College of Education Research

Research Grant Award Recipients

Dr. Ashley Batastini, CEPR, “Perceptions, Options, and Barriers in the Treatment of the Justice Involved”
Dr. Genia Bettencourt, LEAD, “Examining the Experiences of Student Caregivers”
Dr. Daniel Collier, LEAD, “Winning in West Tennessee”
Dr. Anna Falkner, ICL, “Contexts for Learning About Race & Racism in the Early Grades”
Dr. Denise Winsor, CEPR, “Middle School Students Stress and Coping During COVID-19: Exploring Teacher and Parent Perspectives on Student Growth Mindset”

Dr. Michelle Brasfield, CEPR, "Providing Support to Educator's Affected by Trauma"
Dr. Eli Jones, CEPR, "Sources of Research Self-Efficacy and FirstGeneration Undergraduate Students: Measurement Considerations"
Dr. Andrew Tawfik, ICL, "Design and Development of Informal STEM Learning to Address Equity"

Dr. Jeffrey Byford, ICL, "Growing Up in East Germany: The Making of Socialist Youth"
Dr. Luann Ley Davis, ICL, "Mathematical Problem Solving for Learners with Developmental Disabilities and/or ASD"
Dr. Chi Li, CEPR, "The Need for Clinical Training for Counselors Working in Integrated Behavioral Healthcare"
Dr. Suzanne Lease, CEPR, "A Conservation of Resources Approach to HIV Related Stigma"
Dr. Eric Platt, LEAD, "The Woodstock Letters: Communicating the History and Memory of Jesuit Education in The United States 1872-1969"
Dr. Jade Xu, CEPR, "Near-Peer Mentoring for Academically At-Risk Students in STEM Majors: A Pilot Study"

Dr. Diana Delgado, ICL, "Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Decrease Medical Procedure Phobia in Children with Developmental Disabilities"
Dr. Yeh Hsueh, CEPR, "Chinese Rural Preschool in Transformation: Cultural Changes and Continuity"
Dr. Rachael Ross, ICL, "Reading 'Chutes and Ladders' using LLI as a Ladder Against the Summer 'chute'"
Dr. Eraina Schauss, CEPR, "Fostering Intrinsic Resilience: A Social, Environmental and Neuroscience Intervention for ACE Exposed Children"
Dr. Katie Wade-Jaimes, ICL, "Understanding the Impact of STEM Schools in Urban Areas"

The COE also partners with several research centers. Click the links below to learn about on-going research projects through the COE.