Dr. Masha Krsmanovic
Assistant Professor
Bio
Dr. Krsmanovic鈥檚 areas of higher education expertise include first-year experience, first-year seminars, scholarship of teaching and learning, and research methods. Prior to her higher education career, Dr. Krsmanovic worked in varied international settings leading the design and facilitation of training programs in the fields of ESL and adult education. Her professional experience include graduate teaching, faculty development, dissertation and capstone mentoring, and applied educational research.
- PHD - University of Central Florida (2019)
HE 712: Two-Year College
HE 716: Higher Education Law
HE 715: Teaching in Higher Education
HE 793, 794, 795, 796: Field Problems (Capstone)
HE 612: Helping Skills in Student Affairs Practice
HE 792: Introduction to Scholarship and Publication
HE 792: First-Year Seminars
HE 792: International Higher Education
HE 792: Multiculturalism and Multilingualism on College Campuses
HE 792: High Impact Practices
HE 792: Qualitative Research
- Resident, non-resident, and "the other": Examining institutional and state policies for international student residency classification for tuition purposes and the associated cost of fees, Journal of Education Finance, 2020
- Leading the Way to Success: Perspectives of Academic Leaders on Faculty Mentorship Practices, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2026
- Course redesign: Implementing project-based learning to improve students鈥� self- efficacy, Journal on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021,
- Who improves most? The differences in first-year students鈥� learning attitudes and behaviors measured by college success factor index, Journal of the Scholarship on Teaching and Learning, 2020,
- The synthesis and future directions of empirical research on international students in the United States: The insights from one decade., Journal of International Students, 2021,
- Understanding two decades of research on first year seminar effectiveness: A qualitative meta-synthesis, Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2025
- Examining Differences in Occupational Engagement Among First-Time in College and Transfer College Undergraduate Students, Journal of College Student Development, 2025
- The Innocents Abroad: International Students, Orientations, and the Need to Address Campus Safety, Journal of International Students, 2024
- Retention and academic achievement of students of color in a large urban Hispanic-serving institution , Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021,
- 鈥淚 was new and I was afraid鈥�: The acculturation strategies adopted by international first-year students in the United States. , Journal of International Students, 2020,
- American Educational Research Association
- Association for the Study of Higher Education
- Comparative and International Education Society