Dr. Ji Hong is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. She received her B.A. from Seoul National University, M.A. from Arizona State University, and Ph.D. from University of Georgia. As a qualitative and mixed methods methodologist, her research mainly addresses training and development of pre-service and in-service teachers, through the lens of teacher identity. Within this broad goal, she specifically investigates teachers’ cognitive, emotional, and motivational competencies embedded in various classroom, school, community, social and historical contexts. On many projects, she collaborates with teachers to build and sustain professional capacities across their career trajectories. She is currently serving as an editorial board member for the journals Contemporary Educational Psychology, Journal of Experimental Education, and Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. 

Taylor A. Roloff is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. Taylor’s academic interests focus on teacher identity development and investigating how emotions, goals, power dynamics, and ways of knowing facilitate teacher "Critical Consciousness" and professional identities. Her commitment as an emerging scholar is the inclusion of multiple perspectives, bodies of knowledge, and ways of knowing. She has served on many boards and committees throughout the college and currently works with two local community organizations, Tucson Values Teachers (TVT) and Tucson Regional Educator Collaborative (TREC), which bring together the region’s educators, resources, and partners to advocate for educator needs and support their evolving professional growth.

Faqryza Ab Latif is a PhD candidate in Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. As an international student, her academic interests focus on the experiences of international students, including the sociocultural barriers they face. Her Master’s thesis centered around international students’ existential isolation and how it affects their sociocultural adjustment. In addition to teaching a course on human development, Faqryza is involved in the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP), which provides remote summer research opportunities for underserved students in STEM fields. Other research interests include inclusive teaching practices in higher education, with a focus on sense of belonging.

Jing Zhao is currently a PhD student in Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. She received her B.S. and M.S. in linguistics from Jilin University and previously worked as a college English teacher in China. Her academic interests involve teacher identity development, second language learning and teaching with a particular focus on L2 learners’ learning strategy use and motivation. 

Soojeong Lee is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. Her academic interests focus on minority groups who experience educational inequality stemming from race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and others. She seeks to encompass a broader social context beyond personal factors to study the educational disparities faced by teachers and students from minority backgrounds. This academic pursuit is in line with her master's research, which examined how both individual factors and classroom environments impact students' motivation.

Kelly graduated from the University of Oklahoma in May 2022 with dual degrees in Psychology and Letters. She has been working with QTEACH since 2020 with research including teacher identity, intersectionality, resilience, and agency. She currently works as a ABA therapist at Round Rock children’s therapy center where she is able to combine her interests of child education, neurodevelopment, and interacting with patients. In her free time, she is buying more cat toys or reading.

Crystal Recknagel is an ESL Algebra teacher at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, TX. Her research interests include mathematical literacy, culturally sustaining pedagogy, and bilingual education. She completed her Master's degree in Education at the University of Oklahoma with a focus on mathematics education for emergent bilinguals. 

My research lies at the intersection of mathematics education, educational psychology and teacher education. I focus on understanding both the contextual and teacher-specific factors that motivate teacher actions as they plan and instruct with the goal of determining the optimal design features of professional development that allow teachers to thrive.

Paul's research interests include emotions in education, teacher identity development, race and ethnicity in educational contexts, and research methods and methodologies. He is a past president of the American Psychological Associations Division 15: Educational Psychology, a former co-editor of the Educational Researcher: Research News and Comments, and a co-editor of the upcoming Handbook of Educational Psychology, Volume 4. Recent publications include Teachers’ goals, beliefs, emotions, and identity development (Schutz, Hong, & Cross Francis, 2020); Why Talk About Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Educational Psychology? Introduction to Special Issue (Meyer, & Schutz) (2020); and Joint displays for mixed methods research in psychology (McCrudden, Marchand, & Schutz, 2021).

Dr. Laura Lewis successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Understanding veteran teachers' basic psychological needs in relation to their self-determined motivation: An exploratory qualitative study." She currently teaches at Shawnee high school.  

Dr. Qian Wang holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma. Her research focused on motivation, teacher beliefs, and designing effective learning environments. As an experienced Instructional Designer, she skillfully combines her expertise in motivation and learning environment design to craft impactful learning programs for state employees that promote knowledge retention and practical application. 

Dr. Alex Parsons obtained her Ph. D. degree in Educational Psychology from University of Oklahoma. Currently, she works as an Extended Learning Programs (ELP) supervisor in Salt Lake City School District in Utah.