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2021 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION NEWS
JANUARY
  • Richard Arum, Greg Duncan named among nation's most influential education scholars (Read more)​
  • Assistant Professor Emily Penner receives 2020 Community Outcomes and Impact Award (Read more)​
  • ​Doctoral candidate Qing Zhang receives AERA-NSF Grants Program Dissertation Award (Read more)​
  • Dean Richard Arum presents ways to transform higher education into more just, equitable environments (Read more)
  • MAT Single Subject Coordinator Acacia Warren leads ISTE workshop on PBL & STEAM (Read more)
  • Associate Deans for Access initiative, Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) & Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) partner to encourage college attendance among first-gen students at local high schools in Orange & Los Angeles counties (Read more)​
FEBRUARY
  • ​Doctoral candidate Yenda Prado signs contract with MIT Press (Read more)
  • Fourth-year doctoral students Sharin Jacob and Sirui Wan selected as Grad Slam Finalists (Read more)
  • Professor Susanne Jaeggi receives NIH/NIA grant to study interventions that may mitigate cognitive decline in older adult populations (Read more)
  • Doctoral student Undarmaa Maamuujav awarded Otto W. Shaler Scholarship (Read more)
  • Assistant Professor Nia Dowell named a Faculty Innovation Fellow  (Read more)​​
  • Assistant Professor Emily Penner named William T. Grant Scholars Program finalist (Read more)
  • Two doctoral students awarded Public Impact Fellowships (Read more)​
march
  • School of Education Master’s program launches Bilingual Authorization Program (Read more)​​​​​
  • ​OCEAN partnership with TLC Public Charter School generating novel research into ways that technology can foster an inclusive environment for culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities (Read more)
  • ​OCEAN partnership with Rea Elementary and the Newport-Mesa Unified School District improving teaching and students’ mathematical thinking and reasoning (Read more)
  • OCEAN team addressing threats to educational opportunities in low-income communities of color during the pandemic (Read more)
  • ​Alumna Vicki Vasques (’81) makes a $10,000 gift in honor of School of Education legendary teacher educator Mary Roosevelt (Read more)
  • Research team, led by Assistant Professor Andres Bustamante, receives award to introduce innovative Fraction Ball math game in SAUSD (Read more)
april
  • Association for Psychological Science awards Assistant Professor Andres Bustamante a Rising Star designation (Read more)
  • UCI School of Education Ranked No. 15 in the Nation by U.S. News (Read more)​​
  • ​UCI takes part in 28th annual KinderCaminata (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Yenda Prado receives Latino Excellence & Achievement Award (Read more)
  • The California Teacher Education Research and Improvement Network selects doctoral students Jonathan Montoya, Ethan Rubin, and Steven Skoropad as CTERIN Fellows (Read more)
MAY
  • UCI School of Education Climate Council engagement programs promote equity and inclusion ​(Read more)
  • Gates Foundation commissioned report from the UCI Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project: "Ensuring a More Equitable Future: Assessing Student Learning and Growth in Higher Education" (Read more)
  • Assistant Professor Emily Penner named William T. Grant Scholar (Read more)
  • Doctoral Student Undarmaa Maamuujav awarded UCI Summer Inclusive Excellence Grant (Read more)
  • Doctoral student Sharin Jacob awarded 2021 Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (Read more)
  • Acacia Warren, Single Subject MAT Coordinator, presented her book - Project Based Learning Across the Disciplines - at the Spring 2021 Virtual Cue Conference (Read more)
  • ​Doctoral students Socorro Cambero, Marixza Torres, Valery Vigil, WMP lab manager Rachel Nicole Smith receive three-year GRFP fellowships in STEM education & learning (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Khamia Powell receives 2021 VOICE fellowship to conduct research promoting free speech and civic engagement (Read more)
JUNE
  • ​Project scientist Jin Kyoung Hwang (Ph.D. '15) awarded four-year, $1.69 million grant to study personalizing literacy instruction for English Learners (Read more)
  • ​Doctoral candidate Zhiling Shea awarded AERA/NSF Dissertation Grant (Read more)
  • Katia Necoechea Madriz, SAGE Scholar/double major in Educational Sciences & Psychology (B.A. ’21), named Fulbright Scholar (Read more)
  • ​Doctoral candidate Khamia Powell awarded President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship  (Read more)​
  • Professor Sandra Simpkins named 2021 Society for Research in Child Development Mentor (Read more)
