Christine (Cici) Ambrosio
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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D’Karla Assagai
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Josh Bennett
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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BernNadette Best-Green, Education Ph.D. Candidate: Language, Literacy, & Culture
UCD School of Ed. Associate Instructor; UCD 2017-2018 Professors of the Future Fellow; UCD School of Ed. 2014-2017 Teacher Educator-Scholar Fellow; UCD Teacher Ed. Supervisor (Multiple Subjects); UCD Graduate Student Researcher
Background and Research Interests
BernNadette Best-Green is a PhD candidate within the University of California at Davis’ Graduate Group in Education who specializes in Language, Literacy, & Culture.
Travis Bradley
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Patricia Crespo
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Raquel Donoso
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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David P. Earwicker
Ph.D. Candidate, School Organization and Educational Policy
Education
M.A. Columbia University (Middle East Affairs/Islamic Culture Studies)
B.A. University of California, Davis (Double Major: Economics and International Relations)
Faculty Advisor
Dissertation Chair: Prof. Jamal Abedi
Dissertation Advisors: Prof. Kim Elsbach and Prof. Sarah Perrault
Research Interests
Higher Education Policy
Higher Education Administration
Claudia Escobar
Ph.D. Candidate
Background
Ms. Escobar is a Ph.D. candidate in the School Organization and Education Policy emphasis area and a graduate student researcher with the California Education Lab and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She is a former researcher and policy analyst for the University of California’s Office of the President. She is originally from Southern California but has spent most of her recent time in the Bay Area. She is the first in her family to obtain a bachelor’s and master’s degree and soon a doctorate.
Jose Espinoza
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 11
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Patti Fejarang-Herrera
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Larrah Feliciano
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Elizabeth Flores
Ph.D. Student - School Organization and Educational Policy
Rhetoric, B.A.
Education
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Service
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Alicia Garcia
Ph.D. Student, School Organization and Educational Policy
Education
Ph.D. Student, University of California,
Davis
Education with a School Organization and Educational Policy
Emphasis
Degree Expected: June 2021
Master of Arts, San Jose State University
Mexican American Studies with an Education Emphasis
Degree Obtained: May 2016
Masters Project: Latina/o Student Retention and Attrition
Rates: Listening to Those who Learn to Blame Themselves
Sabrina Greiten
EdD Student – CANDEL, Cohort 10
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Çağrı Güzel
Ph.D. Student - Language, Literacy, & Culture; Second Language Acquisition
Background
Çağrı Güzel joined the Graduate Group in Education Ph.D. program in 2018. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of second language acquisition, educational drama, and teacher education. Before coming to University of California, Davis, Güzel was working as a Language Specialist at Google, where he provided linguistic expertise on the Google Assistant, machine learning, and language processing projects.
Danielle Hagood
Learning & Mind Science
I research noncognitive constructs in K12 settings using computational psychometrics. Drawing on intensive, multi-modal data this research produces learning analytics offering individual-level insights and also, in aggregate, inform teaching and policy. This practice-embedded research foregrounds the needs of teachers and students, with a critical SES perspective.
Christopher Hartman
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Alexandria M. Hurtt
Ph.D. Student, School Organization & Educational Policy
Education
Ph.D. Education, expected 2021
UC Davis, Davis, CA
M.A. Education, 2015
UC Davis, Davis, CA
B.A. Political Science, 2012
Minor: Professional Writing
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
Anne Iaccopucci
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Chris Jadallah
PhD Student, Science and Agricultural Education
Education
PhD in Education, University of California, Davis, In progress.
B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2016
Ebony Lewis
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Mayu Lindblad
PhD Student
Education
Ph.D. in progress, Emphasis on Language, Literacy, and Culture,
University of California, Davis
Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Yuuko Uchikoshi Tonkovich, primary advisor
M.A. in Linguistics, TESOL, California State University, Fresno
B.A. in Social Education, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai, Japan
Teaching Experience
Associate Instructor, University of California, Davis,
East Asian Languages and Cultures
First Quarter Japanese
Second Quarter Japanese
Third Quarter Japanese
Amanda Lindell
Ph.D. Student, Science and Agricultural Education
Education
Ph.D. in Education, Science & Agricultural Education,UC Davis, Davis, CA, in progress
M.S.Ed, Secondary Science Education,Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY, 2010
B.S. Marine Science and Biology,University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 2008
Diana Lizarraga
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
Education
- MA, University of San Francisco | Human Resources and Organizational Development. Emphasis in Higher Education structures, STEM diversity, and leadership development.
- BS, UC Davis | Agricultural Systems and Environment. Emphasis in Communications and Information Systems. McNair Research Scholar, NSF LSAMP/CAMP- MURALS Research Scholar, and Hugh Edmondson Pathology Research Fellow, CALESS Member.
