Research
My research interests include college athlete development, college athletes and academics, women in intercollegiate athletic administration, ethical issues in academic advising and college sports, college student transition programs and their assessment, and the background and experiences of student-athlete services professionals.
Forthcoming Publications
Rubin, L. M., & Stokowski, S. (In press). Holistic development for college athlete success. In S. Hu & J. O'Shea (Eds.),
The Routledge handbook on postsecondary student success. Routledge.
Published Works
Stokowski, S., & Rubin, L. M. (2024). Athlete development. In P. M. Pederson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of sport management (2nd ed., pp. 59–60).
Edward Elgar Publishing.
Rubin, L. M. (2024). ChatGPT and research ethics. In X. Lin, R. Chan, S. Sharma, & K. Bista (Eds.), ChatGPT and global
higher education: Using artificial intelligence in teaching and learning (pp. 179–188). STAR Scholar Books.
Ross, S. A., Rubin, L. M., & Weight, E. A. (2025). Academics, eligibility, and student-athlete development.
In R. H. Zullo & E. A. Weight (Eds.)., Administration of intercollegiate athletics (2nd ed., pp. 117–136). Human Kinetics.
Rubin, L. M., & Stokowski, S. (2023). Pedagogical considerations between teaching fitness and in higher education.
Kentucky SHAPE Journal, 61(1), 25–33.
Ngo, F., Rubin, L. M., Simpfenderfer, A. J., Pincus, B., & Del Real Viramontes, J. (2023). Streamlining key learner
transitions. In J. K. Hinojosa, J. P. Guilbeau, & V. A. Sansone (Eds.), Postsecondary student access and success in
Nevada: An ASHE institute with southern Nevada higher education leaders (pp. 16–26). Association for the Study of
Higher Education.
Rubin, L. M., & Huml, M. R. (2023). Athletic advisors’ experiences supporting athletes through head coach transitions.
International Sport Coaching Journal, 10(2), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2021-0082
Rubin, L. M. (2022). Semi-stellar student. Developments, 19(4).
https://developments.myacpa.org/semi-stellar-student-rubin/
Heim, P., Stokowski, S., Springer, D. S., Rubin, L. M., & Miller, M. T. (2022). Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
participation on leadership and post-graduate career development. Journal of Student-Athlete Educational
Development and Success, 4, 55–79.
Weight, E. A., Smith, A. B., & Rubin, L. M. (2022). The athlete advantage: Human capital
resource emergence through sport. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 15, 442–458.
Rubin, L. M., McGill, C. M., Campbell, S. M., & Grites, T. J. (2022). Dissemination of scholarly inquiry.
In C. M. McGill, S. S. Gizerian, & P. Hagen (Eds.), Scholarly inquiry in academic advising (2nd ed., pp. 236–248). Stylus.
Rubin, L. M. (2022, July 6). College athlete financial literacy shouldn't be a coin toss. Sportico.
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/college-athlete-financial-literacy-1234680516/
Mottarella, K., Rubin, L. M., & Grites, T. J. (2022). The NACADA Journal 2010–2020: A review and future
directions. NACADA Journal, 42(1), 9–21. https://doi.org/10.12930/NACADA-22-15
Kuhn, A. P., & Rubin, L. M. (2022). Are college athletes cheaters? What do faculty think?
Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 15, 354–376.
Rubin, L. M., Fuller, R. D., & Stokowski, S. (2022). “I might as well get my education”: The experiences of black male
Division III college athletes. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 4(1), 17–36.
Krotz, J. J., & Rubin, L. M. (2021). Legislators’ perceptions of public university student lobbying efforts on
public higher education legislation: A case study. eJournal of Public Affairs, 10(3).
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/ejopa/vol10/iss3/6/
Rubin, L. M., Joseph, M., Lutter, S., Roberts, D. K., & Jones, J. J. (2021, September 2). Enhancing financial literacy
among college athletes. AthleticDirectorU. https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/enhancing-financial-literacy-among-
Rubin, L. M., Joseph, M., Lutter, S., Roberts, D. K., & Jones, J. J. (2021). Enhancing financial literacy among college
athletes. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 3(2), 74–97. https://doi.org/10.25035/jade.03.02.01
Rubin, L. M., & Nwosu, G. (2021). Developing college athletes into leaders: Analyzing the impact of a leadership
academy. Journal of Student-Athlete Educational Development and Success, 3, 1–29.
