School of Education
PhD Students
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NAME
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E-MAIL
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Research Interest
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Math Teachers Noticing, Use of Video for Math Teacher Education, Mathematics Education
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Fadeout of Educational Interventions, Child Development, Mathematics Learning, increasing the Representation of Minority Groups in STEM Fields
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Impact of Individual Differences on Student Engagement in Higher Order Thinking in a Math Context
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Reading Comprehension, Writing Comprehension, Meta-Cognition, Misinformation
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Belgrave, Ashlee
HDiC |
Educational Equity, Parental Involvement in Education, Community Support for Education
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Bermudez, Vanessa N.
HDIC |
Early Childhood Education, Design of Community-Based Programs, Program Evaluation, Parent Engagement, Spanish-speaking Children, Education Equity
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Critical Race Theory, Latinx Students in Higher Education, Social & Cultural Capital, Chicana Feminist Epistemology
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Cao, Yucheng
LLT |
Reading and Writing Development, Teacher Professional Development, Classroom Effectiveness, Meta-analysis
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Carpenter, Lina
HDiC |
Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Individual Differences & Neurodiverse Perspectives; Stress; Executive Functions; Cognitive Load; Self-Regulation; Social-Emotional Learning; Metacognition
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Arts Education, Arts Integration, Community Engagement & Partnerships, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Teacher Training
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Dyscalculia, ADHD, STEM Education, Memory Processes, Out-of-School Learning
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Chew, Phebe
TLEI |
Subject-Based Identity, STEM Identity, Emotion, Persistence, Motivation, Language, Design
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Cho, Minkyung
TLEI |
Reading & Writing Development, Higher Order Cognitive Skills, Adolescent Literacy, Second/Foreign Language Acquisition, English Language Learners, Digital Literacy
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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Multicultural Education; Community Engagement & Participatory Action Research; Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
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Cooper, Michael
EPSC |
Post-Secondary Special Education, Autism Early Intervention, Economics of Special Education, Mathematics Learning & Curriculum
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Education, Socio-Emotional and Cognitive Development, Neighborhood/Community Violence, Acute and Chronic Stress, Program Evaluation
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Cruz, Alysia
HDiC |
Latino Family Acculturative Stress, Cultural Socialization Practices, Prosocial & Moral Development
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Dahlin, Melissa
LTCD & EPSC |
Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Educational Leadership, Equity, Family Engagement, Parenting, Early Childhood Policy, Program Evaluation
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Dorman, Joshua
EPSC |
Higher Education, Equity, Community Colleges, Implementation & Measurement of Interventions
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STEM Education, STEM in Underrepresented Populations, Programs & Policies to Motivate STEM Persistence
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Eslami, Maryam
TLEI |
English Learners, Academic Writing, Writing Instruction, Composition, Second Language Writing & Acquisition, Writing Pedagogy
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Feng, Yi
HDiC |
Children Learning & Memory, Cognitive Training, Math Learning, Brain Plasticity, Parent Involvement
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Community College Students, Transfer Equity, Achievement Gaps, Program Implementation & Fidelity, Social and Cultural Capital
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Bilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Cognition, Emotion, Language Experience
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Gao, Yannan
LTCD |
Adolescent's Career Aspirations, Achievement Gap, Parental Practices, Family Interventions
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Culturally-Sustaining Pedagogies, Learning Sciences, Design Theory, STEM Teaching & Learning, Ed-Tech, K-12 Education
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Latinx Male Teachers, Diversity & Equity in Education, Students & Teachers of Color, Teachers of Color Pipeline, Conceptualizations of the Teaching Profession
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Hodge, Daniel
HDiC |
Power Mechanisms & Social Control within K-12 Educational Spaces, Black Students' Agency inside Current Social Institutions
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Literacy & Technology, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Academic Language & Literacy, STEM Education, Sociolinguistics
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Equity & Diversity in STEM Education, Motivation & Achievement, Family Engagement in STEM, Out-of-School Learning
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Educational Equity, Student Outcome Gaps, School Climate, Immigrant & Minority Education, Out-of-School Learning, Program Evaluation, Mixed Methods Research
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Mathematics Teacher Learning, Equity in Mathematics Education
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Kiyama, Fuko
HDiC |
Ethnic-Racial Identity Development; Critical Consciousness Development; Peer & Familial Cultural Socialization; Community-Based Culturally Responsive Programs; Academic Motivation & Achievement
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Speech & Language Disorders, Measurement & Assessment, Language Development, Literacy Development, Bilingualism, Learning Disabilities
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Leachman, Molly
HDiC |
Cognitive Development in Bilingual Speakers, Early Childhood Education, Second/Dual Language Acquisition, ESL Methodology
