Graduate Students:
Goldberry Long (PhD Student): Goldberry Long is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Educational Psychology. Her dissertation topic is on the impact of generative writing strategies on writing fluency while generating a first draft. This research informs instructional practices supporting writing fluency and creative cognition in the age of generative large language models (AI). She also holds a MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and is currently an associate professor of teaching in the Department of Creative Writing at UCR.
Luke Rabelhofer (PhD Student): Luke is a 4th year PhD student in Educational Psychology and previously worked as a high school science teacher. His research focuses on embodied cognition in STEM education, more specifically on the use of gestures, drawing, and physical models to support teaching and learning.
Robert Wilbur (PhD Student): Robert is a proud husband, father of two, and Ph.D. student of Educational Psychology in the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. His research specialization is in spatial cognition, and broadening participation in STEM education. More specifically, he studies how interventions that leverage spatial cognition can improve learning and influence the retention and overall representation of underrepresented minority groups. Robert transferred to UCR in 2017 after working in a variety of technology-related roles at companies such as Apple, Google, and NASA, and completed his M.A in Educational Psychology in 2022.
Alumni
- Meaghan McMurran
- Kelsey Rocha
- Alexis Fenger
- Nicole Colchete
