Sandra Batista
Dory DeWeese
Education HistoryPh.D., Stanford University; M.S., University of Virginia; B.S., University of Virginia Scholarly Interests and ActivitiesI am interested in inclusive education and making sure that all students, no matter there backgrounds, can be successful in chemistry and use chemistry as a tool to further their own growth and goals. Department Page
Jonathan Winnerman
Education HistoryPh.D., University of Chicago; M.A., University of Chicago; A.B., Princeton University Scholarly Interests and ActivitiesJonathan Winnerman’s current research investigates ancient Egyptian sacred kingship and power through the lens of enigmatic (also called cryptographic) hieroglyphic texts. These inscriptions, which may also be paired with standard hieroglyphic ones, often framed the perimeter of temples and seem […]
Steve Bennoun
Education HistoryPh.D., University of British Columbia; M.Sc. and B.Sc., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Scholarly Interests and ActivitiesBroadly speaking, I am interested in understanding which teaching methods best support student learning and how to improve undergraduate mathematics education. I currently work on evaluating how one can implement interleaving in undergraduate mathematics courses as well […]
Michelle Rensel
Education HistoryPh.D., University of Memphis; M.S., University of Memphis; B.S., University of Puget Sound Department Page
Melissa Paquette-Smith
Education HistoryPh.D., University of Toronto; M.A., B.S., University of Toronto. Department Page
Anthony Friscia
Education HistoryPh.D., UCLA; M.A., Kent State University; B.A., Washington University in St. Louis Department Page
Gerardo Rene Flores
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Joshua Samani
Education HistoryPh.D., UCLA; B.S., B.A., UC Berkeley Scholarly Interests and ActivitiesI study how to make teaching and learning measurably better by pairing multiyear classroom experiments with rapid A/B tests. On the scale of years, I run randomized controlled trials that translate cognitive‑psychology findings—spaced repetition, retrieval practice, interleaving—into real courses and quantify their effects on learning. […]
Angie Denisse Otiniano Verissimo
Education HistoryPh.D., UCLA; M.P.H, UCLA; B.A., University of Redlands Scholarly Interests & ActivitiesI am currently working on two projects integrating virtual reality (VR) into a community-academic partnership and another in the classroom. These VR projects are grounded in a rigorous artistic pedagogical methodology created by Dr. Liliana Conlisk Gallegos (Professor in the Department of Communication […]