Presentations

Highlights

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
[Forthcoming] Norville, Z. C. & de Leon, M. (March 19, 2026). Assessing the Impact of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Policy on US Medical Residency and Specialty Choice. To be Presented at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

[Forthcoming] de Leon, M. & Aguilar, J. (March 19, 2026). Computational Analysis of Financial Aid Information on US Community Colleges: Evidence from California and Texas. To be Presented at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

[Forthcoming] de Leon, M. (March 28, 2026). Cross-Border Policy Diffusion & Discourse: Computational Analysis of Financial Aid Reform in the United States and Canada. To be Presented at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Comparative International Education Society in San Francisco, California, United States.

de Leon, M. (November 10-12, 2025). Access, Equity, and Nudges: Synthesizing Evidence on Behavioral Strategies in Federal Aid. Presented at the 2025 Association for the Study of Higher Education. Denver, Colorado, United States.

de Leon, M. (August 8-12, 2025). The Future of Student Work: Financial Aid, Gig Labour, and Economic Inequality. Presented at the 120th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Session Presider & Presenter)

de Leon, M. (March 22-26, 2025). The Dual Role of the Fulbright Program in International Academic Relations. Presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, United States.

de Leon, M. (June 19-21, 2024). A Cross-National Comparison of Work-Study Programs. Presented at the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024, Research Impact Canada. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

de Leon, M. (June 17-19, 2024). A Balancing Act: The Impact of Employment on First Year Student Outcomes. Presented at the 13th Researching Work & Learning Conference Series. Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden.

Corral, D., de Leon, M, Childs, R., Arayata, C. (June 15-20, 2024). Surveying for Racial Equity? Assessing Racial and Ethnic Data Collection Practices in Ontario’s Higher Education. Presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education 2024 Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

de Leon, M. (June 15-20, 2024). A Comparative Analysis of Work-Study Programs in the United States and Canada. Presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education 2024 Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Session Presider & Presenter)

de Leon, M. (April 11-14, 2024). A Longitudinal Examination of Working Learners in Higher Education: Findings from the First Year. Presented at the 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

de Leon, M. (March 10-14, 2024). Financial Aid Policies as Catalysts for Equity and Access in Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Canada. Presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society. Miami, Florida, United States.

Corral, D., de Leon, M. (November 15-17, 2023). A Systematic Review of Undergraduate Research Programs. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education 2023 Annual General Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

de Leon, M. (November 4, 2023). A Longitudinal Analysis of Student Employment in Higher Education: Findings from the First Year. Presented at the Nina Bascia Educational Policy Symposium, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19875.02086

de Leon, M. (May 28, 2023). At a Crossroads: Examining Working First-Year Student Transitions into Higher Education. Presented at Congress 2023 Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

de Leon, M. (April 2023). How do Employed Students Experience Time Poverty in Higher Education? Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, United States.

de Leon, M. (March 2023). Sink or Swim: First Year Employed Students and Persistence. Presented at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Graduate Student Research Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

de Leon, M. (February 2023). Employment in Higher Education and its Impact on Student Persistence. Presented at the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services. Virtual

INVITED TALKS
[Forthcoming] de Leon, M. (January 21, 2026). Access, Equity, and Nudges: Synthesizing Evidence on Behavioral Strategies in Federal Aid. Presented at the Junior Fellow Lecture Series at Massey College, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

de Leon, M. (November 6, 2025). Panel on Grant Writing. Invited panelist, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

de Leon, M. (September 8th, 2025). How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is Shaping Student Debt, Loan Forgiveness, and Medical Education: A computational perspective on policy, equity, and the physician workforce in the United States. Presented at the Junior Fellow Lecture Series at Massey College, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

de Leon, M. (March 15, 2024). Panel 4: Rapporteur Remarks. Panelist at the Walter Gordon Symposium on the Role of the Academy in Public Policy, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

de Leon, M. (September 13, 2023). A Balancing Act: The Impact of Employment on Persistence. Presented at the Junior Fellow Lecture Series at Massey College, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

GUEST LECTURES
de Leon, M. (2025, November 3). Financial aid and access in higher education. [Guest Lecture]. Transitional Year Programme, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

de Leon, M. (2025, October 6). Translating Between Academic and Public Audiences [Guest Lecture]. Transitional Year Programme, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.