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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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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Latinas in Graduate School, Connected Learning, Social Media, Sense of Belonging, Peer Networks, Identity Formation, Social Development, Self-Presentation, Educational 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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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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Dang, Dennis
TLEI |
Educational Data Sciences, Postsecondary Education, Educational Psychology, Measurement
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Dorman, Joshua
EPSC |
Higher Education, Equity, Community Colleges, Implementation & Measurement of Interventions
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Duer, Jennifer
EPSC |
Educational Policy, Achievement Gaps, Early Childhood Education, Parenting, Head Start
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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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Gao, Yannan
LTCD |
Adolescent's Career Aspirations, Achievement Gap, Parental Practices, Family Interventions
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Gara, Taylor
EPSC |
Adolescent Development, Motivation, Achievement, Talent Development, Educational Policy, Arts Education
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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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Educational Inequality, Student Motivation, Diversity & Equity, Opportunity Gap, Education Policy Reform, College Access, Cultural Capital, Urban School Policy & Program Implementation
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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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Adolescent Development, Educational Underachievement, Academic Motivations, Out-of-School Learning, Cultural Competencies, Social Interventions
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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 Organizations, Social Stratification, School Poverty, Educational Inequality, Dropouts, College Access, School-to-Work Transition
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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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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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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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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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Family Processes, Diversity & Equity in Education, Learning Motivation, Cultural Studies
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Education Equity, Sociology of Education, Evaluation of Education Programs & Policies
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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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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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Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education
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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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Higher Education, Educational Technology, Online Learning, Learning, Memory, Cognition, STEM Education
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Out-Of-School Time, Social-Emotional Learning, Trauma Informed Education, Identity Formation, Research Practice Partnerships
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Learning Analytics, Computational Methodologies, Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning in Education
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Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Learning, Improvement Science
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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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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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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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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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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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Second Language Literacy in Immigrant and Refugee Populations, Teacher Beliefs & Attitudes, Student Outcomes, Teacher Professional Development
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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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Motivation & Emotion, Self-Regulation, Self & Identity
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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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Enhancing & Individualizing Education, Classroom Instruction & Technology, Science of Learning, Cognitive Science Principles
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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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