Ph.D. student Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Teaching and Learning) presented a study titled “Enacting Agency: An Ecological Perspective on Teachers’ Experiences of an Integrated Curriculum” in a paper session on Developing Teacher Agency through Transformative Professional Learning at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2026…

Ph.D. students Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented a study titled “Exploring Approaches to Equity: A Content Analysis of Two Scripted Curricula in Science Education” in a paper session on Using Content Analysis to Advance Equity at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2026…

Ph.D. student Debika Jana and associate professor Merryn Cole (Teaching and Learning) presented their research on “Teachers’ conceptual knowledge of Wildfire and Human interaction” on National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Conference, 2026, in Seattle. This study aims to identify the teachers’ understanding about…

Sam Leif, Michael McCreery, P.G. Schrader (all Teaching and Learning), Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) published an open-access research article, "Differentiating Video Game Expertise Using the Model of Domain Learning," in Frontiers in Education. The…

Suheyla Sarisahin, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Alain Bengochea (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), and Tracy Spies (Teacher Education at Wyoming University) presented a paper titled, "Shifting teachers' beliefs and practices to support multilingual learners with disabilities," at the American Educational Research…

April Ursula Fox (Education), in collaboration with Nicole J. Thomas (Guinn Center; Undergraduate Research), presented a poster titled, “Zines as Summative Assessment for Learning: Reimagining Rigor Through Creativity and Learning as Becoming,” at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The poster…

Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) presented a paper titled, "Competency Remediation Program: Overview and update on analyses of efficacy" at the 2026 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference in Reno.  

On April 11, 2026, Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented “Scripted to Teach: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Scripted Curricula in Science Education” in a paper session on Centering Other Epistemologies in Critical Curriculum Studies at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting…

April Ursula Fox (Education) presented her paper, “Meaningful Learning with Zines at the Punk Rock Museum: A Mixed-Methods Study,” at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. The paper was featured in the session “Power and Learning in Museums: Reimagining Museums as Sites of Untold Histories,” part of the SIG-…

Adjoa Mensah (Online Education), Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning), and David Ko (Teaching and Learning) presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting. Adjoa presented research examining K–8 science teachers’ ICT planning and implementation practices using the PIC-RAT framework to understand technology…

On April 8, 2026, Bridget K. Daleiden (Educational Psychology) presented “'Easily Distracted': A Thematic Analysis of College Students’ Attentional Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning” in a paper session on motivation, belonging, and help-seeking at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The…

Bridget K. Daleiden (Ph.D. Candidate; Educational Psychology) presented her research on music and self-regulated studying in an invited roundtable session honoring the legacy of Dr. Barry J. Zimmerman at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Daleiden’s research builds on Zimmerman’s…