Rubin, L. M., Lombardi, A. A., Felice, K., & Donato, M. A. (2020). Reflections on the undergraduate research
experience of three former NCAA division I athletes. Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and
Mentoring, 9(1), 1–15.
Stokowski, S. E., Rubin, L. M., Rode, C. R., Fridley, A., & Shkorupeieva, S. (2020). Separate kingdoms: Academic
advisers' perceptions of college athletes & athletic departments. The Mentor: Innovative Scholarship on
Academic Advising, 22, 16–32. https://doi.org/10.26209/mj2261353
Rubin, L. M., & Lewis, W. A. (2020). Collaboration between campus and athletic advisors: Ensuring college
athletes' success. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Special Issue, 91–124.
Gurney, G. S., Rubin, L. M., Stokowski, S. E., & Ridpath, B. D. (2020). The original sin of college sports:
College presidents' ineffectual use of special admissions. Journal of NCAA Compliance, 2020(3), 3–4, 12–19.
Gross, K. D., Rubin, L. M., & Weese, A. P. (2020, April 21). Student-athletes and suicide prevention.
AthleticDirectorU. https://www.athleticdirectoru.com/articles/student-athletes-and-suicide-prevention/
Gross, K. D., Rubin, L. M., & Weese, A. P. (2020). College athletes and suicide prevention: A
collaborative autoethnography. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Special Issue, 82–97.
Navarro, K. M., Rubin, L. M., & Mamerow, G. P. (2020). Implementing student-athlete programming: A guide for
supporting college athletes. Routledge.
Rubin, L. M., Dringenberg, E. A., Lane, J. J., & Wefald, A. J. (2019). Faculty beliefs about the
nature of intelligence. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 19(4), 1–17.
https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v19i4.24158
Rubin, L. M., Britt-Lutter, S., Roberts, D. K., Dunn, A. C., Fang, M. F., Haselwood, C., & Brown, T. R. (2019). Enhancing
financial literacy among student-athletes: 2018 NCAA innovations in research and practice grant final report.
Rubin, L. M., & Moreno-Pardo, M. D. (2018). Burnout among student-athlete services professionals.
Journal of Higher Education Athletics and Innovation, 1(3), 1–25. http://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2018.1.3.1-25
Rubin, L. M., Connole, I. J., & Pinkett, C. L. (2018). Education and athletics: A case of research collaboration at
Kansas State University. In D. Van Rheenen & J. M. DeOrnellas (Eds.), Envisioning scholar-practitioner
collaborations: Communities of practice in education and sport (pp. 123–136). Information Age Publishing.
Rubin, L. M. (2017). Who are athletic advisors? State of the profession. NACADA Journal, 37(1), 37–50.
https://doi.org/10.12930/NACADA-15-046
Rubin, L. M., & Moses, R. A. (2017). Athletic subculture within student-athlete
academic centers. Sociology of Sport Journal, 34(4), 317–328. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2016-0138
Rubin, L. M. (2016). Six word memoirs: A content analysis of first-year course learning outcomes.
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 28(3), 395–403.
Rubin, L. M. (2016). The detrimental effects of big-time college sports on black student-athletes’ academic
success. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 10(3), 185–198.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2016.1258966
Rubin, L. M., & Lough, N. L. (2015). Perspectives of title IX pioneers: Equity, equality and need.
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 8(2), 109–130. https://doi.org/10.1123/jis.2014-0114
Rubin, L. M. (2015). Advising student-athletes. NACADA Clearinghouse.
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Clearinghouse/View-Articles/Advising-Student-Athletes.aspx
Rubin, L. M., & Rosser, V. J. (2014). Comparing division 1A scholarship and non-scholarship student-athletes:
A discriminant analysis. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 7, 43–64.