  • ​Doctoral candidate Sirui Wan awarded Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Dandan Yang awarded Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Xuehan Zhou awarded Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (Read more)
  • First generation scholar/undergrad commencement speaker Bethany Urbano committed to making education accessible to all (Read more)
  • Brad Greene, Education Sciences major/Sociology major/2020-21 Big West Conference Defensive Basketball Player of the Year greets opportunity with optimism, perseverance, and a nod to his Native American heritage (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Undarmaa Maamuujav awarded Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Dissertation Fellowship (Read more)
  • Third-year doctoral student Alexandria Weaver, Professor Susanne Jaeggi receive SSIHI grant to explore auditory processing in older adults (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Sharin Jacob awarded Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Dissertation Fellowship ​(Read more)
JULY
2020 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION NEWS
January
February
MARCH
April
MAY
June
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
  • The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development awarded Associate Professor Stephanie Reich a two-year grant to research how screen media influence children’s development (Read more) ​​
OCTOBER
  • Association for Psychological Science selects Professor Sandra Simpkins Fellow of the Association in recognition of her “sustained outstanding contributions to the advancement of psychological science" (Read more)
  • NSF awards Assistant Professor Shayan Doroudi a two-year, $300,000 EAGER grant to study the potential role of non-researchers in advancing scientific research (Read more)​
  • UC team receives $1M grant from NSF to develop improved telepresence robots for children with medical conditions and disabilities (Read more)​
november
  • Spencer Foundation awards Assoc. Prof. June Ahn grant to help school partners address the needs of housing-insecure and foster youth in Orange County (Read more)
  • UCI School of Education Dean Richard Arum presents proposal to ensure that traditional colleges and universities, as well as federal college funding programs, respond to the acute learning needs brought on by the pandemic (Read more)
  • IES awards Dist. Prof. George Farkas grant to analyze racial disproportionality in special education services (Read more)​
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards Assoc. Prof. June Ahn a three-year, $500,000 grant to identify factors that motivate youth toward occupational careers (Read more)
DECEMBER
  • The UCI School of Education hosted its annual Ph.D. Poster Session on November 13 via a virtual space for the first time in its history (Read more)​
  • WATCH: Dean Richard Arum, team, present updated findings to Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project (Read More) ​​
2021 IN THE NEWS
JANUARY
  • Rodolfo Acosta, Center for Educational Partnerships GEAR UP Director, discusses program support provided to Compton middle & high school students Telemundo  (Translation)​
  • Professor and Dean Richard Arum comments, "The mission of the UCI School of Education has been unwavering: to advance educational science, learning outcomes and equity for all students" UCI News​
  • Postdoctoral scholar Elizabeth Mendoza is co-author of letter offering suggestions on how to help strengthen teaching in support of Black lives Inside Higher Ed​
  • Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio asserts that classroom suspension not only results in loss of instructional time but also affects feelings of support and belongingness PIX11​
fEBRUARY
  • ​Two alums - California Teachers of the Year Jim Klipfel and Laura Gómez - share their experiences (UCI News)
  • Newport-Mesa School District officials assess impact of COVID-19 closures and distance learning in K-6 learners, review progress report on UCI/OCDE collaboration to advance mathematics instruction (Daily Pilot)
  • Associate Professor AnneMarie Conley encourages pursuing mastery goals during pandemic (UCB Greater Good Magazine)
  • Alumna Laura Gomez (MAT '95), 2021 California Teacher of the Year, offers her students "windows into the world" (OC Register)
march
  • Research by Assistant Professor Jade M. Jenkins, Doctoral Candidate Jennifer Duer, Dr. Maia Connors assesses early childhood facilities' participation in quality rating and improvement systems (Start Early)​​​​​
  • ​Alumna Emily Matthews  honored as a Newport-Mesa Unified School District teacher of the year (Daily Pilot)
  • UCI Science Project Director Kelley Le pens op-ed: Reimagining Science Education with Climate Change (Ten Strands)
  • ​Professor Gustavo Carlo's research into implicit racial bias, sympathy highlighted (PsyPost)
  • ​Professor Gustavo Carlo's research into prosocial behavior Latinx youth detailed (EuerkAlert)
