7th year Ph.D. candidate

Educational Psychology

Research Interests: College student STEM motivation and how informal study groups relate to sense of belonging, self- and co-regulation, and retention.

3rd year Ph.D. student

Educational Psychology

Research Interests: Social identity threat and identity safety cues for marginalized students (e.g., women in STEM, BIPOC students, LGBTQ+ students).

2nd year Ph.D. student

Educational Psychology

Research Interests: School and family climate factors that affect achievement motivation, especially teacher instructional behaviors and feedback perceived by students, motivational aspects of parent- and teacher-student relationships and their influence on children’s self-regulated learning and academic outcomes across cultures.

1st year Ph.D. student

Educational Psychology

Research Interests: 1) Applying cognitive science to education, especially how cognitive study strategies can enhance students' learning outcomes. 2) How students regulate their motivation and emotions in STEM learning. 3) Learning behaviors and building effective learning habits.

1st year Ph.D. student

Educational Psychology

Research Interests: Academic motivation in STEM, particularly how students’ beliefs about ability, value, and cost are shaped by contextual factors and how these beliefs influence engagement and persistence. 

1st year M.A. student

Educational Psychology

Research Interests: Academic motivation and engagement, with a particular interest in sense of belonging in STEM fields, and the impact of instructor-student rapport on achievement.