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| Albaugh, Michelle
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| My interests include religious identity, religious trends in American society and culture, leadership in religious organizations, leadership training of church laity, charismatic/transformational leadership, person-organization interactions in leadership, qualitative narrative methods, latent variable analysis and structural methods, and survey research. |
Bachelor of Music , DePaul University , 1994
MA, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 2007
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| Barber, Michael
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B.A. , Colby College , 1997
M.Ed. , Harvard University Graduate School of Education , 2000
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| Bernstein, Malayna
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BA, English , Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT , 1997
MA, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, Evanston, IL , 2002
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| Bernstein, Sara
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| Program coordination, evaluation, and availability of quality childcare for low-income families |
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| Blikstein, Paulo
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| Constructionist learning environments in developing countries, educational robotics, agent-based simulation. |
M. Eng. , University of Sao Paulo , 2000
Engineer , University of Sao Paulo , 1998
Masters , MIT Media Lab , 2002
Visiting Scholar , MIT Media Lab , 2003
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| Boxerman, Jonathan
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| Earth sciences curriculum and instruction; Prior conceptions |
Earth Sciences, B.S. , University of California, San Diego , 1999
Applied Geosciences, M.S. , San Francisco State University , 2006
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| Brenninkmeyer, Lawrence
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| Ph.D. Candidate |
| leadership, organizational learning and innovation, leadership problem solving expertise |
B.A. in Cognitive Science & Philosophy , Northwestern University , 2001
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| Chung, Vicki
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| Impact of immigration and acculturation on child and family outcomes; currently examining the psychological, social/relational, and environmental factors affecting the academic performance and school behavior of immigrant children. |
B.A. (English Language and Literature) , University of Chicago , 1994
M.A. (Social Service Administration) , University of Chicago , 1997
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| Claessens, Amy
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| MPES Cohort 1 |
| Child and family well-being; poverty; resiliency; early education and child care; program evaluation; nonprofit collaboration. |
BS, Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1998
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| Cohen, Danny
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| Informal education, youth program design, and youth work training; Holocaust education, including designing training for Holocaust educators; Queer oppression and the unsilencing of historical narratives; Human rights education, community activism, and encouraging social responsibility; Peer leadership, youth participation, and peer-led organizations. |
BSc, Hospitality Management , Manchester Metropolitan University , 2001
MA, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, 2005
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| Cooper, Autumn
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Ed.M , Harvard Graduate School of Education , 2007
B.S. , Stanford University , 1998
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| Delale-O'Connor, Lori
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| MPES Cohort 2 |
Bachelor of Science , Cornell University , 2002
Master of Education , Boston College , 2003
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| DeSantis, Amy
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| My research interests include racial/ethnic and socio-economic health disparities; social influences on physical and mental health, and HPA activity and the physiological processes through which environmental stressors operate to influence health outcomes. |
MSW , Boston College , 2001
BA , Bryn Mawr College , 1996
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| Doane, Leah
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| My research interests include adolescence and the transition to adulthood, psychopathology and relationship functioning. I am currently investigating the emergence of depressive and anxious disorders over the transition to adulthood. |
A.B., Pyschology , Cornell University , 2002
M.A., Human Development and Social Policy , Northwestern University , 2006
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| DuMont, Maneksha
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BA Mathematics , Cornell University , 1999
MS, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2003
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| Engel, Mimi
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| Educational reform and policy evaluation; urban adolescents; poverty. |
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| Evans Buckingham, Brandy
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| Design of informal learning environments, high ability learners, science and math education, humane education |
S.B - Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Theater Arts , MIT , 2002
M.A.Ed. - Curriculum & Instruction - Gifted Education , College of William & Mary , 2005
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| Fisher-Pai, Elizabeth (Betsy)
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| Teacher training, continuing education, alternative certification pathways |
B.A., Public Policy Analysis and Biology , Pomona College, Claremont, CA , 1998
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| Gemus, Jonathan
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| MPES Cohort 2 |
