• Long vs Short-term Goal Setting and Impacts on Self-Efficacy and Utility Value
  • We are investigating if short term goal setting in college courses (in the SMART goal design) will give students a greater sense of efficacy and valuing of their courses.
    
• Growth Mindset and Impacts on Student Motivation
  • In this study we are concerned with how a growth mindset can influence other beneficial motivation mindsets such as mindfulness, which may indirectly influence the experience of imposter syndrome.
  • Submitted to WPA 2024
    
• Burnout in University Students and Perceived Fulfillment of Basic Psychological Needs
  • In this study, college students from around the U.S. were asked to report on their experiences of burnout and basic need fulfillment as defined by Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002).
  • Presented at WPA 2023, manuscript in process
    
• The Effectiveness of a Utility Value Intervention in Psychological Statistics and Research Methods Courses
  • In this study, we are investigating whether a brief utility value intervention improves students’ motivation and performance in traditionally difficult courses like stats and methods.
  • Presented at WPA 2023 & URSA 2023

Previous Projects

• The Experience of Non-Majority Students Motivation and Cost in a First-Year Physics Course
  • This study looked at the experience of underrepresented ethnic and gender groups and their perceptions of cost in a majority white, cis-gendered male dominated field such as physics. Specifically experiences of emotional cost and task effort cost were the focus of this analysis.
  • Presented at WPA 2023