2023
L E A R N I N G & C O GN I T I O N N E WS L E T T E R
F S U C O L L E G E O F E D U C AT I O N , H E A LT H , A N D H U M A N S C I E N C E S
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P R O GR AM CO O R D I NATO R Dear Learning & Cognition Alumni, Students, and Friends, The 2022-2023 academic year was jam packed! During the fall semester, we started to find a new normal with Dr. Roehrig as our department chair, Dr. Phillips continuing as the MS program coordinator, and me being the PhD program coordinator. Our fully online master’s program in Learning & Cognition continues to expand, and our thesis and dissertation students are making great strides in their programs. Over the past year, a total of 10 students graduated with their master’s degree, and—as you can see in the pictures—seven students graduated with their doctoral degrees! You’ll see at the end of the newsletter all of the progress our students have made this year. To begin our new 2022-2023 academic year, I am excited to introduce Dr. Yeo-eun Kim! She is joining our program this Fall. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology along with an interdisciplinary specialization in Quantitative Research Methods, from The Ohio State University (OSU) in May 2020. She was awarded OSU’s Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award and Instructor of the Year Award. She also was a recipient of the Graduate Student Research Award from the American Educational Research Association (May, 2019), and the Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Psychological Association (August, 2022). Her research centers on students’ motivation and self-regulation, and she is particularly interested in supporting students’ multiple goals including academic, social, and well-being goals. Until recently, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. We are all thrilled to have her join us. Our students and alums are continuing to do amazing work that makes a difference in our world. You will see just a sampling of what our current and past students are doing in the profiles below. As in past years, the L&C faculty were pleased to award students with L&C research funds to support their preliminary and dissertation research studies. Students have used these funds to buy software programs, provide incentives to participants, and transcribe interviews. As you know, resources for conducting research can be hard to come by, so your donations to our Learning & Cognition foundation account are extremely helpful. Please consider supporting our budding researchers through the L&C Research Fund—even a small amount can make a huge difference! We encourage each of you to donate at least $10. Every little bit helps! You may contact me (jeturner@fsu.edu) or Kevin Derryberry (kderryberry@foundation.fsu.edu) to donate to this important fund. Alumni, you are important members of our community! Please email me if you have any comments or suggestions, and please let us know your current successes! I hope you enjoy reading your colleagues’ latest accomplishments—including alumni, current students, and faculty. There are so many interesting projects, areas of study, and inspirational updates! Cheers, Jeannine Jeannine E. Turner, PhD Professor L&C Graduate Program Coordinator PS You may notice that the College has a new name!
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D R . A LY S I A ROEHRIG I recently completed my first full year of service as the Department Chair of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. I am very honored to have had the chance to mentor my colleagues and support the growth of the programs in our department. We conducted 5 successful faculty searches in 22-23, including recruiting Dr. Kim who is joining L&C! I also continued in my role as Co-Director of Research for the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Developmental Research School’s Freedom School, where this summer we did afternoon activities about STEM and resumed research by conducting a handful of research and evaluation projects. I particularly enjoyed working with my PURPOSE fellow Natalia Ramirez (cohort 6!) on her afternoon activity and research about nutrition at Freedom Schools. I am also excited to share the recent publication (co-authored with many on our research team) about the partnership between Freedom Schools and PURPOSE that appears in a special issue about Freedom Schools in Urban Education: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ abs/10.1177/00420859231178712 I continue to be grateful to Dr. Turner; as PI for the PURPOSE 2.0 grant (funded by Institute of Education Sciences for $1.5 million), she took over the lead as the co-director for the research training program and instituted some amazing changes to our format. The goal of PURPOSE (Partners United for Research Pathways Oriented to Social Justice in Education) is to support the development of research skills in diverse students from FAMU and FSU, especially as it relates to social justice and culturally relevant research (visit PURPOSEtraining.org). It is funded by the Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences: Pathways Training Program competition. PURPOSE fellows from FSU and FAMU participate in mentoring regarding preparing for and applying to doctoral programs related to education to help increase the diversity of those with doctorates in education related fields. This year, our very first PURPOSE fellow graduated with a PhD—congrats to Dr. Dionne Gerri! In addition, I am proud of my new L&C PhD graduates, Drs. Laura Jakiel and Erik Rawls. See us at the hoodings in my photos here! Their dissertations on PURPOSE fellow identity development in Freedom Schools (Rawls) and an intervention to support the self-regulated writing practices