- AA, Math, Engineering, and Science | Sacramento City College.
Kayce L. Mastrup
Ph.D. Candidate: Education, Mathematics
Research Interests
- Understanding, in detail, the connections between teachers’ mathematical life stories, the role of belief and mathematical identity as related to teaching mathematics.
- Examining the manners in which secondary mathematics preservice teachers inform the development and implementation of their instructional practice over the course of their credential year.
- Teacher education
Education
California State University Sacramento
Masters of Arts in Educational Technology (iMET 13)
Joanna Rometsch Mathias
Ph.D. Student - School Organization & Education Policy
Research Interests
My dissertation work focuses on Career and Technical Education in California, both descriptive analysis of the current landscape and analysis of policy developments and impacts under recent changes in state and federal legislation. I am evaluating the effectiveness of CTE in different school models i.e. traditional high schools, small learning communities, specialty tech high schools, and investigating the role K12 career education plays in California’s Career/College readiness accountability and preparation for CA community college students.
Rachael Maves
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Malcolm McLemore
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Carmelo Miranda
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Gregory Moffitt
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 11
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Stephanie Morgado
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 11
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Kaozong Mouavangsou
Ph.D. Student - Language, Literacy & Culture
Education
- Ph.D. Education in Language, Literacy & Culture (In Progress) University of California, Davis
- M.A. Education in Language, Literacy & Culture University of California, Davis (2016)
- B.A.
Kaitlyn Murray
PhD Student - Science & Agriculture Education
Kait Murray is an educator and researcher of community leadership whose work focuses on transforming agricultural and environmental education, both in and outside of schools. She is broadly interested in how people with marginalized sexualities and genders – particularly members of the LGBTQ community – navigate and change educational systems. She is interested in the complex relationships between individuals and these educational spaces: how they create them, experience them, resist them, disrupt them, uphold them, transform them.
Christian Osmena
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Isela Pena-Rager
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
Education:
- Ed.D. – Educational Leadership – UC Davis (in progress)
- M.A. – Spanish, Applied Linguistics & Graduate Certificate in Second Language Studies – Purdue University
- B.A. – Art, specialization in Photography – University of La Verne
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Deanna Pierro
EdD Student – CANDEL, Cohort 9
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Art Pimentel
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 11
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Dennis Quinn
Ph.D. Student: Language, Literacy & Culture
Background and Research Interests
DJ Quinn has taught at community colleges and four-year institutions, and has worked on flipping classrooms, contract grading, and other student-focused initiatives for increasing retention and transfer for First-Year Composition. His research interests live at the intersection of technology and engagement, and increasing academic access for students from culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds.
Carolina Ramirez
PhD Candidate, School Organization and Education Policy
Carolina is a doctoral candidate in the School Organization and Education Policy emphasis area. During her time at Davis, she has been a research assistant in the California Education Lab, as well as a teaching assistant for several School of Education undergraduate courses. Carolina’s primary research interests include the role of broad-access public universities in promoting undergraduate education. She is also interested in undergraduate mobility and how transfer pathways impact persistence.
Faculty Advisor
Michal Kurlaender
Diana Recouvreur
Ph.D. Candidate - School Organization and Education Policy
“There’s no point in all this scholarship if when we look back upon our careers nothing has changed and we’ve just become better at naming the problem.”
– Dr. Gloria Rodriguez
Brian Riley
PhD Candidate - SO&EP
Program: PhD – SO&EP
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
(Robert Frost, 1922)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. candidate at University of California Davis, majoring in Education in the School Organization & Educational Policy (SO&EP) program, with a focus on Higher Education, cultural pluralism and bilingualism. (In progress. Courses taken: [1])
M.A. in Linguistics, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC (including consortium classes at Georgetown University and the University of the District of Columbia). (Courses taken: [1])
B.A. in Mathematics (Computer Science option), California State University, Fresno (including one semester at Ohlone College in Fremont, CA). (Courses taken: [1])
CREDENTIAL
Language Arts and Literature (The California Community Colleges). [1]
COURSES TAUGHT
ASL 1A, 1B, 2A: Beginning and Intermediate American Sign Language (Instructor), Fresno City College.
MAT 035, 036, Algebra II, Gallaudet College/Gallaudet University.
EDU 120: Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education (TA), UC Davis.
SOC 025: Sociology of Popular Culture (TA), UC Davis.
SOC 003: Social Problems (TA), UC Davis.
SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology (TA), UC Davis.
