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PhD Job Market Candidates, 2015-2016

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Felicia Darling

Area:
Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (CTE)

Dissertation Title:
Two approaches to problem-solving in a Yucatec Maya village: Expertise untapped in the math classroom?

Research Interests:
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching
  • Algebra
  • Teacher Beliefs
  • Teacher education
  • Latino/a students
  • Linguistic and ethnic/racial minorities and math education

Advisors:
Jo Boaler
Hyemin Han

Area:
Developmental and Psychological Sciences (DAPS)

Dissertation Title:
Neuroscientific and Social Psychological Investigation on Psychological Effects of Stories of Moral Exemplars

Research Interests:
  • moral psychology
  • Moral Education
  • developmental psychology
  • social neuroscience
  • social psychology
  • positive psychology


Area:
Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (CTE)

Dissertation Title:
Using a Design-based Research Approach to Support Diverse Parents' Learning of the Common Core Mathematical Practices

Research Interests:
  • Mathematics for teachers
  • parent engagement
  • mathematics for parents
  • Equity and Acces
  • Common Core State Standards for the Mathematical Practices

Advisors:
Rebecca M. Taylor

Area:
Social Sciences, Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Policy Studies in Education (SHIPS)

Dissertation Title:
Education and the Open Mind: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Virtue of Open-Mindedness and its Role in Educational Justice

Research Interests:

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