of college students (Jakiel) are going to be very impactful. Other research updates include July Diaz (Latina STEM identity development), Shawna Durtschi (public school media specialists experiences during the pandemic), Makana Craig (self-regulation supports and barriers in on-demand online college programs), and Candace Norris-Holiwski (self-regulation training and online learning) making progress on their dissertations. Mira Talpau Joos completed her preliminary study (heritage language writing and motivational beliefs) and is now working on her dissertation proposal about learner experiences with Duolingo. Jacourie Clark also completed his preliminary study (Black undergraduates’ perceptions of course-based factors associated with lower academic stress, currently under revise/resubmit at Journal of Black Psychology) and is working on his dissertation related to how culturally relevant pedagogy is aligned with constructivism and implemented in college classrooms. In addition, Camille Lewis (visual abstracts for engaging preservice teachers in reading research), Tolu Jegede (shame experiences of Black women in college STEM courses), Steven Williams (defining wealth identity in Black millennials), and Shaniqua Pelham (supports for autonomous learning motivation in employees) made excellent progress on their prelim studies. My students are doing such amazing work! They make me very optimistic about the future of our field and the role educational psychology has to play in increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in educational arenas.
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DR. JEANNINE TURNER My fall had a rough start because my husband and managed to get Covid when we went to the President’s box to watch the first football game of the year. We had a lovely time, but I could have passed on Covid. We both came through it fine, but it took about 6 weeks. Meanwhile, everything in academic life continued on. For me, this past year seems to be one filled with service. I’ve taken over the role of leading the L&C doctoral program, and that has taken some start-up time. Alysia Roehrig has performed that role for so long, and done so much, that it’s been challenging to keep up with all that needs to be done! In addition to our L&C faculty search in the fall, I was a member of the search committees to replace Dr. Insu Paek in Measurement and Statistics in the spring, and to replace Dr. Erik Hines in School Counseling during the summer (and continuing in the fall). I was also the chair of our College of Education’s Faculty Advisory Board throughout the year. Finally, I seem to have had more student defenses this year (at all levels) than in the past. Many of my own students defended proposals, as well as prelim-finals and dissertations; but I’ve also been on many dissertation defenses within and outside of our program. It’s always nice to see students’ progress, but it takes a good deal of time and energy behind the scenes! In addition to my ‘regular’ service, I’m still involved in program evaluations for a huge grant given to University of Florida and Florida State University Colleges of Medicine. I’m also the program evaluator for James Huff’s (at Harding University) NSF-funded career grant. His research is focused on faculty’s professional shame in colleges of engineering. I’m also currently working with faculty in our own FAMU-FSU College of Engineering on their NSF grant proposals and a summer program that provides undergraduate engineering students with opportunities to work with graduate students and faculty on research. Finally, I’m evaluating a USDA grant given to FSU and FAMU’s nutritional sciences programs. With all this evaluation work, I may need to retire and just complete program evaluations! I feel my research has taken a back seat to service this year. Still, one of my main accomplishments was completing a revise-and-resubmit manuscript with my colleague, Dr. Jessica Summers, at University of Arizona. The study
focused on students’ group work emotions and learning. Additionally, I’ve continued to work with my colleague at Harding University, and my student, Juhee Kim joined us in submitting a manuscript that focused on looking at learningrelated consequences of shame-prone students experiencing shame. We are now working on a grant proposal to introduce a shame intervention to Harding students. One really nice event this past year is that my past student, Dr. Jumi Lee, came from South Korea to spend time with me as a Visiting Professor! Jumi graduated in 2013 and is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Chonnam National University. It’s been wonderful catching up with her and designing research studies together. In our research, we will explore failure mindsets, shame-proneness, and perfectionism. We anticipate collecting data this coming year. Finally, I am grateful that our PURPOSE grant has continued. Although I am technically the Principal Investigator, Alysia and I continue to lead this work together (she was the previous PI). This grant has many pieces to hold together, so we need all the hands we can get! We’ve had some publications this past year on our grant activities, which is also very rewarding. As I head into the new academic year, I am preparing to graduate several doctoral students and I have lots of manuscript-writing waiting in the wings (as always!). I look forward to working on some projects with our new faculty member, Dr. Kim, as well as developing projects with my shame-focused graduate students and colleagues at Harding University.
