Current Students

KATIE MATHEW
PhD STUDENT
FALL 2019 - CURRENT

  • The impact of feedback on creativity
  • Creative self-identity in children and adults
  • Creativity as a learning competency
  • Creativity and writing development in pre-kindergarten

DAVID MATTSON
PhD STUDENT
FALL 2019 - CURRENT

  • Education policy
  • English as a Second Language (ESOL) & language acquisition
  • Research methods
  • Wonder and creativity
  • Phenomenological research

Tajma Cameron
PhD STUDENT
FALL 2020 - CURRENT

  • Culturally affirming, sustaining and creative instructional practices
  • Curriculum development
  • Black girls' STEAM identity
  • Formal learning environments
  • Informal learning envrionments

Brian McCommons
PhD STUDENT
FALL 2018 - CURRENT
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  • CIRGE - Creative Interdisciplinary Research in Graduate Education

Former Students

VIDA MANALANG
​Former UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
​B.S. PSYCHOLOGY '21
FALL 2018 - SPRING 2021

  • Theater & drama-based arts-integration
  • Creative engagement & embodied learning
  • Dynamic creativity 
  • Current Masters student at New York University

ELAINE PERIGNAT, PhD
Former Graduate
FALL 2015 - Spring 2019

  • STEAM pedagogy
  • Fostering creative learning environments
  • Development of creative & critical thinking through arts-integration
  • Former PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Katz-Buonincontro