Jesse Perez Mendez  

B.A. Midwestern State University, Political Science and History
M.A. Texas Tech University, Political Science
J.D. Indiana University School of Law
Ph.D. Indiana University, Higher Education and Student Affairs

Professional Appointments

Regent, Northern Oklahoma College, 2007-present

Assistant Professor of Education, Oklahoma State University, 2005-present

Instructor of Political Science, University of Houston, 2005

Adjunct Instructor of Political Science, Cy-Fair Community College, 2004

Research Associate, Indiana Education Policy Center, 2001-2003

Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University, 1998

Scholarly Interests

Postsecondary access, higher education law and politics, technology and higher education, institutional response to disasters

Selected Publications

Mendez, J.P. & Mendoza, P.M. (In press). “The Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program: Its Effect on African-American Enrollment Behavior”, National Association of Student Affairs Professionals.

Mendez, J.P. ,Mathers, J.K., & Neal, D. M. (In press). “The Storm After the Storm: K-12 State Reaction to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita”, Journal of Emergency Management.  

Mendez, J.P. & Mendoza, P.M. (2007). “Governmental Financial Aid Packages and Minority Student Retention: The Effects of Oklahoma’s Promise, Pell Grants, and Stafford Loans”, Houston, TX: Institute of Higher Education Law and Governance (IHELG) Monograph Series, No. 07-06.

Mendez, J.P. & Nixon, T. (2007). “The Desegregation Experience in Oklahoma: Nancy Randolph Davis at Oklahoma A&M”, Oklahoma Politics.

St. John, E.P., Chung, C. G., Musoba, G., Simmons, A., Wooden, O. S. & Mendez, J.P. (2004). “Expanding College Access: The Impact of State Finance Strategies.” Indianapolis, IN: The Lumina Foundation for Education.

Works Under Review

Mendez, J.P. (Revise and resubmit). “An Attempt at Striking a Balance: The Obligations of Citizenship and the Bait of Student Aid. Social Advocacy and System Change.

Mendoza, P.M. & Mendez, J.P. (Under review). “The Impact of State and Federal Financial Aid on Low Income and Minority Student Persistence: A Closer Look to Financial Aid Packages”, Journal of Higher Education.

Journal Articles in Progress

Mendez, J.P. & Mendoza, P.M. "The Impact of Financial Aid on Native American Students", (In progress).

Mendez, J.P., Mendoza, P.M. & Archer, D.E. "Financial Aid Packages and Student Athletes in Oklahoma at 4-year Institutions", (In progress).

Mendoza, P.M., Mendez, J.P. & Malcolm, Z. "Financial Accessibility in Community Colleges: Assessing the Differential Impact of State and Federal Financial Aid Programs", (In progress).

Mendoza, P.M., Mendez, J.P. & Hurton, D. "Community College Athletes and Financial Aid Packages", (In progress).

Mendez, J.P., Curry, J., Weinland, K., Kennedy, K., & Bainbridge, K. "Residential Student Usage of Facebook", (In progress).

Selected Presentations

"Student Athlete Retention: Are Athletic Scholarships Enough?" With Mendoza, P. and Archer, D.E. (2008, November). The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Jacksonville, FL.

“The Oklahoma Higher Access Program and Its Impact on Community College Enrollment” With Mendoza, P. and Archer, D.E., (2008, April). The American Education Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

"Dealing with the Katrina Diaspora: Highly Impacted States and their Strategies in Policy" With Mathers, J. (2008, January). The American Education Research Association (AERA), New York, NY. 

“The Oklahoma Higher Access Program: Its Effect on Students Based on their SES” With Mendoza, P., (2007, November). The Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY.

 “Before Brown: Mexican-American Efforts in Desegregation” (April, 2007). The American Education Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

 “The Storm After the Storm: K-12 State Reaction to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita” (April, 2007). The American Education Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

 “Oklahoma’s Promise: The Oklahoma Higher Access Program” With Mendoza, P., (2007, April). The Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL.

Roundtable, “The Growing Temptation and Proliferation of Online Graduate Degrees” (2006, November). Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs (CAHEP) at the Association for the Study of Higher Education conference, Anaheim, CA. 

“Coerced Civic Duty? Federal Legislation and Litigation over Financial Aid” (2006, April). The Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Courses

EDLE 6753 - Historical Development of Higher Education

EDLE 6803 - Higher Education Administration

EDLE 6463 - Higher Education Law

EDLE 5973 - Foundations in Higher Education

EDLE 6850 - Directed Readings in Higher Education Finance

EDLE 6713 - Effective Teaching in Colleges and Universities

EDLE 5983 - Administrative Issues in Higher Education (online)

EDLE 6143 - Resources for the Study of Educational Leadership