  • Professor Mark Warschauer and Postdoctoral Researcher Ying Xu discuss the research supporting PBS Kids series "Elinor Wonders Why" (EdSurge)
APRIL
  • Ten years of teaching experience encouraged fourth-year doctoral student Khamia Powell to research professional development options that can create more inclusive classroom cultures and more representative curriculum (UCI Grad Division) ​
  • Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan supports an expanded child allowance "even when the economy goes back to being more normal" (Yahoo!News)
MAY
  • Research from Associate Professor Di Xu cited in story analyzing COVID learning gaps (Newsweek)
  • Dr. Kelley Le, Director of the UCI Science Project, shares her thoughts on meaningful science instruction (California Classroom Science)
  • ​Professor Mark Warschauer discusses COVID-19's lasting impact on the post-pandemic classroom (UCI News)
  • "Brilliant UCI Women in STEM" features Jenny Woo (Rising Tide Magazine YouTube Video)
  • Research analyzing the impact of remote learning on UCI UGs, led by Professor & Dean Richard Arum, finds “When you move to more engaging, participatory, interactive instructional strategies, student academic engagement goes up.”  (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • Co-founder/Professor Mimi Ito explains how COVID-19 created a five-fold increase in demand for UCI’s virtual, project-based non-profit, Connected Camps, ages 8-14 (EdSurge)​
JUNE
  • Research and analysis from UCI's Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project featured in Gates Foundation report  (Gates Foundation)​​
  • New Spanish Bilingual Authorization Program to boost number of bilingual teachers in state (EdSource)
  • School of Education's community partnership, establishment of learning pods highlighted (EdSurge News)
JULY
2020 IN THE NEWS
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
  • Alumna Melissa Callahan (Ph.D. ‘18) contributes article: “Am I Too Diverse for Academia?” Diverse Issues in Higher Education​
  • Programs & funding streams proposed by Dean Richard Arum & Stanford professor Mitchell Stevens designed to expand & equalize access to postsecondary education, reduce reliance on in-person instruction, & develop a "cumulative science" of adult learning  Inside Higher Ed​
  • Professor Mark Warschauer believes schools and educators deserve credit for improvements in online learning while acknowledging continuing challenges for distance education The Mercury News
  • Associate professor Susanne Jaeggi, project scientist Anja Pahor, professor Aaron Seitz (UCR), with support from NIH, are recruiting 30,000 volunteers test why and for whom brain training works, and under which conditions Scientific American 
  • Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan's research finds that programs that give families cash result in better learning outcomes & higher future earnings, dramatically improving the lives of children decades later Vox
NOVEMBER
  • Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio shares teacher-recommended tools for online learning Education Week​
  • Dean Richard Arum's Learning Opportunity Credits proposal cited in Chronicle of Higher Education​
  • Jim Klipfel (Teacher Credential ’93), Saugus High School Social Studies Teacher, is the second UCI alumnus selected as one of the five 2021 California Teachers of the Year Los Angeles Daily News​
  • Alumna Laura Gomez (Teacher Credential ‘95) honored as one of five 2021 California Teachers of the Year Orange County Register​
DECEMBER
  • Chancellor's Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell comments: "2020 has highlighted serious systemic inequities in many spheres of our lives" APA Special Report​
2021 PUBLICATIONS
JANUARY
  • Postdoctoral scholar Charlott Rubach publishes anthology: Emotions in School & Teaching: Conditions and Effects of Emotions in Teachers and Learners (Read more)​
  • Doctoral candidate Mishael Sedas, Associate Professor Kylie Peppler publish article analyzing perspectives on learning sciences (Read more)​
  • Director of Undergraduate Programs Janice Hansen (Ph.D. ‘13), Associate Professor Lindsey Richland publish article describing pedagogical intuitions on best practices to maximize learning (Read more)​
  • Professor Gilberto Gonzalez's new, award-winning book celebrates achievements of first-generation, Mexican-descent college students, calls for better support (Read more)​
  • Alumna Wendy Ochoa (Ph.D. ’19) publishes article on culture-specific dimensions of family engagement and children’s narrative ability (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Jacky Au, Alumnus Austin Moon (B.A. '17), Associate Professor Susanne Jaeggi publish article on the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to enhance cognitive training (Read more)​