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Educational Technology, Digital Learning Environments, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Automated Curriculum Sequencing of Digital Courseware, Mathematics Education
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Higher Education Policy, Economics of Education, Latinx Students, College Access, Behavioral Economics, Research-Practice Partnerships
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Lee, Glona
HDiC |
Motivation and Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Diversity & Equity in Education, Resilience Processes, Social Interactions
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Self-Reflection, Academic Interventions, Online Learning in Education, Measurement, Temporal Motivation, Resilience in Students with Disabilities
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Mathematics Education, Teacher Learning & Development, Equitable Practices in Mathematics Classrooms, Research-Practice Partnerships
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Lee, Joong won
TLEI |
English as a Foreign Language, Sociolinguistics, Adolescent Literacy
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Positive Teacher-Student Relationships, Positive Developmental Processes, Enhancing Educational Outcomes
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Li, Xunfei
EPSC |
Sociology of Education, Inequality, Gender, Causal Inference, Social Network Analysis, School Effects, Curriculum, STEM Education, Peer Effects
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Lin, Xiao
HDiC |
Early Childhood Literacy, Education for Second & Dual Language Learners, Digital Literacy, Literacy Assessment for Students in Developing Countries
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Lin, Yiwen
TLEI |
Collaborative Learning, Educational Technology, Online Teaching & Learning, Diversity & Equity
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Education Equity, Sociology of Education, Evaluation of Education Programs & Policies
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Equity Frameworks, Achievement Gap, School Choice
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Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence for Education, Learning Analytics, Student Engagement, Science Education
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Writing & Rhetoric, Critical Reading, Genre Analysis, Academic Writing, Composition, Second Language Writing & Acquisition, Technology in Writing & Literacy Development
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Student-Teacher Relationships, Students of Color, Equitable Teaching, Teacher Education
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Bilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Language Development, Language Variation
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Language Use in STEM & CTE Pathways, Equitable Routes to College & Career
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Morales-Gracia, Maritza
HDiC & EPSC |
Parenting, Poverty, Policy, Child Development, Educational Equity, Achievement Differences, Social-Cultural Capital
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ESL/EFL learning, English Language Learners, Reading & Writing Development, Language Learning & Cognition, Language Assessment
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Murray, Bryan K.
HDiC |
Learning Process, Complex Syntax Development, Language & Literacy Interactions, Dialect Density & Linguistic Distance, Measurement & Assessment, Comparative Education, Educational, Home, & Community Stability
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Nguyen, Ha
TLEI |
Design of STEM Learning Experiences, Multimodal Assessment to Study Collaboration & Conceptual Understanding
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College-Going Identity Formation & Development, Motivation, Peer Groups, Mentorship, Afterschool Organized Activities
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Computing Education Research, Integration of Programming in Arts and Humanities Classrooms, Data literacy, Digital Education, Computational Thinking
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Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education
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Adolescent Development, Risk and Resiliency, Cultural Values, Ethnic Socialization, Academic Success, Social Mobility, Structural Equation Modeling
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Perez, Cecilia
HDiC |
Diversity & Equity, Language-learning and Cognition, Socio-Emotional Linguistic Development, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Cultural Competence, Education as it relates to Migration & Diverse Cultural Diasporas
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Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity, Education Policy & Program Evaluation, Language & Literacy Development, Multicultural & Multilingual Contexts, Mixed Methodologies
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Evaluation of Programs & Policies that Advance the Equitable Education & Identity Development of Southern Latinx Youth
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Diversity & Equity, Cultural Competence, Motivation & Achievement, Socio-Emotional Development, Teacher-Student Interactions, Teacher Education, Professional Development
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Language & Literacy Development in Neuro-Diverse Populations, Language Teacher Professional Development, Technology Applications in Language & Literacy Teaching
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Academic Motivation & Achievement, Acculturation & Biculturalism, Underrepresented Students, Mindset, Parent-Child Relationships, Socio-Emotional Development
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Language Development, Diverse Learners, Speech & Language Disorders, Language Impairment, Aging
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Family Involvement, Educational Trajectories of Latinx Youth, After-School and Community Programs, Identity & Belonging
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School Climate, Adolescent Development, Community Engagement & Partnership, Out of School Time, Program Evaluation
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Educational Equity; Bi/Multilingualism; Refugee and Migrant Communities; Culturally and Linguistically Responsive/Sustaining Pedagogy
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Ritchie, Daniel
TLEI |
Digital Learning, Computing Education, Learning Analytics
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Gender-inclusive language; non-binary language; language processing; ERPs; sociolinguistics; language acquisition