Sheila Rocker Heppe
EdD Student – CANDEL, Cohort 9
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Alex Rockey
Ph.D. Candidate
Research Interests
I am interested in feedback in online courses. I am passionate about the potential for online courses to make post-secondary education more accessible for all students. As such I am dedicated to rigorously studying this context with the hopes of improving online education.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Education
M.A. in Education, University of California, Davis 2012
Single Subject Credential in English, University of California, Davis 2011
Javier Rojo
Ph.D. Student, School Organization and Education Policy
Research Interests
K-12 Resource Allocation; K-12 School Finance; Equity and Social Justice in K-12 Education; California Education Policy
Education
Ph.D., Education: School Organization and Education Policy – UC, Davis – (In Progress)
M.A., Education: Multicultural Education – CSU, Sacramento – 2014
B.A., Liberal Studies – CSU, Sacramento – 2011
A.A., Social Sciences (transfer student) – American River College – Sacramento, CA – 2009
Susan Rowe
Ph.D Student - Learning & Mind Sciences
Research Interests
- Testing fairness for emergent bilinguals
- Assessments and measurements
- Psychometrics
Education
Ph.D. Education (in progress, expected 2021)
University of California, Davis, CA
B.A. Psychology (2015)
Minors: Education, Human Development, & Statistics
University of California, Davis, CA
Sergio L. Sanchez
Ph.D. Candidate - Language, Literacy & Culture; Designated Emphases: Writing, Rhetoric and Composition Studies & Second Language Acquisition
I am interested in working with underrepresented populations to understand the processes that enhance (or hinder) their opportunities to access higher education. I am also interested in studying the benefits of drama and poetry in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms for language acquisition and writing.
Vanessa Segundo
PhD Student - Language, Literacy and Culture
Education
Ph.D. Education Expected: June 2020
Emphasis Area: Language, Literacy, and Culture
University of California Davis, Davis, CA
M.S.Ed. Adult and Higher Education Conferred May
2013
Emphasis: Student Affairs
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
B.A. Political Science Conferred May
2009
Minor: History
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Holley Shafer
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Michael T. Stevens
Ph.D. Student - Mathematics Education
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Education with an emphasis in Mathematics Education, UC Davis, expected June 2019.
M.A. Education with a concentration in Educational Technology, CSU Sacramento, May 2013.
M.Ed. Education, UC San Diego, September 2002.
B.A. Mathematics, UC San Diego, June 2001.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Stevens, M. and Chung, C. (2014, March). The impact of interactive geometry software on student learning. Paper presented at the E-Learning and Information Technology Symposium 2014, Tainan, Taiwan.
David Stirrat
EdD Student- CANDEL, Cohort 10
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Susan Takami
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Shonte’ Thomas
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Alina Varona
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Enrique Velasco
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 13
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Naiade Viana Dourado
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Marjorie Westervelt, M.P.H.
Ph.D. Student - Learning and Mind Sciences
Background and Research Interests
Undergraduate medical education
Advisors
Primary Advisor: Lee Martin, PhD
Secondary Advisor: Paul Heckman, PhD
Education
- Master of Public Health (UC Berkeley)
- BS in Biomedical Engineering (Bucknell University)
Joshuah Whittinghill
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Michele Williams-George
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 11
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Erin E. Winters
Ph.D. Student - Learning & Mind Sciences
Erin Winters is a doctoral student and GAANN Fellow in education with an emphasis in learning and mind sciences, specializing in educational measurement and statistics.
Her research considers different approaches for validating the scores from high stakes and large scale for different uses. She’s particularly interested in examining the effectiveness of different statistical approaches for establishing the instructional sensitivity of tests and assessments, especially as they relate to research design.
Stacy Wittstock
Ph.D. Student, Learning and Mind Sciences
Research Interests
- Writing program administration
- Developmental writing & writers
- Professional identity & contingent employment
- Writing assessment
- Peer review & response in writing classrooms
- Digital literacies
- Faculty development & instructional support
Joseph Wood
Ed.D. Student-CANDEL Cohort 13
Education:
- Ed.D. – Educational Leadership, UC Davis (In Progress)
- MA – Educational Technology, CSU Stanislaus (2012)
- BS – Biological Sciences, UC Davis (2000)
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Lisa Woods
Ed.D. student-CANDEL Cohort 12
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Lauren Worrell
EdD Student – CANDEL, Cohort 10
Education:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, Graduate School of Education
Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Current
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA, Kalmanovitz School of Education
Master of Arts in Counseling; School Counseling (PPS), College Student Services, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Bachelor of Science in Human Development, Education Minor, 2006
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Lauren Worrell
Graduate Program Coordinator
Jackson Yan
PhD Student, School Organization and Education Policy
Valeria C. Zunino Edelsberg
Ph.D. Student, Learning and Mind Sciences
Graduate student at the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. Extensive academic background in education and psychology. Broad professional experience in Chilean public institutions related to education and assessment. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with children. Motivated, positive and flexible.
Education
Ph.D. in Education, Emphasis in Learning and Mind
Sciences
University of California, Davis, School of Education. Expected
graduation date: September 2023.
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