SENATE FACULTY
Deborah Lowe Vandel, PhD
Professor and Founding Dean Interests: Identifying short-term and long-term effects of afterschool and summer programs; Identifying short-term and long-term effects of self-care and other unsupervised settings; Developing observational and survey measures to assess & improve program quality; Working with OST programs to develop and assess effective professional development for staff
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Jacquelyn Sue Eccles, PhD
Distinguished Professor Interests: Academic Motivation and Achievement, School and Family Influences on Adolescent Development, Gender and Ethnicity in STEM Fields
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George Farkas, PhD
Professor Interests: Paraprofessional tutoring interventions for disadvantaged students.
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Hosun Kang, PhD
Assistant Professor Interests: Early career science teacher learning, secondary science, under-represented youth’s identity development in STEM, connecting out-of-school experiences to school sciences, teacher preparation
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Sandra Simpkins, PhD
Professor, Co-Director of CASE Interests: How families, friendships, and social position factors (such as, ethnicity and culture) shape adolescents’ organized after-school activities and motivation.
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