Wisconsin.

Nachman, B. R., Bedolla Lor, N., Pasque, P., Castillo-Montoya, M., & Zamani-Gallaher, E. (2017, November). Me, myself and I-dentity: Reconciling critiques of insider research. Interactive symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Houston, Texas.

Nachman, B. R. (2017, October). Navigating higher education without a roadmap: How to make college satisfying and successful. Presented at the Autism Society of Wisconsin Transition to Adulthood Conference, Wausau, Wisconsin.

Nachman, B. R., & Brown, K. R. (2017, November). Verification limitation, and omission: Constructing autism on college and university websites. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Houston, Texas.

Wang, X., Soffa, S. J., Chan, H.-Y., & Nachman, B. (2016, April). A nuanced look at women in STEM fields at community colleges: How do women’s multiple identities shape their transfer intent? Presented at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), Plano, Texas.

Nachman, B. R. (2016, July). If Einstein attended community college: Challenges and opportunities for Autism Spectrum students at two-year colleges. Presented at the 47th Annual Autism Society National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Nachman, B. (2016, October). Reflecting on the future: Disney’s Epcot as a confluence of technological and cultural dualism. Presented at the Midwest Popular Culture Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Nachman, B., & Holowach, M. (2014). Q&A: Students: An introduction. Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 94(3), 16–17.