| Labor Economics, Transition from college to work |
B.A. (Mathematics) , Boston College , 2003
M.A. (Economics) , Northwestern University , 2004
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| Goble, Lisbeth
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| MPES Cohort 3 |
| Education policy and evaluation; K-12 urban education; teacher effects; quantitative and qualitative methods in education; and adult literacy |
B.S. (Statistics) , University of Michigan , 2002
M.A. (Quantitative Methods in Social Science) , Columbia University , 2003
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| Healey, Kaleen
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| Policy development and implementation for urban school reform; turn-around plans for underperforming schools; effects of concentrated poverty in schools |
MA, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies , Loyola University Chicago , 2006
BFA, Design , University of Notre Dame , 2000
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| Hill, Heather
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| I am interested in the intersection between paid employment and family responsibilities, particularly for low-income families. My research examines how policies designed to increase parental work hours and family income affect both children and parents. I am also interested in issues facing unmarried parents and their children. |
Master of Public Policy , Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan , 1999
Bachelor of Arts , University of Washington , 1994
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| Hubbard, Aleata
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| foreign language learning, second language learning, intercultural communication, computer-mediated learning environments, collaborative learning environments, discourse |
B.S. in Computer Science, French and Francophone Studies , Carnegie Mellon University , 2006
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| Johnson, Heather
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| Curriculum Development Specialist |
| Currently, my interests involve looking at supports for teacher learning and how these supports affect teacher practice and ultimately student learning. Specifically, I am looking at a yearlong professional development opportunity for teachers working with a reform science curriculum. I am interested in what the teachers learn from PD, how they incorporate their new knowledge or beliefs into the enactment of the curriculum, and what effect this has on student factors, such as engagement and learning. |
BA in Environmental Science , University of Virginia , 1998
MT in K-8 Education , University of Virginia , 1998
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| Klevan, Miriam
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Narrative psychology; narrative therapy; adult and child development; infertility, adoption, and foster care; narratives of people forming “unusual” families; and narratives employed by members of adopted and foster families.
Miriam Klevan is currently analyzing life story narratives focused on the infertility and adoption experience collected from 38 people (19 heterosexual couples) who adopted after experiencing infertility. |
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| Ko, Mon-Lin
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B.A. Biological Sciences, Neuroscience , Northwestern University , 2005
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| Kuhn, Leema
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| argument and argumentation; explanation; motivation; engagement; student participation; classroom discourse; science curriculum |
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| Lee, Victor
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| external representations, science curriculum, pragmatics, conceptual change, science education, math education |
BS Cognitive Science with specialization in Human Computer Interaction , University of California, San Diego , 2001
BA Mathematics/Applied Science , University of California, San Diego , 2001
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| Lerner, Reuven
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| Online communities -- their design, and automatic methods for their evaluation. I'm particularly interested in online learning communities, especially those created outside of formal school contexts. |
| Agent-based modeling (e.g., NetLogo) |
| Homeschooling (and other alternatives to traditional schools) |
| Constructionism |
SB, Computer Science and Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1993
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| Lindsay, Constance
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| MPES Cohort 3 |
My research interest lies in understanding the causes and consequences of racial achievement gaps. I am interested mainly in adolescence, and particularly the factors that lead to or detract from high school completion and later educational attainment. Other research interests include dealing with missing data in large datasets, program evaluation, and the impact of public assistance programs on family and child well-being. |
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| Luna, Melissa
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MS Environmental Education , Lesley University , 2001
BS Elementary Education , Valparaiso University , 1992
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| Marin, Ananda
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B.A. Sociology , Yale University , 1998
Master in Public Policy , Harvard University , 2002
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| Maroulis, Spiro
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Substantively, I am most interested in understanding the mechanisms that impede organizational change and improvement. A related interest is understanding how an individual's social structure influences their decision-making and actions. Methodologically, I am interested developing ways of integrating dynamic modeling with more traditional quantitative and qualitative methods. My dissertation work utilizes agent-based modeling and social network analysis to study educational policy, particularly the implementation of school-level reform.
