Rachel Kajfez

Rachel Kajfez studies how undergraduate engineering students develop their professional identity, sense of belonging, and beliefs about their own competence ('smartness'), and how these factors relate to persistence and diversity in engineering programs. Her work also examines first-year engineering experiences, entrepreneurial mindset development, and educational practices at regional and pre-college levels. This research uses methods like interviews, surveys, and literature reviews to understand and improve how engineering is taught and experienced by students.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with notable peaks in 2020 and 2024, suggesting an active but variable rather than steadily increasing output.

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