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Lindsey Richland is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, and she received her Ph.D in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Richland's research examines the ways that children develop complex reasoning skills, a crucial tool for success in the 21st century. She examines children's reasoning development in and out of schools, with her classroom research focusing on teaching and learning mathematics. She examines the mechanisms underpinning children's capacity to think flexibly, with studies focusing on the roles of cognitive maturation and individual differences, primary caregiver language and socialization practices, and school routines. She also examines factors shaping children's tendencies to engage in higher order thinking when opportunities are available. Her classroom work focuses on mathematics, investigating effective teaching practices for increasing higher order thinking and reducing opportunity gaps. Recently, some of her work has shifted to attend to the roles of pressure and anxiety in exacerbating such gaps【Curriculum Vitae】
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Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students
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Almaz Mesghina is a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago and a Predoctoral Fellow for the National Institute for Education Sciences. Broadly, her research interests focus on emotional factors in the classroom, such as students’ anxiety, that often contribute to achievement gaps in mathematics. Her current work, an extension of her M.A. thesis, explores when pressure incentivizes or threatens students’ cognitive performance, and whether emotion regulation interventions may mitigate any harmful impacts of pressure on performance and engagement. Concurrently, Almaz leads two other research projects investigating how learning and engagement is impacted by student-teacher and student-student interactions in both preschool and undergraduate math instruction. Almaz received her B.S. both in Child Development and Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2016, where she taught at a preschool and researched the role of touchscreen interactivity on preschoolers’ word learning.
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Lanye Teska is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. Broadly, Layne is interested in school and home environments as mediating factors in children's cognitive and social-emotional development. Currently, she is investigating the role of individual differences in cognitive resources (i.e., analogical reasoning skills and executive function) and its relationship to learning and problem solving. Additionally, her work examines how pedagogical approaches may facilitate the acquisition of knowledge needed for effective problem solving. Layne also examines these mechanisms of development cross-culturally in Nicaragua and Belize. She graduated from Carleton College in 2014 where she majored in psychology and Neuroscience.
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Natalie is a first year PhD student in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine, with a specialization in Human Development in Context. She is broadly interested in how individual differences would affect math learning. In particular, she is exploring how bilingualism, executive functions, self-efficacy, and stereotype threat would affect student engagement in higher order thinking in a math learning context. Natalie just graduated from the University of Chicago and obtained an MA in Social Sciences degree with concentrations in Psychology and Comparative Human Development. Before coming to the States, she worked as a high school math teacher and an inspector in the Department of Education in Hong Kong. These experiences have formed her interests in her current interdisciplinary research.
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Joseph Wong is a doctoral student at the University of California, Irvine who studies Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement (TLEI) while specializing in Digital Learning and Educational Technology under his advisor, Dr. Lindsey Richland. He is a researcher motivated by questions at the intersection of science education, digital media, and higher-order thinking. More specifically, he is interested in the cognitive mechanisms underlying how instructional media technologies such as online learning, virtual and augmented reality, and digital interactivity, can improve student motivation, engagement, content acquisition, and foster transferable skills. Through this work, Joseph's career goal is to bridge together his passion for digital media with science education to design effective learning experiences representative of today’s 21st-century student learning behaviors.
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Lina Carpenter is a second year Ph.D. student in education at University of California at Irvine, specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC). Her research interests include emotional intelligence, promoting “soft skills” in educational contexts, and how social ecology interacts with cognition and mental load. Lina worked in Los Angeles, CA as a preschool teacher, where her experience with young children was centered around problematic classroom behavior and self-regulation, which in turn formed her current interdisciplinary research interests. Lina also has a BS in Fine Art from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an MA in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Early Childhood Education from California State University at Northridge.
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Lab Manager
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Bella Lerner graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2019 where she received a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Applied Psychology. Over the last 10 years she has had the opportunity to work with infants through pre-teens in a variety of contexts, including research, in-school settings, and extracurricular activities. Her interests center around children's social-emotional development, how it is linked to academic achievement and later life outcomes, as well as the ways in which it is impacted by family and parenting styles.
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Research Assistants
Alex Wall is a fourth year undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. She is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Biological Sciences. Her research interests center around Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, particularly within the topics of learning and memory. After graduating from UC Irvine, Alex hopes to pursue a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and enter a career in research and academia.
Alex Wall is a fourth year undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. She is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Biological Sciences. Her research interests center around Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, particularly within the topics of learning and memory. After graduating from UC Irvine, Alex hopes to pursue a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and enter a career in research and academia.
Jan Nathan Abestilla is a fourth year undergraduate student majoring in Human Biology and minoring in Psychological Sciences at UCI. His research interests include a wide scope of subjects including learning, music therapy, and communication in relationships. He hopes to pursue medicine after his fifth year at UCI, or pursue a career in research in the fields mentioned previously.
Karla is a current undergraduate at UC Irvine, dual majoring in Psychological Science and Criminology, Law & Society. After her bachelor's, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Karla's research interests include psychopathology, childhood trauma, resiliency, parent-adolescent relationships, and juvenile justice. When not in the lab, she enjoys taking runs and going on hikes!
Maria Barrera is a first year undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. She is majoring in Business Economics. As a Research Assistant, she focuses on data analysis of the research projects that emphasize the learning development of children and more. Maria hopes to continue being involved in research during her undergraduate studies and attend graduate school to earn a Master’s Degree in Economics after graduating from UC Irvine.
Maria Barrera is a first year undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. She is majoring in Business Economics. As a Research Assistant, she focuses on data analysis of the research projects that emphasize the learning development of children and more. Maria hopes to continue being involved in research during her undergraduate studies and attend graduate school to earn a Master’s Degree in Economics after graduating from UC Irvine.
Sandhya Andrews is a third year undergraduate student double majoring in Education Sciences and Sociology at University of California, Irvine. Her research interests include understanding what teaching strategies improve learning and how to implement this research into the classroom. She plans to work in a school setting after graduation and earning her teaching credential. She has experience working with kids of different ages and enjoys this career path.
Supriya Dadi is a second-year undergraduate student who is majoring in Biomedical Engineering: Pre-Med. Her current research interests include Neuroscience and Child Psychology- particularly in relation to how the mind develops during a child’s formative years. After graduating from UCI, she hopes to pursue a career in medicine. She eventually hopes to have a career in pediatrics.
Supriya Dadi is a second-year undergraduate student who is majoring in Biomedical Engineering: Pre-Med. Her current research interests include Neuroscience and Child Psychology- particularly in relation to how the mind develops during a child’s formative years. After graduating from UCI, she hopes to pursue a career in medicine. She eventually hopes to have a career in pediatrics.
Vanessa Ha is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. She is majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is planning to minor in Psychological Sciences. Her research interests include developmental psychopathology, memory development in early childhood as well as pharmacological treatments of psychiatric disorders such as depression. Vanessa plans to pursue a career in research or medicine after graduating UCI.
Vanessa Ha is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. She is majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is planning to minor in Psychological Sciences. Her research interests include developmental psychopathology, memory development in early childhood as well as pharmacological treatments of psychiatric disorders such as depression. Vanessa plans to pursue a career in research or medicine after graduating UCI.