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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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., Education Policy, March 2021
Education
Ph.D. University of California, Davis (Education Policy)
Dissertation Title: Asymmetric Expectations: Faculty Research Roles Under California’s Master Plan for Higher 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
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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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 with Emphasis in 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.
Danielle Hagood
Ph.D. Student: 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.
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.
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.
Izamar Ortiz-González
Ph.D. Student-School Organization and Policy
Background
Izamar Ortiz-González is a daughter of immigrant parents. This experience thought her to navigate multiple narratives at school and at home. Bridging the gap between these narratives has been her goal throughout her life as a teacher, organizer and student.
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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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
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
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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Sydney Sullivan
Ph.D. Student - Language, Literacy and Culture
Ph.D. Education Expected: June 2025
Emphasis Area: Language, Literacy, and Culture
University of California Davis, Davis, CA
M.A. English Literature Conferred May 2020
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
B.A. English Literature Conferred May 2018
Minor: Writing
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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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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
- Faculty identity & contingent labor
- Writing assessment
- Peer response
- Digital literacies
- Faculty development & instructional support
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.