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DR. BETH P H I LL I PS This past year has been busy and rewarding. In the fall, I chaired the search committee that successfully hired our newest colleague, Dr. Yeo-eun Kim. We are so excited to have her join the Learning and Cognition community. This past year I welcomed a new doctoral student, Brielle Babcock and she has joined my wonderful group of students and me in multiple collaborations. Together, Chelsea, Sisi, James, Jessica, Youngmin, Lexi, and Brielle have been highly engaged in submitting and presenting work at conferences, working on manuscripts, and completing theses, prelims, and dissertations in addition to assisting on some of my grant-funded projects. We have a lot to celebrate in my group: A big shoutout to recent graduate Dr. Mike Mesa who just published a first-author paper based on his prelim study. Hooray for Youngmin and James who have advanced to doctoral candidacy! Huge congratulations to Sisi and Chelsea who graduated in Summer 2023! Along with colleagues, students, and research team members, I have been hard at work on multiple projects. We continue to work with my extensive dataset of preschool classrooms with ongoing funding from an Institute of Education Sciences grant. In addition, we are wrapping up a 6-year longitudinal study of young children with heightened family-related likelihood of developing language and reading disabilities. New presentations and publications will be coming soon from this work. Within the REL-Southeast, we completed a very successful year of piloting the Professional Learning Community for Emergent Literacy program and we are about to initiate a randomized trial of this program with over 60 schools and more than 160 teachers and facilitators in South Carolina. As part of my ongoing collaboration with the State of Florida Division of Early Learning, my team and I are developing new professional development materials for preschool teachers focused on how they can support children’s language development. Face-to-face and online versions of these materials will be released in Spring 2024. One of the projects I am most excited about is a small pilot I am conducting of newly developed instructional materials for child-care teachers to implement with two- and three-year-old children. In addition to Mike’s publication, I recently published a paper on media-enhanced early vocabulary instruction, a chapter in the new Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy, co-edited by School of Teacher Education colleagues Drs. Cabell and Patton Terry, multiple practitioner pieces in Literacy Today and several other publications. Multiple other manuscripts are under review, so stay tuned for more from us in the near future!
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D R . Y E O-EU N KIM I am looking forward to starting my faculty career at FSU and becoming part of this incredibly dynamic and exciting program! My research focuses on understanding and improving students’ motivation and self-regulated learning in diverse personal and social settings. Many of my projects highlight various types of motivational challenges that students experience and self-regulatory processes that students can engage in to overcome them. I am particularly interested in supporting all students to pursue and achieve multiple goals including academic, social, and well-being goals. I had a productive year wrapping up several projects that I have been working on with my colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis, where I was a Post Doc. It was a great pleasure to share some of the exciting findings from these projects at national conferences including American Educational Research Association (AERA) and American Psychological Association (APA). The highlight of this year to me was finally publishing a conceptual article on multiple goals regulation in Educational Psychologist. The article holds profound personal meaning to me, as it represents the culmination of my scholarly endeavors over the past few years. Based on this publication, I was also invited to contribute to the APA Division 15’s Podcast, Emerging Research in Educational Psychology. Additionally, I had the honor of serving as the invited mentor at APA Division 15’s Graduate Student Seminar and as the Program Chair of the Teaching Educational Psychology SIG at AERA. The experience of connecting with amazing scholars in the field was truly enriching and inspiring. In Fall 2023, I will teach the in-person section of the Research Methods in Education (EDF 5481) and initiate exciting new projects on multiple goal pursuit and motivational regulation. I am excited for the new adventure that I will have in Tallahassee. I have moved here with my family, my husband and my little girl who turned two this July! We love spending time in nature, so we are especially looking forward to the warmer winter weather and sunshine in Florida. I am eager to embark on this exciting journey with all of you.
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WE N T I N G S O N G Hi, everyone! The last academic year is truly an adventure for me. I defended my prelim last fall and worked as the PIE associate for our department. Being the PIE associate brought me many new insights regarding teaching and administration, and I truly enjoyed my one-year appointment. I also presented a paper at AERA, based on my prelim study. The presentation went well, and I was able to make connections with people who are also interested in heritage language learning motivation. Meeting people with the same passion gave me a boost to my own passion for the research of HLLs. With the upcoming academic year, I am returning to our lovely EDF 4210 teaching team and will begin to work on my prospectus! However, most excitingly, our family is also preparing to welcome our baby girl, Lumi, to join us this October. There is so much to look forward to this academic year! I am very excited!
