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Jim Ballard is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology. He received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S. in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky. In addition to his student role, he is the Associate Program Administrator of the Area Health Education Center and Director of the Community-Based Faculty Program at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. His professional interests include adult cognitive and intellectual development, experiential education, and epistemic metacognition. Mr. Ballard is active in several organizations including the Generalists in Medical Education, the Group on Educational Affairs within the Association of Academic Medical Colleges, the National Association of Rural Medical Educators, the National Rural Health Association and the National Area Health Education Center Organization.
elementary and high school teacher in Taiwan. He used to teach Chemistry at a Taiwanese high school. Before coming to the U.S. for his doctoral study in 2005, he taught at an elementary school for two years. Jason is currently a lab instructor in the Psychology department for an undergraduate class. He enjoys interacting with his undergraduate students who are culturally different from himself. Jason has a son who is in elementary school in Lexington. After experiencing two cultures in education, his current interests focus around cultural difference in students’ self-efficacy beliefs and social cognitive theory. He has just collected data from over 2,000 students in Taiwan for his dissertation. Email: 
University of Texas. After starting her career as a teacher/director of an early childhood program and then as teacher in a private school, she began working toward a Master’s degree in instructional systems design at The University of Kentucky. She completed her degree during my last year of teaching fourth grade at a public school. She currently work as an educational research specialist with the 
Caroline Gooden is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology. She received her B.S. in psychology from Drew University, her M.S. in Early Childhood Special Education, and Rank 1 in Special Education Administration from the University of Kentucky. She has been adjunct faculty at EKU and Lexington Community College, and serves as a resource teacher for KY’s Teacher Internship Program. She has experience as a researcher, interventionist, coordinator, and director. She is Co-PI for four projects at the University of Kentucky, including the National Early Childhood Transition Center and three KY Early Childhood Data System projects. Email: 
His research interest focuses on transition issues for first-year college students, their motivation for learning, and creating cognitive dissonance for their teachers. He has a B.S. in agronomy and animal science from the University of Minnesota, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are in crop science from the University of Missouri-Columbia. 
He won a national award for teaching from the American Society of Agronomy in 2002, and has served as Editor of two teaching journals. He has a lot to learn about educational psychology, and looks forward to the challenges of his doctoral program.
In 2009, Larry received the University of Kentucky's prestigious Provost's Outstanding Teaching Award in recognition of his special dedication and success in teaching. He also received the Ken Freedman Outstanding Advisor Award. See the 
Jessica Grewe is a doctoral student in educational psychology. Jessica has a B.A. in Psychology and a M.S. in Educational Psychology from University of Kentucky . She has been a research assistant with the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD) for the past two years. Jessica has a certificate in developmental disabilities from the Human Development Institute at UK . She also was a teaching assistant for an undergraduate psychology class. After studying abroad for a semester, she realized her passion for research resides in culture shock and reentry shock. Another focus of research lies in education for students with disabilities. Email: 
Alexandra Henchy is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology. She completed my B.A. in Psychology at the University of Miami in Florida, but is originally from Louisiana. She is interested in studying how different social factors, such as parents and teachers, influence the academic outcomes of diverse populations of children. She is currently on Dr. Tyler's research team studying cultural discontinuity. She is also working with Dr. Brown in the Psychology department studying different phenomena such as prejudice. She is the instructor for EDP 202, an undergraduate human development course. 
Natasha Mamaril completed her BS in Chemical Engineering (cum laude), at the University of the Philippines, 1996. Tasha worked in the Technical Department of 3M Philippines for nine years taking on technical, marketing, and supervisory roles. She hopes that her industry experience and a graduate degree in education will make her an effective educator in the future. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s program in Educational Psychology and will begin the doctoral program in 2009. Her research interests include engineering education, gender differences in academic performance, and motivation. She is currently a graduate assistant at the Office of Assessment in the University of Kentucky. In 2009, Tasha completed her Master's thesis project at UK, which was entitled, "Through the Pipeline: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Success in Engineering." In 2008-2009, Tasha received a prestigious International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Email: 
Shambra Mulder earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, a Master's in educational psychology, and a Specialist degree in school psychology from the University of Kentucky. She is a certified school psychologist and director of special education. From 2000-2007, Shambra worked as a school psychologist in a rural county in Kentucky. Her research interests include teacher self-efficacy, multicultural education, and overrepresentation of minorities in special education programs. Email: 
Raven Piercey is a doctoral student in educational psychology. She received a B.A. in psychology from Asbury College in 2004. After graduation, she completed a master's degree in Counseling from Auburn University in 2006. Raven's work experiences include providing mental health education in school and community settings, working as a community-based therapist, teaching educational psychology courses, and functioning as a graduate fellow in the Behavioral Science department. Her research interests are in the academic success of Latino students and measurement issues. Raven likes reading, knitting, and New York Times crossword puzzles. Raven does not like writing in pen, being late, or cold weather. Email: 
Joanne Rojas is a new student in our program. Joanne is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology. She has her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University, and a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is a born and bred New Englander who loves living in Lexington, KY with her husband, Hender, and three children, Miranda, Sebastian and Veronica. She has worked in the theater, in the corporate world, in college ministry and in teaching. Her research interests lie in creativity and talent development especially among multicultural populations and cross-cultural learners. Locally, she enjoys volunteering regularly at the Kentucky United Methodist Children’s Home in Versailles. Email: 
Ruby Stevens is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology. Originally from Alabama, I have been a resident of Lexington, Kentucky for almost 17 years. My education includes an associate’s degree from Southern Union State Junior College in Wadley, Alabama in Secretarial Science, a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University in Business Education, and a master’s degree from the University of Kentucky in Curriculum and Instruction. I have several years experience as a support staff, primarily at educational institutions. I have 8 years experience as a high school business teacher in Fayette County and teaching experience at local community colleges. I worked at the Kentucky Department of Education for 5 years, first as a statewide database consultant in vocational education and later as manager of the Virtual Learning Branch. In addition, I have experience conducting school-wide audits in K-12 classrooms. I returned to the Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology because I am interested in the psychology of learning, specifically in K-12 classrooms. My primary interest is classroom research related to issues regarding multicultural education and student-teacher interactions. Current research projects include Project PROMISE (Proactive Research on the Mediating Indices of School Excellence) and Examining the Link between Multicultural Education, Teaching Efficacy and Student Motivation. I have served and continue to serve as an active member of research teams in roles including survey design, recruiting research participants, administering surveys, entering and analyzing data. Email: 
Matthew "Cody" Davis is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology. He received a B.A. in psychology from Hanover College with a business minor in the spring of 2009. For the past five years, he has worked in a variety of roles for a private academic and residential campus for the mentally disabled in Frankfort, KY. While completing his undergraduate work, he worked on three studies that were presented in three consecutive years at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference in Indianapolis, IN. His senior independent study focused on the life satisfaction of parents of children who have Down syndrome, Autism, or Fragile-X syndrome as compared to one another and to parents of typically developing children. His primary interests are in childhood and adolescent development as well as social psychology. Email: 
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