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Zehra Gülseven, Professor Gustavo Carlo publish article analyzing links between sociocognitive and socioemotive traits and prosocial behaviors (Read more)​
  • Professor Elizabeth van Es publishes article on teacher noticing  (Read more)
  • Alumna Priyanka Agarwal (Ph.D. ’19) contributes chapter to new publication Stem & the Social Good: Forwarding Political & Ethical Perspectives in the Learning Sciences (Read more)​
  • Doctoral candidate Taylor Gara, Distinguished Professor George Farkas, Professor Liane Brouillette publish article analyzing potential reductions in art education resulting from implementation of No Child Left Behind (Read more)​
  • Postdoctoral research fellow Mark Vincent B. Yu, fifth-year doctoral student Stephanie Soto-Lara, Professor Sandra Simpkins publish article analyzing peer influence on Latinx youth participation in afterschool activities (Read more)​
  • Assistant Professor Fernando Rodriguez is first author of article on the effects of spacing and self-testing in two senior-level college courses (Read more)​
  • Professor Mark Warschaer, fourth-year doctoral student Sharin Jacob, third-year doctoral student Undraa Maamuujav contribute chapter to new publication The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes (Read more)​
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Edward Chen, fourth-year doctoral student Sirui Wan, Associate Professor Drew Bailey publish article reviewing ANS training literature addressing symbolic math performance (Read more)​
  • Alumnus Osman Umarji (Ph.D. ’19) is lead author of article analyzing the impact of student perceptions of teacher caring on students’ math motivation (Read more)
  • Alumna Tara Barnhart (Ph.D. '16) publishes article recommending rethinking mentoring practices for pre-service & early-service teachers during the current pandemic (Read more)​
  • Second-year doctoral student Joseph Montoya publishes paper investigating postsecondary community technical education work pathways in Silicon Valley (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article assessing association between parents’ implicit racial attitudes & their children’s sympathetic bias (Read more)
  • Alumna Tarana Khan (Ph.D. ’19) publishes article on PBS family math engagement program co-designed with families in Compton, California (Read more)​
  • Alumnus Alex Lin (Ph.D. ’14), Prof. Sandra Simpkins publish article analyzing decision-making among Mexican-origin parent-adolescent dyads about enrolling in after-school activities (Read more)​​
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article summarizing research on prosocial behaviors during adolescence (Read more)​
  • Project Scientist Anja Pajor, WPM Lab Manager Rachel N. Smith-Peirce, Alumnus Austin Moon, Associate Professor Susanne M. Jaeggi publish article exploring how WM training might facilitate transfer to untrained tasks (Read more)​
fEbruary
  • Third-year doctoral student Alexandria Weaver is first author, Professor Susanne Jaeggi co-author, of an article exploring age-related changes in mental functioning (Read more)
  • ​Third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen is first author, Prof. Mark Warschauer co-author, of article analyzing collaboration patterns & learning outcomes among four teams of undergraduate engineering students (Read more)
  • ​Postdoctoral Scholar Zehra Gülseven is lead author of article on the association between parenting and middle school youth’s cooperation and self-control (Read more)
  • Professor Rossella Santagata is first author, third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen co-author, of article reviewing studies focused on teacher noticing (Read more)
  • ​Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article examining prosocial development among recent immigrant adolescents (Read more)
  • ​Professor Elizabeth Peña publishes article exploring training skills for pre-service bilingual clinicians (Read more)
  • ​Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article analyzing identity, socialization, and prosocial behaviors among Black young adults (Read more)
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Gabe Avakian Orona is sole author of article investigating the effect of promising practices on student learning (Read more
  • ​Postdoctoral Scholar Charlott Rubach publishes article on the assessment of teachers' basic ICT competence beliefs (Read more)
  • ​Professor Stephanie Reich publishes article assessing determinants of parental involvement in a child development intervention (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Taylor Gara publishes article analyzing the impact of dance engagement on middle school students' academic achievement (Read more)​
  • Alumna Wendy Ochoa (Ph.D. ’19) publishes chapter on pre-school STEM curriculum for dual language learners in new book Supporting Children’s Well-Being During Early Childhood Transition to School (Read more)​