J U L I E T H PAO L A D IA Z Hi all! For the past two years, I have been working as an Instructional Designer at College of San Mateo, located in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area. I collaborate with instructors and administrators to design equitable learning experiences for all students, especially those who have been historically marginalized. I am currently writing the last two chapters of my dissertation (wuhooo!) and planning to graduate in December (fingers crossed!). My research focuses on how Latinas who start their science education at community colleges develop robust science identities, and how mentorship contributes to that process. Also, I became a U.S. citizen this year which is a huge accomplishment for me! The picture below was taken this summer at Big Sur, California.
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M I N TA N G As a Ph.D. student, I am currently working on my literature review for my dissertation, which focuses on the development of music expertise and the transfer of that expertise to other academic domains and to everyday life. I am also working on a research project with a group of other L&C students interested in emotion regulation for international graduate students. Outside of my academic endeavors, my husband and I welcomed our first child, Felix, a year ago. I am grateful for the time I have been able to spend with my family and in the L&C program.
TO LU LO P E J E GE D E This is my third year in the Learning & Cognition doctoral program. I’m currently conducting a critical phenomenological study to determine whether power structures shape the classroom experiences of shame among Black collegiate women in STEM fields. I successfully defended my prelim proposal in May, and now I’m recruiting participants for my study. I plan to defend my prelim in the fall or spring 2024. I’m looking forward to that!
A N D R I A CO LE I successfully defended my dissertation prospectus in July 2023 (How did I get here? The influence of lived experiences on the decision-making process of Black men STEM PHD holders currently working in the STEM academy), and I am currently collecting data. Outside of school, I work full-time as a bureau chief with the Florida Department of Education. I became a grandparent (GiGi) in December 2022! In my ‘spare time’, I enjoy attending concerts, sporting events, road trips with my husband, and spending time with my two adult children. I also enjoy gardening and teaching Bible study classes.
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YA N Y U PA N Currently, I’m working full-time as an instructional specialist at FSU’s Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) while working on my dissertation. My dissertation topic concerns first-year at-risk college students’ academic procrastination, and I’m aiming to defend my prospectus in Fall 2023. One the big accomplishment for me and my family is having our baby girl Monica in May!
ST E VE N C . W I L L I A MS I I This year was nice! I completed my second year in the Learning & Cognition Ph.D. program and defended my preliminary proposal. I am researching wealth identity among collegeeducated, Black millennials. I aim to understand how their attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors inform their wealth identities. My overarching goal is to develop a culturallyrelevant intervention that supports their wealth attainment and generational transfer. My IRB application was recently approved, and I am now in the data collection phase of my project. I am excited that I co-authored an article accepted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Black Psychology this year. We critiqued suicidology scholarship and practice focusing on Africana youth. I’ve enjoyed working with the Fellows of the PURPOSE Program as they train in research that focuses on social justice in education. I also had fun working with the PURPOSE team this summer to implement a culturally-relevant Freedom-to-STEM curriculum at FAMU DRS Freedom School, exposing students to various forms of science!
JAM E S H E R N A N D E Z I just recently defended my final preliminary study: A systemic review of 20 years of culturally responsive classroom management research. I had another great summer working with the PURPOSE team educating Freedom School scholars on science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This past spring, I presented my first, first-author paper presentation at a national conference with Dr. Phillips, Dr. Roehrig, and Dr. Mike Mesa. The presentation was about my master’s thesis where I introduced the Culture in Classroom Management Model. Additionally, Dr. Almond and I have created a mockup of our prototype grading and feedback system. We hope to pilot the system this year with professors and TAs to provide high-quality rapid feedback to creative student products, such as essays.
