Graduate Students
Sam Bullard
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Sam's research interests are centered around middle school science education, culturally responsive teaching, learning by argumentation, and discourse-centric learning analytics.
Zack Carpenter
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Zack's research focuses on how moments of failure influence learning and how educators can leverage these moments to be productive for learning. To this end, his current work has focused on using multi-modal —including eye tracking, log, and talk-aloud—data to enrich our understanding of problem-solving processes in the challenging video game
Luan Chau
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Luan is interested in the cognitive processes underlying learning from texts, particularly how misunderstandings in conceptual learning contribute to misconceptions. Additionally, he/she explores the role of technology in text-based learning and is committed to promoting AI literacy among educational stakeholders.
Nasim Eshgarf
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Lauren Flynn
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Ali Fulsher
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Ali is interested in the cognitive and metacognitive skills needed to effectively search for, evaluate, and learn from print and digital texts. She is committed to teaching adults these skills and making high quality information more publicly accessible.
Megan Goeke
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Rina Miyata Harsch
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Rina is interested in the cognitive processes that underlie learning from others and revising beliefs, particularly the roles of source features and explanation in these processes.
Basel Hussein
PhD Student, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Technologies
Amanda Jensen
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
With a background of teaching middle school students, Amanda is interested in reading comprehension, especially with adolescent readers. Additionally she is interested in Natural Language Processing, multilevel text analyses, and simplified/parallel texts.
Victoria Johnson
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Victoria is interested in investigating effective methods of science communication in order to promote knowledge revision of scientific misconceptions and reduce misinformation.
Yewon Kang
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Yewon is interested in cognitive learning strategies and their application to technology-based interventions, with a focus on STEM education, reading comprehension, and digital literacy.
Vishal Kuvar
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Vishal studies detection of disengagement during learning using modalities such as eye tracking and keystroke log data. He also studies thought dynamics.
Regina Lisinker
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Regina's research interests revolve around how students learn statistics and data science, with particular focus on communication within classrooms and communication with data (e.g., code review, pair programming, data visualization)
Püren Öncel
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Püren's research examines how individuals differ in their phenomenological experiences, particularly during reading. Specifically, her current work focuses on understanding how variations in language relate to fluctuations in visual imagery and inner-speech. Her research leverages methodological techniques from a broad range of disciplines, including cognitive psychology, linguistics, and computer science/natural language processing.
Cati Poulos
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Cati’s research focuses on the phenomenology of spontaneous thoughts. She is particularly interested in identifying the phenomenological dimensions that may distinguish various forms of spontaneous thought, such as the extent of surprise and relationships to affective states.
Hong Shui
PhD Student, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Technologies
Mya Urena
PhD Student, Department of Educational Psychology, Psych Foundations
Mya is interested in anhedonic behavior and Reward Devaluation Theory. Her current research focuses on developing methods to evaluate reward devaluation in classroom settings.
Ting Xu
PhD Student, Department of Family Social Science
Ting is interested in how technology impacts parent-child relationship and children's development. Ting's current research focuses on phone addiction of adolescents and how media affects adolescents during COVID-19.
