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Catherine Hartman is an Assistant Teaching Professor, ELPHD, and Faculty Scholar for the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at NC State University.

Prior to her work at NC State University, Catherine served as a post-doctoral research associate at the National Resource Center. She also served as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Community College Student Engagement and at the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin and as a graduate assistant in the Dean of Students Office and the Office of Academic Advising at the College of William & Mary.

Catherine’s research focuses on community college student persistence and engagement, student transfer from community colleges to four-year schools, undergraduate transfer student identity development, and linguistically diverse students’ experiences in postsecondary contexts.   

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Educational Background

• Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin
• Master of Education, Higher Education Administration, College of William & Mary
• Bachelor of Arts, English, College of William & Mary
• Associate of Science, Social Sciences, Tidewater Community College
• Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, Tidewater Community College