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A N NA L I U I graduated with my master’s in L&C, yay! In 2021, I started my master’s online with L&C while transitioning from living in Beijing to living in Brazil. In 2022, I moved back to my hometown in Florida. In 2023, I was given a generous opportunity to be an online TA for Dr. Turner. I even took a class on the Tallahassee campus. Now I am living in Chattanooga! Looking ahead, I am about to start a new job as an instructional designer with the Walker Center at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. Additionally, I have been accepted to obtain a second master’s in FSU’s Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies. My estimated graduation date is 2025! I am very grateful for all the wonderful people I met here at FSU, most notably my advisor Dr. Turner. I already miss the comradery and support from fellow L&C members! To all the new recruits: don’t be afraid to reach for the stars, they are closer than you think!
Y I T I N G YAO I completed my master’s degree in the Learning and Cognition program in December 2022. Fueled by a curiosity about understanding students’ emotions, I joined Dr. Turner’s group, which enriched my knowledge about students’ learning motivation, cultural influences, the emotion of shame, and effective classroom strategies. My master’s studies also ignited my interest in using student data to shape teaching practices. In Spring 2023, I was accepted into the doctoral program for Measurement and Statistics within the same department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. The estimated graduation date for my doctoral degree is December 2027. Looking ahead, I aspire to delve deeper into appropriate statistical and measurement tools to uncover students’ emotional issues and provide insights for effective educational practices. On the path to achieving my future goals, I am very grateful that the L&C program has not only enhanced my academic knowledge but also become my second family. Every person I encountered in L&C genuinely cared about and supported me, especially my advisor, Dr. Turner, who has served as a model educator for me. It has been a transformative journey for me to study in the L&C program!
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D R . D A R CE Y FA N G LIA N G After I graduated in December 2022, I started my work as a teaching consultant at the Center for the Advancement of Teaching in Fall 2023. I am now a die-hard FSU alum and fan! I’m very grateful that I am able to continue working at FSU. Also, because I can continue living in Tallahassee, my daughter Eva will be able to graduate from high school here!
D R . L AU R A JA K I E L I defended my dissertation last Fall and am now adjusting to life post PhD. I’m still on campus working at The Graduate School as an Operations Analyst and Waiver Auditor. My job allows me to assist with the manuscript clearance team. I’m happy to report that all the hard work the students and faculty put into our drafts shines through in the quality of the dissertations associated with our department. It’s been such a pleasure to see other Learning and Cognition students on the clearance list, and then the graduation list.
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D R . H O LLY H U N T After graduation, I was promoted to the Director for the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) at FSU. In this role, I lead a team of faculty and staff who support student academic success. The services include academic assistance through study skills courses and on campus tutoring in the ACE Learning Studio in the William Johnston Building and the Learning District in Strozier Library. Although I have finished my degree, I continue to learn about and support the student veteran population through the Council on the Military Transition to Education (CMTE) and look forward to staying connected as much as possible.
D R . L A I T H J U M ’A H Since I have completed my degree and returned to Jordan, I’ve been very busy with our family. Esraa, the children, and I are enjoying our time with our extended family after an absence of 7 years. We almost do not sit at our home. Each day we are invited to a new family member’s house, and I gained a few pounds during the last few weeks! As for myself, I will start teaching at the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Jordan in Fall. I will teach four classes (Educational Research Methods, Educational Psychology). I extend our warmest regards to everyone in the department. We will never forget the wonderful times we spent together, and we are immensely grateful for the friendship and support we received during our time at FSU.
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D R . E R I K R AWL S Currently, I am still serving as the Program Coordinator for PURPOSE and am seeking employment in the academic and public sector. This fall, I will teach one of the online undergraduate Educational Psychology sections. As a public servant my hope is to use my research training to support families in the state of Florida, and to contribute to the existing research-practice partnerships between universities and surrounding communities.
D R . S IS I D O N G I defended my dissertation and graduated this summer! I currently live in northern California, and I miss Tallahassee a lot. I have not made decisions about my career for the next step. But no matter where I go, I will use the knowledge I learned during the past years at our program to continue teaching and researching. I will always be a Seminole!
D R . CH E L S E A FU N A R I I successfully defended my dissertation in July and graduated in August 2023. Since graduation, I have shifted to working full time as a Researcher at the Florida Center for Reading Research with Dr. Phillips. In other exciting news, my husband, Zac, also graduated with his Master’s this Summer, so I am looking forward to life after graduate school for both of us. It will definitely be an adjustment, but we’re on to the next great adventure!
