Debbie Chachra

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Debbie Chachra is a scholar working on Media Technology, Education and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Debbie Chachra has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Media Technology, 12 papers in Education and 11 papers in Architecture. Recurrent topics in Debbie Chachra's work include Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (19 papers), Engineering Education and Pedagogy (11 papers) and Career Development and Diversity (9 papers). Debbie Chachra is often cited by papers focused on Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (19 papers), Engineering Education and Pedagogy (11 papers) and Career Development and Diversity (9 papers). Debbie Chachra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Debbie Chachra's co-authors include Sheri Sheppard, Özgür Eriş, Gary Lichtenstein, Matthew Ohland, Richard A. Layton, Marc D. Grynpas, Deborah Kilgore, Helen L. Chen, George Toye and Larry H. Ludlow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biomaterials and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Debbie Chachra

39 papers receiving 900 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Persistence, Engagement, and Migration in Engineering Programs

2008 385 citations Sheri Sheppard, Gary Lichtenstein et al. profile →

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Olga Pierrakos United States

Shawn Jordan United States

Nathan Canney United States

Lorraine Fleming United States

Krista Donaldson United States

Leroy Long United States

Cheryl Cass United States

Reagan Curtis United States

Gordon D. Hoople United States

Thomas B. Jones United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debbie Chachra

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Debbie Chachra. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Debbie Chachra based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Debbie Chachra. Debbie Chachra is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (2020). Being And Becoming: Gender And Identity Formation Of Engineering Students. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 13.250.1–13.250.20. 39 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (2020). A Preliminary Analysis Of Correlates Of Engineering Persistence: Results From A Longitudinal Study. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 12.94.1–12.94.12. 18 indexed citations

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Zastavker, Yevgeniya V., Debbie Chachra, Caitrin Lynch, Alisha Sarang-Sieminski, & Lynn Andrea Stein. (2020). Gender Schemas, Privilege, Micro-messaging, and Engineering Education: Practical Lessons from Theory. 22.740.1–22.740.10. 1 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (2020). Convergent Approaches for Developing Engineering Leadership in Undergraduates. 7 indexed citations

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Kilgore, Deborah, et al.. (2020). Creative, Contextual, And Engaged: Are Women The Engineers Of 2020?. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 12.420.1–12.420.16. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Helen, Krista Donaldson, Debbie Chachra, et al.. (2020). From Pie To Apples: The Evolution Of A Survey Instrument To Explore Engineering Student Pathways. 13.633.1–13.633.12. 16 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (2019). Comparing the Impact of Project Experiences across the Engineering Curriculum.. International Journal of Research in Education and Science. 5(2). 468–487. 6 indexed citations

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Hirshfield, Laura E. & Debbie Chachra. (2019). Experience is not mastery: Unexpected interactions between project task choice and measures of academic confidence and self-efficacy in first-year engineering students. International journal of engineering education. 35(3). 806–823. 4 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie. (2017). To reduce gender biases, acknowledge them. Nature. 548(7668). 373–373. 10 indexed citations

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Finelli, Cynthia, et al.. (2016). Investigating Task Choice in First-Year Engineering Team Projects. 3 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (2015). Task choice, group dynamics and learning goals: Understanding student activities in teams. 1–5. 13 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, Hardy Limeback, Thomas L. Willett, & Marc D. Grynpas. (2010). The Long-term Effects of Water Fluoridation on the Human Skeleton. Journal of Dental Research. 89(11). 1219–1223. 29 indexed citations

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Omelon, Sidney, et al.. (2008). A new tool to assess the mechanical properties of bone due to collagen degradation. Bone. 44(5). 840–848. 16 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (2008). Fluoride and Mineralized Tissues. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 36(2-3). 183–233. 22 indexed citations

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Tholpady, Sunil S., et al.. (2007). Tensional Forces Influence Gene Expression and Sutural State of Rat Calvariae In Vitro. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 120(3). 601–611. 15 indexed citations

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Somerville, Mark, Debbie Chachra, J Geddes, et al.. (2006). Work in Progress - A Provisional Competency Assessment System. S1C–1. 2 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, Charles H. Turner, A.J. Dunipace, & Marc D. Grynpas. (1999). The Effect of Fluoride Treatment on Bone Mineral in Rabbits. Calcified Tissue International. 64(4). 345–351. 41 indexed citations

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Marois, Yves, A. Cardou, Martin W. King, et al.. (1997). Shelf-life of bioprosthetic heart valves: a structural and mechanical study. Biomaterials. 18(8). 605–612. 14 indexed citations

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Chachra, Debbie, et al.. (1995). The effect of different hormone replacement therapy regimens on the mechanical properties of rat vertebrae. Calcified Tissue International. 56(2). 130–134. 25 indexed citations

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MacLusky, Neil J., et al.. (1995). Lumbar vertebral density and mechanial properties in aged ovariectomized rats treated with estrogen and norethindrone or norgestimate. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 173(5). 1491–1498. 14 indexed citations

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