Collaborators & Funding Agencies
Teachers, Former Students, Partners, Colleagues, Advisors, and Funders…It Takes a Village!
Chesterfield County Public School: Science Teachers and Specialists
Janine D’Elia, Science Specialist
Bianca Myrick, Grade 6 Science Teacher
Eeman Salem, Grade 7 Science Teacher
Shannon Spacek, Grade 7 Science Teacher
Michael Strange, Grade 8 Science Teacher
Victoria Weber, Grade 8 Science Teacher
Shannon Fasing, Grade 8 Science Teacher
Richmond Public Schools: Science Teachers and Specialists
Joshua Bearman, Science Specialist
Tiffany Brackett, Grade 8 Science Teacher
Christal Corey, Grade 6 Science Teacher
Tracyee HogansFoster, Grade 6 Science Teacher
Phylis Wilson, Grade 7 Science Teacher
Ingrid Saunders, Grade 7
Andrea Bryant, Grade 8
East Bay Science Partnership: CSU East Bay and Alameda County Office of Education
Sarah Ansari, Doctoral Student in Educational Leadership
Kathryn Hayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Caron Inouye, Ph.D., Full Professor of Biology
Dawn O’Connor, Director of STEM Education
Linda Preminger, Teacher Researcher
Jeff Seitz, Ph.D., Full Professor of Geochemistry
Brit Toven-Lindsey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ph.D.
Sarah Williams, Office Manager
Collaborating Scholars
Lisa Abrams, Ph.D., Associate Professor And Interim Department Chair, Foundations Of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Elizabeth Edmondson, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, VISTA ELIS At VCU, Teaching And Learning, Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael Broda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Foundations Of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Al Byers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Visiting Scholar For STEM Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jason Chow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education, College of Education, University of Maryland College Park
Stephen Day, Ph.D., Stephen Day, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University
Morgan DeBusk-Lane, Ph.D., Computational Social Scientist
Elizabeth Edmondson, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Mark Windschitl, Ph.D., University of Washington, Science Teaching and Learning
Jeff Elhai, PhD., Affiliate Faculty Member, Associate Professor, College of Humanities & Sciences
Kathryn Hayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, CSU East Bay
Samantha Hope, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher, SEED, Virginia Commonwealth University
Alison Koenka, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Weitao Ma, Ph.D., Visting Scholar
Mark Lai, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California
Ananya Matewos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, St. Norbert College
Jim McMillan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Research, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dawn O’Connor, Alameda County of Education, Director of STEM Education
Jennifer Cromley, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Educational Psychology
Jenni Redifer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Assistant to the Dean for Research, Western Kentucky University
Kathleen Rudasill, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research, Virginia
Jesse Senechal, Ph.D, Director of Metropolitan Education Research Center, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCommonwealth University
Ashlee Sjoren (formerly Lester), Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia
Brit Toven-Lindsey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ph.D.
Hollie Young, Ph.D., Postdoctoral researcher, SEED, University of Marland, College Park
Sharon K Zumbrunn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Catherine Lewis, Ph.D., Mills College, The Lesson Study Group
Jesse Senechal, Ph.D., MERC Director And Assistant Professor, Foundations Of Education Virginia Commonwealth University
APA Division 15, AERA Division C, AERA Motivation SIG, MidAtlantic Motivation Group (MAMG)
Allan Wigfield, Ph.D., Professor, University of Maryland, MAMG Director
DeLeon Gray, Ph.D.,, Co-Chair, APA Div15 Early Career Educational Psychology
Alison Koenka, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Motivation in Context Lab Co-Director
Tony Perez, Ph.D., AERA Graduate Student Seminar Co-Chair
Kui Xie, Ph.D., AERA Graduate Student Seminar Co-Chair, Ohio State University
Sharon K Zumbrunn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Motivation in Context Lab Co-Director
External Advisors
Jennifer Cromley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cognitive Science of Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois
Joseph Krajcik, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Catherine Lewis, Ph.D., Educational Researcher, Mills College
Elizabeth Moje, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education, University of Michigan
Mark Windschilt, Ph.D., Professor, Science Teaching and Learning, University of Washington
Sarah Woulfin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Connecticut