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D R . CH E Y E O N H A I am a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine. My research focuses on social-emotional and academic development of school-aged children. I recently collaborated on a meta-analysis project examining the intervention effect of socialemotional learning (SEL) programs in K-12 education. I am currently developing new SEL lesson plans with a team to support elementary school students with diverse learning needs. This fall, I will work with local elementary schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts to conduct our universal SEL lessons, especially for children with learning disabilities.
D R . M I C H A E L (M I K E ) P. MESA I have transitioned to a faculty position at the Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston following the completion of my IESfunded postdoctoral fellowship. In my new capacity, I will play a pivotal role in supporting the Texas School Ready program while continuing to make significant contributions to ongoing research projects including Accelerated Early Reading Outcomes (AERO) and Developing Talkers, among others. Notably, I will serve as the Co-Principal Investigator for the subaward of a recently awarded grant that focuses on developing bilingual supports for the AERO curriculum. I am dedicated and excited to continue advancing CLI’s mission of promoting learning and development of all children through research, resource development, and service delivery.
D R . FE I X I N G I recently had my second baby (Charlotte), while Ella, my first child, is now 5 years old! I have had a fun time with both of them, although it is such a challenge to have two! I have been busy with several different things. First, I have been working on my shortterm rental and real estate business. I recently purchased another vacation rental property near Clearwater beach in Florida (check out this website https://abnb.me/A0T4Ykl6tBb!). I have had to set it up from California (such a difficult job). I feel like I have become an expert in the real estate industry! I really like solving all different kinds of problems in this industry. I am also serving several children in China to teach them English online through my own curriculum. I was able to help three of them apply for high schools in the U.S. successfully, through obtaining their desired scores in standardized tests! I feel like this is an achievement! Not only did they get great scores, but they have become so motivated to learn English as well!
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D R . T I M OT H Y P R E SS LE Y I’ve had a productive career at Christopher Newport University. I just received early promotion to associate professor and will go up for tenure in 2025. I also had a new book come out this spring, Reading Instruction that works: A case for balanced teaching. (guilford.com/books/ReadingInstruction-That-Works/Pressley-Allington-Pressley/9781462551842) and will have a second book coming out in the fall of 2023 focused on Education beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. During the school year, life keeps us pretty busy with my wife, Stephanie, completing her 14th year in teaching, and our daughter— who will turn 4 in September—always on the go! We were able to get away this summer for a Disney Cruise, which we loved. Ellie had a blast meeting all the princesses and going down the waterslide. She is already asking when we will go back on Mickey’s ship!
DR. JUMI LEE I graduated from the Learning & Cognition program with my Ph.D. in 2013 and I am now an Associate Professor of the Department of Education in Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea. As a researcher and educator, I am interested in college students’ (including pre-service teachers) motivation, learning, and well-being. I have been involved in several research projects such as college students’ cyber-bullying and mental health problems, and pre-service teachers’ psychological factors related to successful learning and well-being. Most recently, I have been involved in the L&C again as a visiting scholar during my sabbatical in Spring and Summer 2023. As a Ph.D. graduate, it is a big honor to visit FSU again and do research with my forever advisor, Dr. Jeannine Turner. My current research with Dr. Turner in FSU is about college students’ learning and well-being. Specifically, we are working to investigate college students’ psychological factors related to their academic failures and learning. During my FSU visit, I have had a great opportunity to recharge my energy and think about my academic plans for the next few years. I really appreciate the L&C people who helped me to have a great time, and great experiences, at FSU!
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D R . J E FF B R AY I am currently serving as Program Manager for Academic and Student Services in the FSU School of Dance, and in May 2023 I was recognized for my twenty years of administrative service to Florida State University. Returning to my roots in the social sciences, I also serve as adjunct faculty in the FSU Department of Geography, and I teach World Regional Geography in the Fall and Spring semesters. Although my professional pursuits have taken me outside of educational psychology, I enjoy delivering guest lectures on fundamentals of human learning to students enrolled in School of Dance pedagogy courses, as well as providing self-regulation advise to dance majors in my role as a member of the School of Dance Student Support Committee.
2022-2023
CO LLO Q U I A P R E S E N TAT I O NS Throughout the 2022-2023 Academic Year, we had a variety of interesting presentations at our bi-weekly colloquia. If you’d like to present at one of our colloquia, please email me (jeturner@fsu.edu). We’d love to hear about your current work! If you’d like to join our Friday colloquia via zoom, just let me know. I’m happy to send you the link!
