Graduated Lab Members
Below is a list of graduates from the DRLRL, with information about their current affiliations.
Anisha Singh
Anisha graduated with a master’s degree in English from the University of Delhi, India. She moved to the United States in 2013 to pursue a second Masters in International Education from the George Washington University. She graduated with her PHD from UMD in 2023. Now she works as a Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at San Fransisco State University. She is also the Director of the Learning and Educational Technology Research Lab.
In the free time she gets as an assistant professor she likes to kick back with a good book or amble through a city.
Email | LinkedIn | Curriculum Vitae
Hongyang Zhao
Before her career at UMD, Hongyang graduated from Shandong University in China in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in Translation and Interpretation, and graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2014 with a master's of Education in Learning and Teaching. She graduated in 2021 from UMD with a PHD. She now works as a Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois.
Email | LinkedIn | Curriculum Vitae
Sophie Jablansky
Sophie graduated from the University of Maryland in 2013 with a degree in psychology and a minor in human development. She graduated with a PHD in 2020 from UMD. Sophie now works as a Senior Project Manage for Veris Insights. She also contributes to ongoing efforts to develop new, psychometrically sound measures of relational reasoning. Sophie is an avid sports fan and can often be found playing roller hockey at the nearby rink.
Peter Bagetta
Peter graduated from UMD in 2019 with a PHD in philosophy. He is now the Director at the Center of Academic Excellence at Gonzaga College High School.
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Lauren Singer Trakhman
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Outreach
Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology
University of Maryland, College Park
Courtney Hattan
Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Illinois State University
Courtney Hattan earned her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Maryland in 2018 and her reading specialist degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2012. Dr. Hattan has worked as an elementary and middle school Language Arts and Social Studies teacher in Baltimore city and rural North Carolina, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Science of Reading at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
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Alex List
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Professor in Charge
Penn State University
Emily Fox
Adjunct Faculty
University of Maryland, College Park
Marva Gavins
Regional Special Education Manager
Phalen Leadership Academies
Joshua Magda
P. Karen Murphy
Associate Dean for Research, Outreach, and Graduate Studies
Department Head, Distinguished Professor of Education
Penn State University
Deep Sran
Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer at Actively Learn, Inc.
Founder at Loudoun School for the Gifted
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