Sara Coronel Rodriguez is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She is advised by Dr. Katie Eklund. Sara is half Paraguayan and half Costa Rican. She received her BA in Psychology and Anthropology from Wake Forest University and her MS in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Sara …
Eric L. Crawford is a third-year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology Department and graduate research assistant in the Thomas Youth Resilience Lab(https://thomaslab.sohe.wisc.edu/). He completed his foundational and advanced clinical training in a community mental health setting, primarily working with young children and families experiencing trauma in individual and group counseling. Additionally, Eric has provided …
Carlos F. Cuebas García is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology. He is working with Dr. Luis Columna at the Promotion of Health Equity & Adapted Physical Activity (PHEAPA) Lab, which focuses on addressing the physical activity needs of individuals with disabilities and their family members. He graduated from the University of …
Ziyen Curtis (she/they) is a proud first-generation college/graduate student from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They hold a Masters of Arts in African American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, a Bachelor of Science in Global and International Studies with a specification in Culture and Identity, a minor in …
Joseph Decker is a Doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. He completed his BA at the University of Iowa in Psychology and Spanish with a minor in Portuguese. Being trilingual in English, Spanish, and Portuguese is an important part of his identity, as well as being a USA …
Tony DelaRosa (he/siya) researches HMoob/Hmong and Asian American Education Policy Advocacy, Cross-EthnoRacial Literacy and Coalition Building, and Education Policy Implementation at UW-Madison Education Leadership and Policy Analysis department under Dr. Anjale Welton. Outside of education, Tony co-investigates the USAP Tayo lab on Filipina/x/o Politics and Well-being at the Center for Healthy Minds. Finally, he is …
My research interests are based on Language policy and planning in multilingual countries. On that score, I am am exploring the case of Senegal, a west African country and former french colony. Looking into its language education policy, I am investigating the potential consideration of local languages in the educational system in regard to the …
Milo Dufresne-MacDonald (they/them) is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis department under the femtorship of Dr. Aireale J. Rodgers in the Racialization In Learning Environments (RILE) Collective. Milo seeks to illuminate how equity and justice work functions on college campuses, particularly during politically contentious moments and how equity and justice …
Sky is a third-year doctoral student in the UW Educational Policy Studies Department. Using quantitative methods, Sky’s research explores the educational and economic marginalization experienced by students of Color, adult learners, and low-income students, as well as policy interventions that improve these students’ access to and success within postsecondary contexts. Her work is informed by …
My research interests are based primarily in language & reading, specifically how word learning, categorization, and generalization are related to a holistic understanding of a story or textbook. Additionally, I am interested in how memory, context, and inferencing play a role in holistic understanding. My love for research began when I joined Dr. Joseph Johnson’s …