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Out-Of-School Time, Social-Emotional Learning, Trauma Informed Education, Identity Formation, Research Practice Partnerships
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Salazar, Julie
HDiC |
STEM Education, Educational Equity, STEM in Underrepresented Populations, Learning Sciences, Technology
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Learning Analytics, Computational Methodologies, Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning in Education
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Bilingualism, Second-Language Acquisition, Cognitive Control, Language Processing
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Early Childhood, Poverty & Inequality, Program Evaluation, Economics of Education
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Design Literacy, Design-Based Learning, STEM + Arts & Design Education, Critical Design Literacy, Connected Learning, Out Of School Learning Environments, STEAM for Underrepresented Populations, STEAM Learning in Museums & Public Libraries
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Educational Policy, Program Evaluation, Economics of Education, Peer Effects, Teacher Effectiveness, Children with Disabilities
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Science Education, Teacher Preparation Programs (residency vs. traditional programs), Inquiry-Based Teaching Practices, Supporting Teacher Education through Professional Developments, Equity-Based Teaching Practices
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Snow, Lauren
TLEI |
Sense-making in Biology, Epistemology Practices, Disrupting Power Hierarchies, Subject-Specific Identity
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Educational Trajectories of Underrepresented Youth, Adolescent Development, Parental Engagement, After-School Activities
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Education Inequality, Education Access during Early & Middle Childhood, Barriers to High Quality Education for Low-income Communities
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Stanford, Carla
HDiC |
Intersection of Language, Literacy, and Poverty in African American Children, Impact of Cultural Dialects on Early Literacy Skills, Professional Development for Public School Teachers Around Content Knowledge and Application of Science of Reading and Teaching Beyond Circumstances: Poverty, Dialect, Language Acquisition, Trauma
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Intersection of Child Development & Digital Technologies, Partnerships between Schools & Families, Patterns of Media Use among Different Populations, Digital Learning
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogies, Equity & Inequality, Racial Justice, Teacher Professional Development
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Bilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching & Learning
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Educational Technology, Online Teaching & Learning, Teacher-Student Experiences, Student Engagement
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Arts-Based Curriculum (Waldorf Curriculum), Development of Executive Function Skills
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Torres, Marixza
HDiC |
Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Diversity & Equity in Education, Resilience Processes, Familism
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Literacy, Writing Instruction
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Bilingualism, atypical language development, educational equity, non-biased forms of assessment
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Vigil, Valery
TLEI |
Digital Media & Technologies for Learning, STEM Education, Student Engagement, Parental Engagement, Family Dynamics with Media & Learning, Representation of Minority Groups in STEM Fields
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Executive Functioning, Motivation, Trauma, Cognitive Training
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Vodyanyk, Mariya
HDiC |
Learning and Memory, Cognitive Training, Activity Interventions, Healthy Development & Aging, Visual Art
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Wan, Sirui
HDiC |
Academic Motivation & Achievement, Educational Intervention, Individual & Gender Differences in STEM Fields, Mathematical & Spatial Cognition, Career Development
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Wang, Jiali
HDiC |
Reading Comprehension, Second Language Acquisition, English Language Learners, Bilingualism, Academic Language, Language & Literacy Development, Cognition
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Learning & Memory, Cognitive Training, Music, Aging
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Youth Civic Engagement, Research-Practice Partnerships, Educational Psychology, Social Networks, Educational Equity
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Language Acquisition, Teaching Methodology, Assessment
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Interdisciplinary STEAM Education, Arts Education, Digital Media, Emergent Technologies, Education Technology, Executive Functioning, Cognitive Load, Motivation & Self-Efficacy, Teaching Interventions involving Cinema/ Storytelling/Interactive Virtual & Augmented Reality
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Woo, Jenny
HDiC |
Social-Emotional Learning, Development of Executive Functions, Family Engagement, Motivation, Identity Development, Critical Consciousness
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Wu, Tiffany
EPSC |
Child Development in Low-Income and Diverse Communities, Educational Interventions, Early Childhood, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation
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Child Development, Literacy, Bilingual Education, English Language Acquisition, Technology in Education
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Mathematics Education, Broadening Participation in STEM Fields, Technology in Education, Learning Design, Creativity & Makerspaces
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Yoo, Paul
EPSC |
Education & Social Policy, Inequality, Long-Run Effects, Social Mobility, Research-Practice Partnerships
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Yu, Renzhe
LLT |
Learning Analytics, Learning Sciences, Instructional Design, Technology & Education, Computational Modeling
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Early Childhood Education, Education Policy, Program Evaluation
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Zhou, Xuehan
EPSC |
Economics of Education, Higher Education Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Peer Effects, Online Learning
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