2 0 2 2 - 2 0 2 3 C O L L O Q U I A P R E S E N TAT I O N S D R . M I K E M E S A September 2, 2022
Self-regulation strategies for graduate students
D R . C H E Y E O N H A September 16, 2022
Dissertation: Culturally relevant reading for supporting underserved children’s prosocial self-efficacy and reading skills: A transformative social-emotional learning approach
J E S S I C A R I T C H I E October 14, 2022
Master’s Thesis: Parent-reported anxiety levels in children with special education classifications
D R . C H E R Y L H A R R I S October 21, 2022 Story Telling
J A C O U R I E C L A R K November 18, 2022
Prelim Study: Black undergraduates’ perceptions of course-related factors associated with reduced academic stress at a PWI
C A T H R Y N L O K E Y January 20, 2023 Working in women’s correctional facilities
O F F I C E O F AC C E S S I B I L I T Y S E RV I C E
February 3, 2023 FSU services for students who need accommodations
D R . L A U R A J A K I E L February 17, 2023
Dissertation: An online scaffolded writing time management intervention to reduce writing anxiety and increase writing performance in undergraduate students” A repeated measures random control trial
D R . F A N G ( D A R C E Y ) L I A N G March 3, 2023
Dissertation: A path analysis of the relationship among mindsets, academic writing anxiety and self-satisfaction with academic writing of Chinese graduate students
B E T S Y S T A U D T W I L L E T April 14, 2023 Approaching life with curiosity
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Tolu Jegede - A phenomenological study of the connections between classroom climate, classroom experiences of shame, and the STEM identities of Black female undergraduates Steven C. Williams II - Understanding wealth identity among Black millennials
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PRELIMINARY FINAL DEFENSES: • • • • • • •
Wenting Song - Chinese heritage language learners’ motivation and intention to continue learning Mandarin Mira Talpau Joos – Dynamic experiences in heritage language writing Jacourie Clark - Black undergraduates’ perceptions of course-related factors associated with reduced academic stress at a PWI Merve Budun - Exploring college-level tutees’ perceptions on their relationships with tutors and the effect on their motivation for learning and ongoing help-seeking Michelle Peruche - Microaggressions and coping of African Americans in a college of engineering Youngmin Oh – Developmental change in listening comprehension of prekindergartners and kindergartners James Hernandez - A systematic review of 20 years of culturally responsive classroom management research
D I S S E RTAT I O N P R O P O S A L DEFENSES: •
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Chena Chen - How and when do girls and boys become segregated into different STEM career paths? Testing the relationships among gender, academic achievement, motivational and cultural factors, and career aspirations Andria Cole – How did I get here? the influence of lived experiences on the decision-making process of Black men STEM PhD holders currently working in the STEM academy Candance Norris-Holiwski - A quasi-experimental study to investigate the benefit of adding learning diaries to SRL training on the online learning behaviors of associate degree-seeking students
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Dr. Laura Jakiel - An online scaffolded writing time management intervention to reduce writing anxiety and increase writing performance in undergraduate students: A repeated measures random control trial Dr. Fang (Darcey) Liang - A path analysis of the relationship among mindsets, academic writing anxiety and self-satisfaction with academic writing of Chinese graduate students Dr. Holly Hunt - Maximizing their educational opportunities for advanced degrees: A grounded theory analysis of service member pathways Dr. Laith Jum’ah - An exploratory study of the role of epistemic beliefs and epistemic cognitions in selfregulation processes in the context of task complexity Dr. Erik Rawls - Researcher identity development of Black and Latina/o scholars within a service-learning research context Dr. Sisi Dong - Cultural capital growth with 5th grade reading achievement Dr. Chelsea Funari – Cumulative influence of teachers’ affective demeanor on student reading engagement across 1st – 3rd grade classrooms
F O RWA R D P R O G R E S S
G R A D UAT I O N S NON-THESIS MASTER’S G R A D U AT E S : • • • • • • • • • • •
Lydia Joy Bjornson Sarah Elizabeth Brown Arianis Loraine Burgos Margaret Catrambone Sydney Chiarito Christina Isabella Baptista Jones Abraham Juan Mojica Diana Ivanova Rafailova Katelyn Elizabeth Rodd Devendra Veda Yiting Yao
MASTER’S THESIS DEFENSE: •