march
  • ​Fourth-year doctoral student Renzhe Yu is first author of article analyzing student interaction in online learning (Read more)
  • ​First-year doctoral student Mariya Vodyanyk is first author of article exploring placebo effects in cognitive training (Read more)​​
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article exploring cross-ethnic comparisons using the Family Stress Model (Read more)​​
  • ​Associate Professor Di Xu is first author of an article exploring racial gaps in high school level college acceleration courses (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral scholar Elizabeth Mendoza is first author, Professor Elizabeth van Es co-author, of an article on "noticing" in professional development (Read more)
  • Doctoral student R. Mishael Sedas, Associate Professor Kylie Peppler publish article assessing STEAM learning approaches (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Veronica Ahumada-Newhart (Ph.D. ’18) is first author of an article exploring the use of technologies in a post-COVID-19 world (Read more)​
  • Third-year doctoral student Alexandria Weaver is first author, Professor Susanne M. Jaeggi co-author, of article on the relationship between activity level & age-related changes in mental functioning (Read more)
  • ​Postdoctoral Research Fellow Nestor Tulagan and Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles publish article about parental socialization strategies and expectations (Read more)
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Kimberly Telfer-Radzat shares chapter: "Shifting Paradigms: From Screen-Free to Fully Digital During a World-wide Pandemic" (Read more)​​​​​​​
  • ​Professor Rossella Santagata and doctoral candidate Jiwon Lee publish article examining the association between teacher’s math knowledge & instruction quality (Read more)
  • Third-year doctoral student Minkyung Cho is first author, Professor Young-Suk Kim and Professor Emerita Carol Booth Olson co-authors, of article exploring the contribution of perspective taking to writing (Read more)
  • Associate Professor June Ahn, third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen publish article on data visualizations (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo is co-author of article exploring prosocial personality groups (Read more)
  • Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan publishes article assessing neighborhood effects on economic outcomes for adults (Read more)
  • Kelley Le, Director of the UCI Science Project, published an article about her commitment to climate science education (Read more) ​
  • Assistant Professor Jade Marcus Jenkins, doctoral candidate Jennifer K. Duer publish article exploring provider participation in early childhood quality rating and improvement systems (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral scholar Charlott Rubach publishes chapter examining the importance of individualization in math lessons for the experience of joy & fear in K-12 learners (Read more)​
  • Doctoral candidate Taffeta Wood, postdoctoral scholar Amy Pratt, Professor Elizabeth Peña publish article exploring cognitive demands for bilinguals (Read more)
  • ​Postdoctoral Scholar Christine Starr, Professor Sandra Simpkins publish article exploring impact of high school students’ math & science gender stereotypes (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral researcher Ying Xu is lead author of article exploring the effectiveness of using conversational agents to support children's language development (Read more)​​​​​​​​​​​​
  • ​Professor Susanne Jaeggi publishes article exploring associations between cognitive training and aging (Read more)
  • ​Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio is lead author of article examining the importance of teacher collaboration (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article analyzing religiousness, prosocial behavior, & media exposure preferences among young adults (Read more)
APRIL
  • ​Fourth-year doctoral student Gabe A. Orona publish article offering recommendations for the study of higher education (Read more)​​
  • Associate Professor June Ahn is lead author, third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen second author, of article on crowdsourced assessment (Read more)
  • Assistant Professor Andres Bustamante is co-author of article on the role of physical activity in public health (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral scholar Luise von Keyserlingk, lab manager Katsumi Yamaguchi-Perez, Professor and Dean Richard Arum, Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Sue Eccles publish article analyzing COVID-19’s impact on students’ study-related stress (Read more)​​​
