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June Ahn
Associate Professor / Faculty Director of the Orange County Educational Advancement Network
Network Improvement Communities, Research Practice Partnerships, Learning Technologies

My Work (3:34)
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​My Five-Year Goals (2:36)
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Drew Bailey
Associate Professor / Faculty Director of Undergraduate Program
Mathematical Development, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Methods

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My Work (5:40)
Advice to PhD Students (5:13)
Why Choose UCI (3:11)
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Liane Brouillette
Professor
Educational Policy, Learning through the Arts

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Why Choose UCI (2:04)
Advice to PhD Students (2:51)
Community Connections (6:17)
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Shanyce Campbell
Assistant Professor
Educational Inequity, K-12 Education Policy, Teacher Preparation and Effectiveness
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Why I Chose UCI (2:37)
Why Choose UCI (1:56)
Advice to PhD Students (3:40)
My 5-Year Goals (2:03)
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Gilberto Q. Conchas
Professor
Diversity & Equity in Education, Race & Urban Education, School Reform
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​Why Choose UCI (2:30)
​Advice to PhD Students (3:41)
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Greg Duncan
Distinguished Professor of Education
Economics of Education, Program Evaluation, Child Development

My Biggest Educational Surprise (3:41)
Advice to PhD Students (5:13)
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Jacquelynne Eccles
Distinguished Professor of Education
Academic Motivation & Achievement, School & Family Influences on Adolescent Development, Gender & Ethnicity in STEM Fields
My Work (2:03)
My Biggest Educational Surprise (3:14)
Why Choose UCI (2:27)
Advice to PhD Students (5:27)
​Community Connections (2:47)
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George Farkas
Distinguished Professor of Education
Achievement Gap, Educational Inequality, Early Childhood, Afterschool Programs
My Work (5:47)
​Advice to PhD Students (5:07)
Cultural Capital (14:18)
​Community Connections (7:16)
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Susanne Jaeggi
Professor
Cognitive Training Interventions, Working Memory & Cognitive Functions Across the Lifespan

My Work: Part I (1:33)
My Work: Part II (2:19)
​Importance of Mentoring (2:16)
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Jade Marcus Jenkins
Assistant Professor
Early Childhood Development, Child & Family Policy, Policy Analysis & Management, Program Evaluation

​Why I Chose UCI (1:50)
Why Choose UCI (5:14)
Advice to PhD Students (2:47)
My 5-Year Goals (1:58)
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Hosun Kang
Associate Professor
Science Education, Teaching & Teacher Education, STEM, Gender, Identities, Social Justice, Diversity & Equity

My Philosophy of Teaching (6:57)
Why I Pursued Educational Research (2:09)
Advice to PhD Students (5:09)
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Young-Suk Kim
Professor / Senior Associate Dean
Language and Literacy Acquisition & Instruction, Reading Comprehension & Fluency

Why Choose UCI (5:48)
Advice to PhD Students (8:03)

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Elizabeth Peña
Professor / Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity
Bilingualism, Language Impairment, Test Development & Treatment
My Work (2:57)
Why Choose UCI (2:39)
​My 5-Year Goals (4:00)
Advice to PhD Students (7:17)
Community Connections  (1:17)
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Kylie Peppler
Associate Professor
Intersection of Arts, Computational Technologies, and Interest-Drive Learning

How I Chose My Field (1:29)
Why Choose UCI (2:30) 
Why I Chose UCI (1:30)
My 5-Year Goals (2:20)
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Stephanie Reich
Professor / Associate Dean of Graduate Program
Socio-Emotional Development, Parent-Child Interactions, Peer Networks, Social Affordances of Technology

Advice to PhD Students (4:51)
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Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Educational Partnerships
​Center for Educational Partnerships

Advice to PhD Students (2:06)
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Lindsey Richland
Associate Professor
Children's Reasoning, Higher Order Thinking, Mathematical Thinking, Executive Function

PhD Training (1:51)
Executive Function (pending)
​Why Choose UCI (3:52)
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Sandra Simpkins
Professor
After-School Activities, STEM Education, Motivation, Family Influences

My Work (2:54)
Why Choose UCI (3:44)
​Mentoring/Advice to PhD Students (4:36)
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Elizabeth van Es
Professor / Faculty Director of Teacher Education Program, Faculty Director of Teacher Academy
Teacher Preparation & Professional Development, Teaching Mathematics for Equity, Teaching Practice, Video & Teacher Learning, Design of Learning Environment​

My Work (1:55)
Advice to PhD Students (2:40)
Advice to Teacher Education Candidates (1:58)
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Deborah Vandell
Chancellor's Professor Emerita
Developmental Processes and Educational Outcomes, Longitudinal Research Methods, Early Childhood Education, After-school Programs, Teacher-Child Relationships
Creating the School of Education (13:04)
​Why Choose UCI (1:59)
Advice to PhD Students (4:12)
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 Mark Warschauer
Professor
Digital Learning, Language and Literacy, STEM, Learning Analytics

​Why Choose UCI (1:16)
Advice to PhD Students (3:10)
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