*NOTE: I do not have any open GRA or GTA positions for the Spring 2026 semester.*
Until the funding landscape stabilizes, I unfortunately am not recruiting PhD students.
Spring 2026 EdTech Foundations
The syllabus is here:
Other courses: Learning Research Design: CS8803-LRD
Anticipated Fall 2026
This course is intended for students looking to refine their skills in designing and conducting human subjects qualitative or mixed methods research. You will conduct multiple hands-on research activities toward the goal of defining your independent research project. Course readings will explore a variety of methods used in human-centered research, which an emphasis on learning and cognition. Students will define a topic area of interest and will work with a cohort of students in that area to conduct a literature review and define key constructs. Final projects will be a defined and piloted study in their area, either individually or in pairs. The class is open to on-campus MS and PhD students. Interested undergraduates should schedule a meeting with me to determine fit.
Topics covered include:
- Observational methods
- Video data collection and analysis
- Defining and refining a conceptual framework
- Interviewing
- Writing a qualitative or mixed methods section
- Visualizing and presenting your analysis
Research Opportunities
Though I don’t have any remaining paid positions for Fall 2026, if you are interested in being a part of TILEs, here’s some info:
Office Hours
Spring 2025 office hours are on Tuesdays 1pm – 2pm in TSRB room 341. If you would like to request a meeting at another time, use this link.
TILEs Lab Meetings
If you are interested in learning more about TILES, feel free to drop in on one of our lab meetings. In Spring 2026 we’ll meet on Tuesdays at 12pm in the LST meeting space near my office in TSRB. Drop me an email to let me know you are coming, in case we have adjusted the meeting time or place that week.