Ph.D. Students

- Title
- Doctoral Candidate
- Division Graduate Studies Division
- Department
- Education Department
- Office Location
- McHenry Library, McH 0286
- Mail Stop Education Department
Summary of Expertise
My work specializes in looking at teaching mathemtics to young children. I have worked as a research assistant at San Jose State University and engaged in vairous research projects through my doctoral program at University of California, Santa Cruz. My passion and love for ealry learning drive my research and commitment to this work.
2016 Second Year Research Project: Mathematics from the Early Educators Perspective: Beliefs and Attitudes of Pre-Service and In-Service Elementary Teachers. University of California, Santa Cruz.
2015 EMERG Project, Stanford University & University of California, Santa Cruz
2015 Observations of Monterey Bay Area Mathematics Project (MBAMP) Summer Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
2014 Master’s Thesis Project, The Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on the Development of Early Number Concepts. San José State University
2013-14 Research Assistant, San José State University, Children’s Early Math Achievement: The Role of Number Words and Number Concepts. San José State University
Research Interests
Early education (PreK-3rdgrades)
Early mathematics education
Teacher development
Teachers practice, beliefs, and attitudes towards mathematics
Learning through play
Professional development
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
Children’s early mathematics learning
Honors, Awards and Grants
2019 QE Writing Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz
2018 Graduate Pedagogy Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz
2014-15 Regents’ Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz
2013-14 Bertha Kalm Scholarship, San José State University
2013-14 Graduate Equity Fellowship, San José State University