  • ​Postdoctoral scholar Zehra Gülseven, Professor Gustavo Carlo publish article exploring college students’ health and adjustment (Read more)
  • Third-year doctoral student Hye-Rin Lee, postdoctoral scholar Luise von Keyserlingk, Professor and Dean Richard Arum, Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Sue Eccles publish article analyzing undergraduate students’ choice of college courses (Read more)
  • ​Third-year doctoral student Glona Lee, Professor Sandra Simpkins co-author article examining the interaction between adolescents’ academic motivation and parental support (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Christopher Wegemer, colleague Norah Sarsour, Samueli Academy Director of Alumni Success, publish article examining the potential benefits of high school friendships (Read more)​
  • ​​Assistant Professor Fernando Rodriguez, third-year doctoral student Hye Rin Lee, alumna Teomara Rutherford, research affiliate Christian Fischer, Professor Eric Potma (Chemistry), Professor Mark Warschauer publish article exploring the use of clickstream data mining techniques (Read more)
  • Second-year doctoral student Phebe Chew is first author of article exploring community-based participatory design  (Read more)​​​​​​​​​
  • Second-year doctoral student Yiwen, Assistant Professor Nia Dowell publish article assessing collaborative problem-solving skills (Read more)
  • ​Associate Professor June Ahn, third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen publish article exploring human-centered design components of Learning Analytics (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article analyzing African American mothers’ conversations with their children about honesty & lying (Read more)
  • ​Professor Elizabeth Peña publishes article analyzing technology usage among speech and language therapists (Read more)
  • Third-year doctoral student Perla Ramos Carranza, Professor Sandra Simpkins publish article exploring family support for Latinx adolescents’ academic success (Read more)
  • ​Associate Professor Penelope Collins, postdoctoral scholar Tamara P. Tate (Ph.D. ‘18), third-year doctoral student Joong won Lee, project scientist Jenell A. Krishnan (Ph.D. ‘19), Professor Mark Warchauer publish article analyzing writing of seventh- and eighth-grade students (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo is co-author of article examining relations among parenting, culture, & prosocial behaviors in US Mexican youth (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Veronica Ahumada-Newhart (Ph.D. ’18) is first author of an article on Latino youth’s use of digital technologies to support access to health information (Read more)​
MAY
  • Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan publishes article evaluating neighborhood effects on economic outcomes for adults (Read more)​​​
  • ​Postdoctoral scholar Zehra Gülseven, Professor Gustavo Carlo publish article on the impact of prosocial behaviors on children’s behavior (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral scholar Charlott Rubach co-authors article on classroom management and students’ enjoyment of mathematics (Read more)
  • ​Postdoctoral Scholar Miranda Parker, Project Manager Dana Saito-Stehberger, Professor Emerita Debra Richardson, Professor Mark Warschauer publish article on computational thinking (Read more)
  • Alumnus Peter McPartlan (Ph.D. ’19, first author), alumna Teya Rutherford (Ph.D. ‘14), Teaching Professor Fernando Rodriguez (pictured) publish article examining online course selection (Read more)​​
  • ​Assistant Professor Nia Dowell is lead author of article analyzing peer interactions (Read more)
  • ​Alumna Teya Rutherford (Ph.D. ‘14), doctoral candidate Sarah Karamarkovich, Associate Professor Di Xu, Project Scientist Tamara Tate (Ph.D. ’18), UCI Professor of Teaching Brian Sato, Assistant Professor Rachel Baker, Professor Mark Warschauer publish article assessing instructor response to emergency distance learning  (Read more)
  • Alumna Joanna Yau (Ph.D. ’19), Professor Stephanie Reich, Tao-Yi Lee (M.S., UCI Computer Science) publish article exploring the impact of texting on stress reduction (Read more)
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Jennifer Renick (first author), alumnus Miguel N. Abad (Ph.D. ‘20), Professor Elizabeth van Es, Postdoctoral Scholar Elizabeth Mendoza publish article exploring equity-centered noticing frameworks for mathematics instruction (Read more)​​
  • ​Third-year doctoral student Undarmaa Maamuujav is sole author of article exploring lexical needs of adolescent second language writers (Read more)
  • Alumna Melissa Callaghan (Ph.D. ’18), Professor Stephanie Reich publish article assessing the scaffolding potential of mobile devices (Read more)
JUNE
  • Postdoctoral Scholar/Alumna Ying Xu, Alumna Joanna C. Yau, Professor Stephanie M. Reich publish article analyzing children’s e-book engagement (Read more)