Prior to academia, I was a co-founder of PracticeFields, a consulting and education company that creates and delivers board game simulations of business dynamics (http://www.practicefields.com/). |
Masters in Public Policy , Harvard University , 1997
BSE, Civil Engineering and Public Policy Studies , Duke University , 1993
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| Marulis, Loren
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| MPES Cohort 3 |
| One line of my research examines the effectiveness of concrete objects in a variety of learning contexts. My goal is to reveal, through systematic and controlled studies, the conditions under which concrete objects facilitate (or inhibit) learning. |
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| Matuk, Camillia
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| Visual learning; Creativity in the practice and learning of science; Construction of models (drawn, built or imagined) as means for understanding and problem solving; Interdisciplinary learning; Informal learning; Museum exhibit design. |
M.Sc. Biomedical Communications , University of Toronto , 2004
B.Sc. Biological Sciences , University of Windsor , 2002
Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Computer Animation , The Sheridan Institute ofTechnology and Advanced Learning , 2004
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| Mawyer, Kirsten
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| Professional development, teacher learning and curriculum design and use |
Teacher thinking and learning; literacy in the science classroom; design of professional development
Overview of Dissertation Research:
Titile: Literacy Strategies in the Science Classroom: The Influence of Beliefs, Knowledge and Goals on Implementation
Committee: Daniel C. Edelson (Chair); Miriam G. Sherin; Carol D. Lee
This study examines how teachers use literacy strategies in high school science classrooms as they implement reform-based earth and environmental science curricula. In particular, this qualitative comparative case study explores how cognitive resources such as beliefs, knowledge and goals influence teachers as they make design decisions during planning and enactment of curricula. Data includes extensive teacher interviews and yearlong observations in teachers’ classrooms. |
B.A. Geology & English , Amherst College , 1991
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| Mesler, Leigh
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| MPES Cohort 4 |
| Educational policy; policy implementation, especially as it relates to urban schools; and poverty. |
BA, History and Sociology , University of Pennsylvania , 2003
MS, Education: Teaching , Pace University , 2005
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| Metzger, Molly
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| My interests cross a variety of developmental domains, with an emphasis on prevention research. More specifically, I am interested in school readiness and early childhood interventions; breastfeeding and the prevention of child obesity; and the relationship between social-emotional skills and later achievement. |
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| Monte, Lindsay
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| PhD Candidate |
| Urban poverty, women's criminality, family structure, welfare policy. |
BA, Sociology , New York University , 1999
MA, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 2004
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| Palacios, Natalia
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| MPES Cohort 1 |
| Achievement, early childhood education, childcare, and education policy; focus on low-income, minority and immigrant families. |
BA, Psychology , Brown University , 2001
MA, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2007
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| Passty, Benjamin
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| MPES Cohort 1 |
| Women's labor supply; Economics of Education; origins and effects of policy. |
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| Pendry, Patricia
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| My research examines the dynamics of couple and family relationships and their influence on the cognitive, social, emotional, and physiological development of infants, children and adolescents. I am particularly interested in the effects of interparental conflict on child stress system functioning (i.e., cortisol levels) and its role in mediating effects of conflict on child functioning and development. I am also interested in policies, programs and interventions aimed at improving couple relationship functioning and their implications for child and family wellbeing. |
Bachelor of Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude , Northwestern University , 2000
PhD, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 2007
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| Peshkam, Annie
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M.A. Educational Psychology , University of Minnesota , 2006
B.A. Sociology , UC Irvine , 2003
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| Petrie, Dani
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| MPES Cohort 4 |
A.B. Public and International Affairs , Princeton University , 1990
M.A. Instructional Technology , Teachers College Columbia University , 1994
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| Petry, Hisham
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| MPES Cohort 4 |
I spend a lot of time thinking about peer networks and the influence peers have on academic engagement. I believe that students choose their friends based on similar meaning systems around school. For example, I believe that some students view school as a means to an end such as getting a good job, while other students view school as a necessary evil that must be endured. I think that these different interpretations around the role and meaning of school have a significant impact on the performance and engagement of students. Further, I believe that students select friends with a similar view of school which serves to reinforce that view of school.
I am researching these hypotheses using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to first identify student peer groups and then interview them about social norms and meaning systems. |
| Methods survey: Please take 15 minutes to help me with my research.
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MSc Computer Science , McGill University , 1997
BSc Physics , McGill University , 1995
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| Rosario, Enid
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| Immigrants' education; cultural aspects of learning and education; learning and development in online contexts. |
B.A. Psychology , Universidad de Puerto Rico , 2003
MA, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, 2005
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| Sengupta, Pratim
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At the broadest level, my work primarily concerns a) investigation of human cogntion of physical phenomena, b) design and development of educational technology.
