Chloe Hendrix is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology and is advised by Dr. Katie Eklund. She received her BS in Developmental Psychology from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities where she studied and conducted research in the departments of Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Sociology/Criminal Justice. Chloe served as an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow in a middle school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her research interests include implementing Tier 2 interventions, specifically Check-in/Check-out and Resilience Education Program (REP), to students with internalizing concerns and externalizing concerns. She is also interested in mentorship for students of color and school climate.
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Huang, Mingya
Mingya is a Ph.D. student in Quantitative Methods working with Dr. David Kaplan and Dr. Sameer Deshpande. She is pursuing research in Bayesian statistics, machine learning, clustering models, and causal inference. Currently, her work focuses on Bayesian nonparametrics and its application in large-scale clustered data.
Jeong, Tai Sun
Tai Sun Jeong is a doctoral student in the Quantitative Methods area within the Department of Educational Psychology. He is studying with Dr. James Wollack. His research interests include test security, item response theory, and machine learning. Tai Sun is currently working as a project assistant at the UW Testing and Evaluation Center.
Katsikathas, Maria
Maria Katiskathas is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology and studying with Dr. Amy Bellmore. Maria is interested in examining adolescent peer relationships and educational outcomes through a sociocultural lens. She hopes her research will contribute to a deeper understanding of how teens’ social relationships and educational experiences, both in school and social media contexts, influence their social and emotional development.
Kim, Chaeyeon
Chaeyeon Kim is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences area within the Department of Educational Psychology, advised by Dr. Mitchell Nathan. Broadly, Chaeyeon is interested in immersive learning environment design and development, such as virtual and augmented reality-based learning. She has designed and implemented various types of immersive learning simulations. Her scholarly work primarily revolves around the assessment of students’ performance and engagement in 3D simulation-based learning environments. Her future research aims at designing and developing an adaptive simulation-based learning system through embodied design and multimodal learning analytics in immersive settings.
Kim, Doy
Doy Kim is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences area within the Department of Educational Psychology. Doy’s research interest is in understanding the body’s role in mathematics learning.
Kim, Jessica
Jessica Kim is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received her BS in Elementary and ESL Education from UW-Madison and her MA in Educational Psychology from UT-Austin. Jessica’s research interests include investigating resourceful and effective ways to identify students who need additional support as well as implementing interventions that integrate both behavior and academic skills. She is also interested in the interaction between research, policy, and practice and how they impact the services and education provided to students.
Kim, Young Jin (Ginnie)
Ginnie Kim is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology working with Dr. Sarah Short. She received her B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Science from University of Rochester. Prior to coming to UW-Madison, she worked as a full-time research assistant in a neuroimaging lab at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH. She continues to utilize neuroimaging at UW-Madison to explore the effects of early adverse experiences on children’s brain development, academic achievement, and well-being. She is also affiliated with the Center for Healthy Minds and is excited to integrate her research with mindfulness program.
Korn, Judith
Judith Korn is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology and is advised by Dr. Robert Enright. Judith has a masters degree in both Clinical Psychology and Education. She has spent the last decade teaching math in the Madison area. Judith’s research interests are in evaluating the effects of a well-designed SEL curriculum that incorporates moral development. She is particularly interested in the impact the study of forgiveness can have on mental health and in turn academic outcomes in our schools.
Le, Yingfei (Lyndsay)
Lyndsay Le is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She is studying with Dr. Amy Bellmore. Lyndsay’s research focuses on the impact of bullying on adolescents’ perceptions of peer relationships, the coping mechanisms they employ, and their emotional and social development. She also explores how parents can support their children throughout this process. Through her work, she hope to provide valuable insights for adolescents facing difficulties in peer and parent-child relationships, as well as for parents seeking effective ways to help their children navigate these challenges.