Jim Cho is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology, under the guidance of Dr. Andy Garbacz. He completed dual majors in Psychology and Sociology at Case Western Reserve University and acquired his master’s degree from Stanford University’s Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies (POLS) program. Before joining the School Psychology program, Jim served as a high school mathematics teacher and Dean of Instruction on the Lower Brule reservation. He also taught math in a public charter school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, his research interests center on Native American communities and the relationships between families, schools, and the broader community.
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Coleman, Neicy
Neicy Coleman is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received her BA in Psychology with a minor in Child Development from the University of Memphis. Her primary research interests include the development and implementation of trauma-informed interventions for adolescents in marginalized communities. Additionally, she is interested in adolescents within the juvenile justice system, family-school partnerships, and liberation psychology. Neicy is a member of the Resilience Education Program (REP) and the School Mental Health Collaborative (SMHC).
Coronel Rodriguez, Sara
Sara Coronel Rodriguez is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She is advised by Dr. Katie Eklund. Sara received her BA in Psychology and Anthropology from Wake Forest University and her MS in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Sara is a Teach for America alumni and worked as a Research Associate at Harvard Business School managing psychological behavioral research projects. Her current research interests center on culturally responsive social and emotional learning interventions and practices in the school setting.
Dey, Indrani
Indrani Dey is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She works in the Interactive Learning & Design Lab with Sadhana Puntambekar. Her research interests include designing and implementing technology-rich learning environments for middle-school students and distributed scaffolding. Indrani has a background in molecular biology and worked in the K-12 ed-tech start-up space in India before joining UW-Madison.
Evans, Moon
Moon Evans is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology. Moon is a member of the Enright Forgiveness lab and her research focus is on the moral-virtue sense of forgiveness in children, and their social awareness (healthy emotional and social skills development).
Feagins, Victor
Victor Feagins is a doctoral student in the Quantitative Methods area within the Department of Educational Psychology and studying with Dr(s). Jee-Seon Kim and James Pustejovsky. His research interests include Experimental Design, Causal Inference, and Dependent Data.
Gregory, Brittany
Brittany Gregory is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Missouri where she examined the interactions between students and teachers in the classroom and the role of race, gender, and SES. Her research interests include issues of equity in education and social justice as they relate to students and mental health. She is currently involved in research with the Teachers and Parents as Partners (TAPP) project focused on promoting the collaboration of schools and families. She is also interested in students within the juvenile justice system, the role of mental health, and family-school partnerships.
Grekov, Paulina
Paulina Grekov is a doctoral student in the Quantitative Methods area within the Department of Educational Psychology working with Dr. James Pustejovsky. Prior to joining the Educational Psychology department, she taught upper-elementary special education.
Grondin, Matthew
Before my interests in educational psychology, I completed my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering with a focus on cartilage mechanics and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. While instructing engineering courses, I found myself pondering my own educational experiences and how I learned engineering through an embodied approach. I began teaching engineering concepts in Mechanics of Materials through embodied experiences and found this to enrich student thinking. My current research revolves around embodied learning experiences in engineering education as a alternative pedagogical approach in the discipline.
Harra, Kjorte
Kjorte Harra is a doctoral student in the Quantitative Methods area within the Department of Educational Psychology working with Dr. David Kaplan. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Gustavus Adolphus College. She has served as a teacher’s assistant for a graduate-level educational statistics course and is currently a project assistant for Dr. David Kaplan. Her research interests include Bayesian methods and their applications to large-scale assessments and social science research.