  • Chancellor’s Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell publishes article assessing retrospective reports of childhood caregiving quality as a proxy for prospective data (Read more)​
  • ​Professor Susanne Jaeggi publishes article about individual differences in memory training outcomes (Read more)​
  • Doctoral candidate Christopher Wegemer, fourth-year doctoral student Jennifer Renick publish article on boundaries in research-practice partnerships (Read more)
  • ​​Assistant Professor Constance Iloh publishes article addressing the role and importance of social scientists (Read more)
  • Postdoctoral scholar Luise von Keyserlingk, Associate Project Scientist Anna-Lena Dicke publish article on students’ university major choice (Read more)​
  • ​Postdoctoral scholar/alumna Wendy Ochoa, Professor Stephanie M.  Reich, Distinguished Professor George Farkas publish article analyzing the impact of caregivers' mobile device use (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Ta-yang Hsieh, Professor Sandra D. Simpkins, Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne S. Eccles publish article in assessing motivational beliefs (Read more)
  • Chancellor’s Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell publishes article on parenting practices (Read more)
  • Third-year doctoral student Michelle Spiegel publishes article analyzing the role of parent participation programs in supporting children’s health and development (Read more)​​
  • ​Susanne Jaeggi publishes article about individual differences in memory training outcomes (Read more)
  • ​Postdoctoral scholar Erica Van Steenis publishes article analyzing the role of dilemmas in building youth worker skills in afterschool contexts (Read more)
  • ​Associate Professor Kylie A. Peppler publishes article on artifact-oriented learning (Read more)
  • ​Professor Stephanie M. Reich, second-year doctoral student Allison Starks publish article analyzing the impact of parental media behaviors (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes special section introduction on prosocial development (Read more)
  • Third-year doctoral student Undarmaa Maamuujav, Prof. Emerita Carol Booth Olson, alumnus Huy Chung (Ph.D. ’15) publish article on students’ academic writing (Read more)​​
  • ​Postdoctoral scholar Zehra Gülseven, Professor Gustavo Carlo publish article analyzing prosocial moral reasoning in Nicaraguan adolescents (Read more)
  • Assistant Professor Brandy Gatlin-Nash, alumna Jin Kyoung Hwang, doctoral candidate Elham Zargar, alumna Taffeta Star Wood, fourth-year doctoral student Dandan Yang, fourth-year doctoral student Khamia Powell, Chancellor's Professor Carol McDonald Connor publish article about accuracy of teachers’ perceptions of students’ academic competence (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Yangyang Liu, fifth-year doctoral student Stephanie Soto-Lara, fourth-year Kayla Puente, third-year Perla Carranza, Professor Sandra Simpkins publish article exploring culturally responsive practices (Read more)
JULY
2020 PUBLICATIONS
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article on the impact of fathers’ residency on children’s academic skills in pre‐kindergarten (Read more)​
  • Professor Sandra Simpkins, fourth-year doctoral student Kayla Puente publish article analyzing adolescents’ reasons for participating in organized activities (Read more)​
  • Director of UCI’s CalTeach Program Doron Zinger (PhD ‘18), Professor Judith Haymore Sandholtz publish article on science instruction in high-need rural schools (Read more)​
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Su Jiang, Professor Sandra Simpkins, and Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles publish article analyzing math and science motivation and subsequent STEM course choices and achievement (Read more)​
  • Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio publishes report analyzing two Center for Racial Justice in Education programs designed to build teacher capacity to interrupt racism in schools (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article on the effects of community violence on immigrant young adults (Read more)
  • Doctoral candidate Carlos Sandoval, Professor Elizabeth van Es, Assistant Professor Shanyce Campbell, Professor Rossella Santagata publish article on equity in teacher preparation programs (Read more)​​​
  • Lecturer Viet Vu (Ph.D., '17), fifth-year doctoral student Yenda Prado, alumna Soobin Yim (Ph.D., '17), alumna Phuong Le (B.S., '19) contributed a chapter on digital storytelling to the new publication Learning Critical Thinking Skills Beyond 21st Century for Multidisciplinary Courses: A Human Right Perspective in Education (Read more)​
  • Alumna Wendy Ochoa (Ph.D. ‘19), Associate Professor Stephanie Reich publish article about benefits & detriments of young children's mobile screens use & diverse Latine parents (Read more)​