From the cognitive perspective, I am intersted in investigating the development of understanding of various physical phenomena. In particular, I am interested in issues such as plausibility (and thereby, expectation failure, surprisingess, etc), knowledge representation, visuo-spatial thinking, etc. and their roles in learning. From the design perspective, I am interested in designing learnable, low-threshold-high-ceiling learninig environments using novel technology such as agent-based modelling.
My primary advisor is Prof. Uri Wilensky. My other committee members are Prof. Andrew Ortony &t Prof. Bruce Sherin. |
Master of Science, Physics , Northwestern University, U.S.A , 2002
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| Simons, Tiffany
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| My interests lie at the intersection between human development and environmental education. My dissertation work focuses on the role of identity and personality in the development of long-term commitment to issues of ecological sustainability. I hope to better understand the factors that lead people to engage with various communities and types of environmental/social action, and to consider the implications for the design of learning environments (formal and informal) to promote sustainable action over time. |
B.S. Cognitive Science , University of California, San Diego , 2001
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| Snell, Emily
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| Child well-being, children’s time use, neighborhood poverty, low-income children's educational outcomes, person-context interactions. |
B.A. Biology , Williams College , 1998
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| Sparks, Jesse
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B.S. Psychology, B.A. Journalism , Drake University , 2007
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| Stein, Becca
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B.A. in French Culture and Language , University of South Carolina , 2002
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| Stephan, Jennifer
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| MPES Cohort 2 |
| access and success in higher education; the relationship between school transitions and social stratification; education policy; counselors |
MA, Economics , Princeton University , 1998
BA, Economics , Vassar College , 1995
MA, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 2006
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| Till, Lindsay
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The effects of interpersonal relationships on physical and mental health outcomes for adolescents and young adults from different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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BA, Psychology and Peace Studies , University of Notre Dame , 2005
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| Umphress, Jessica
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| Folkbiology |
| The influence and effect of family on children's learning |
| Museum exhibit development, design, and evaluation |
| Informal science learning across contexts |
BA , Oberlin College , 1999
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| Valdovinos D'Angelo, Angela
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| Family structure, father involvement, immigrant families, marriage, and cohabitation. |
BA, English , Northwestern University , 2002
MA, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 2006
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| Walkoe, Janet
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| mathematics teaching and learning |
BA- Mathematics , The University of Chicago , 1994
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| Wang, Ellen
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| Adolescent literacy across school and out-of-school settings, literacy and identity, Asian American studies. |
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| Weitz White, Kathryn
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| MPES Cohort 1 |
| education and adolescents; civic engagement and the roots of generativity in adolescence; narrative identity development; educator's leadership narratives and cognitive proceses; education policy |
Masters of Education , DePaul University , 1999
Bachelors of Arts , Carleton College , 1996
MA, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2005
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| Wilkerson, Bessie
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| Family structure, including risk and resiliency of children born out of wedlock; impacts of changes in family structure on adults and children. |
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| Wilkerson, Michelle
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| MPES Cohort 3 |
BA Mathematics , University of San Diego , 2005
BA Diversified Liberal Arts (Elementary Education) , University of San Diego , 2005
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| Wong, Vivian
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| MPES Cohort 1 |
Within-study comparisons of experimental and quasi-experimental designs; issues in the implementation and analysis of regression discontinuity and abbreviated interrupted time series designs; and evaluation of state pre-kindergarten programs.
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BA , University of Chicago , 1998
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| Zuberi, Anita
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Poverty, neighborhoods, families, housing mobility, public housing, social inequality, social policy.
Specifically, I am interested in how the neighborhood context (especially exposure to poverty) impacts the development of children and families, and how social policy can help improve the lives of low-income families. |
BA Sociology , Johns Hopkins University , 2000
MA, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 2006
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Annual Summer Picnic for SESP Undergraduates
Wednesday, July 30
5 p.m., Garrett Patio
MS in Learning & Organizational Change Information Session
Wednesday, August 20
6:15–8:15 p.m., 132 Annenberg Hall
Master of Science in Education Information Session
Thursday, September 4
5:30–7 p.m., G22 Annenberg Hall
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Wednesday, September 17
9 a.m. September 17–5 p.m. September 26, Annenberg Hall
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