Jessica Ritchie
DOCTORAL DEFENSES: • • • • • • •
Dr. Fang (Darcey) Liang Dr. Laura Jakiel Dr. Holly Hunt Dr. Laith Jum’ah Dr. Erik Rawls Dr. Chelsea Funari Dr. Sisi Dong
S T U D E N T - I N V O LV E D
M E E T I N G S & C O N FE R E N C E S AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL A S S O C I A T I O N - Washington, DC Babcock, B., Funari, C. N., Phillips, B. M., & Lonigan, C. J. (2023, August). Examining profiles of early educator behavior using the Teacher Behavior Rating Scale. [Paper presentation]. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Elara, L., Dong, S., Babcock., B., Phillips, B. M., & Lonigan, C. J. (2023, August). Relating elementary teachers’ literacy instruction to students’ reading performance. [Paper presentation]. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Roehrig, A., Turner, J. E., Rawls, E., Wilson, D., & Bertrand Jones, T. (2023, August). Lessons learned from five cohorts of yearlong mentoring relationship. [Paper presentation]. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
A M E R I C A N E D U C AT I O N A L R E S E A R C H A S S O C I A T I O N - Chicago, IL Hernandez, J. A., Phillips, B. M., Roehrig, A. D., Mesa, M. P., Burgos, V. R., & Salas, M. G. (2023, April). The culture in classroom management model. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Kim, J., & Turner, J. E. (2023, April). From shame to recovery: Understanding the comprehensive process of experiencing shame and its recovery. [Poster presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Song, W., & Turner, J. E. (2023, April). Through the identity looking-glass: Chinese heritage language learners’ intention and motivation to continue learning Mandarin. [Poster presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
CONFERENCE ON ACADEMIC R E S E A R C H I N E D U C AT I O N ( C A R E ) - Virtual Conference Kim, J., & Turner, J. E. (2022, March). Case studies: The journey of Korean PhD students’ shame experiences. [Paper presentation]. Conference on Academic Research in Education, Virtual.
M A RVA L E N E H U G H E S R E S E A RC H I N E D U C AT I O N C O N F E R E N C E -
Tallahassee, FL
Elara, L., Phillips, B M., Ritchie, J. M., & Funari, C. (2023, April). Comparing the quality of implementation of a Tier 2 language intervention between project staff and school personnel. [Poster presentation]. Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference, Tallahassee, FL. Kim, J., & Turner, J. E. (2023, April). From shame to recovery: Understanding the comprehensive process of experiencing shame and its recovery. [Poster presentation]. Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference. Tallahassee, FL.
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC S T U D Y O F R E A D I N G - Port Douglas,
Queensland, Australia
Oh, Y., & Phillips, B. (2023, July). Predicting listening comprehension of prekindergarten and kindergarten children from earlier lower- and higher-level language skills. [Paper presentation]. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
STUDENT
P U B LI C AT I O N S Chen, J., Perez-Felkner, L., Nhien, C., Hu, S., Erichsen, K., & Li, Y. (2023). Gender differences in motivational and curricular pathways towards postsecondary computing majors. Research in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-02309751-w Jackson-Lowman, H., Chioneso, N. E., Utsey, S. O., & Williams, S. C., II. (in press). Trapped in a pathological paradigm: Critiques of suicidology scholarship & practice. Journal of Black Psychology. Rawls, E., Roehrig, A. D., Turner, J. E., Mesa, M. P., McClarey, M., Lewis, C., Ha, C., Auman, P., & Jones, T. B. (2023). The Freedom School Way: A model for intergenerational research training partnerships among universities and Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® Programs. Urban Education,1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859231178712
ABOUT L&C
M ISS I O N STAT E M E N T As a graduate-level program, Learning and Cognition’s mission is to provide cutting-edge, individualized training for those who wish to earn graduate degrees focused on theory, research, and application in the areas of cognition, learning, and human development. We serve students who come from many backgrounds to apply Learning and Cognition in research, classroom, government, or organizational settings. Our program is highly flexible, allowing students to select the training that meets their needs. Through close mentorship and apprenticeship, we provide an excellent grounding in research to support evidence-based practice and contribute to the free, open-access of innovative research that informs teaching and learning wherever it happens.
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