NOVEMBER
  • Alumnus Ryan W. Lewis (Ph.D. ’18), Associate Professor Drew Bailey publish article on the practical effectiveness of Latent Class Analysis for identifying patterns of student knowledge (Read more) ​
  • Third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen, Professor Rossella Santagata publish article on the implications of teacher modeling of computer use for student learning in classroom interactions (Read more)​
  • ​Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles publishes article assessing changes in general anaesthesia rates for caesarean section during the peak of pandemic in the north-west of England (Read more)​
  • Professor Young-Suk Kim publishes article exploring exploring children’s letter-name acquisition (Read more)​
  • Postdoctoral scholar Zehra Gülseven, Professor Gustavo Carlo publish article exploring links between both sociocognitive and socioemotive traits and prosocial behaviors (Read more)
  • Associate Professor Lindsey Richland publishes article assessing the presence of higher relational responding in children (Read more)​
  • Associate Professor Lindsey Richland publishes article assessing the presence of higher relational responding in children (Read more)​
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Melissa S. Dahlin, Dr. Guadalupe Díaz, Assistant Professor Jade M. Jenkins, Professor Stephanie M. Reich publish article on  the use of Head Start family services by Latinx families (Read more)​
  • Associate Professor Drew Bailey, Distinguished Professor George Farkas publish article on bidirectional relations between reading & mathematics achievement (Read more) ​​
  • Professor Sandra Simpkins publishes article exploring culturally responsive organized activities (Read more)​
  • Project Scientist Anja Pahor publishes article on variations of an N-Back task, a working memory updating task (Read more)​
  • Director of UCI’s CalTeach Program Doron Zinger (Ph.D. ‘18), Dr. Therese Shanahan, CalTeach Master Teacher/Math Coordinator Kris Houston publish article on early career teacher resilience (Read more)​
  • Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio is first author of article examining the role of teacher collaboration (Read more)​
  • Postdoctoral scholar Jissel B. Anaya, Professosr Elizabeth D. Peña publish article on vocabulary development in school-aged bilinguals (Read more)​
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo, postdoctoral scholar Zehra Gülseven publish article exploring parental involvement and adolescent prosocial behaviors, deviant peer affiliation and school connectedness (Read more)​
  • Professor Sandra Simpkins, alumnus Nestor Tulagan (Ph.D. ’20), third-year doctoral student Glona Lee, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell publish article on youth’s self-management skills and subsequent academic success (Read more) ​
  • Associate Professor Di Xu, doctoral candidate Ying Xu publish article about ambivalence toward distance learning in higher education (Read more)
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Kimberly Telfer-Radzat contributes chapter describing shift from screen-free to full digital during worldwide pandemic (Read more)​
DECEMBER
  • ​Doctoral candidate Yangyang Liu, Professor Sandra Simpkins, Chancellor's Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell publish article assessing the impact of children’s conflictual relationships with teachers & afterschool staff (Read more)​
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article examining associations between family conflict and children's subsequent behaviors (Read more)​
  • Associate Professor Susanne Jaeggi publishes article on action video game players “learning to learn" (Read more)​
  • Fourth-year doctoral student Jennifer Renick, Professor Stephanie Reich publish article exploring how students’ school perceptions relate to sense of school belonging (Read more) ​​
  • Doctoral candidate Yangyang Liu, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell, Professor Sandra Simpkins publish article documenting ways in which organized activities support moral and civic character (Read more)​
  • Postdoctoral researcher Ninger Zhou, third-year doctoral student Ha Nguyen, Research Affiliate Christian Fischer, Professor Emerita Debra Richardson, Professor Mark Warschauer publish article on the teaching of computer science in high school (Read more)​
  • Second-year doctoral student Nickolina Yankova, Associate Professor Kylie Peppler publish article promoting the benefits of aligning craft & activism (Read more)​
  • Professor Young-Suk Grace Kim publishes article on discourse comprehension in oral language (Read more)
  • Professor Gustavo Carlo publishes article on the impact of acculturative stress on Latinx college students (Read more)​

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