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 […]
Jeffrey Maloy
Education HistoryPh.D., UCLA; B.S., UC San Diego Scholarly Interests & ActivitiesBroadly speaking, my research program has focused on four essential components influencing student affect in the STEM classroom: mindset, interest, personal identity, and learning experiences. Recent projects have involved analyses of the social network dynamics of teaching and learning, the use of classroom observation data […]
Rob Gould
Education HistoryPh.D., UC San Diego; B.S., Harvey Mudd College Scholarly Interests & ActivitiesK-12 Data Science Education: creation of curricula and professional development; DataFest Department Page