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EPY Ph.D. Students

Student Name  Past Degrees  Advisor  Research Interests  Photo

 

 

Audrey M. Ambrosino

 

 

B.S., Government, Suffolk University

M.P.P., Public Policy in Education and Human Services , Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government

 

Ann C. Kruger

 

Research interests include arts and education, socially situated cognition, and adult learning through nonformal/informal educational opportunities.

 

Jed Appelrouth

 

B.S., Economics, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

B.A., International Studies, University of Pennsylvania

M.S., Professional Counseling, Georgia State University

 

Karen Zabrucky

 

Researching the impact of self-efficacy, anxiety, and achievement orientation on performance in high stakes achievement testing.

 

 

Brooke Bays

 

 

B.S., Psychology, University of Georgia

B.A., Sociology, Georgia State University

M.S., Educational Psychology, Georgia State University

 

Karen Zabrucky

 

Research Interests include false memories as a product of schematic knowledge and imagination; metacognition as a heuristic for false memory creation; and metacognitive abilities in children and adults.

 
Josh Cuevas   

B.A., Literature, University of Georgia

M.A.T., Language Arts Education, Piedmont College

 

Dennis Thompson

 

My experience and research areas of interest are in language development, literacy, instruction, and assessment.

 

 

April Keck DeGennaro

 

 

B.A., University of Virginia

M.A.T., University of Virginia

 

Ann C. Kruger

 

I am interested in the transition to 21st century classrooms and teacher/parent/student understanding of digital literacy as a skill set that is different from traditionally taught literacy skills.

 

 

Chad A. Dollar

 

 

B.S., Accounting

M.A.T., Emotional & Behavior Disorders

 Laura Fredrick  Social and emotional adjustment of youth and adolescence, Applied Behavior Analysis.  

 

Krista Hilton

 

 

B.A., Psychology, The Ohio State University

M.Ed., Kinesiology/Sport Psychology Bowling Green State University

 Daphne Greenberg  

My research areas of interest involve diversity issues with both adults and youth surrounding sexual orientation, cyberbullying, and literacy issues.

 

 

Alice O. Nanda

 

 

Bachelor’s Degree, Davidson College

Master’s Degree, Georgia State University

 

Daphne Greenberg

 

My primary interests are reading and quantitative statistics with current research projects on reading constructs and their measurement for adult literacy students.

 

 

Shari Obrentz

 

 

B.S., Psychology, Washington University

M.S., Professional Counseling, Georgia State University

 

Amy Lederberg

 

I currently work as a learning specialist and tutor coordinator at a local university. I am interested in the effects of tutoring and other academic support programs on academic performance and retention.

 

 

Jill Omer

 

 

B.S., Special Education, University of Georgia

M.Ed., School Psychology, Georgia State University

Ed.S., School Psychology, Georgia State University

Dennis Thompson  

My research interests include executive functioning, procrastination, and intelligence testing.

 
George L. Shaw Jr.  

  

B.S., Psychology, University of Tennessee

M.S.P.T., Physical Therapy, North Georgia College and State University

M.S., Exercise Science/Health Promotion, Middle Tennessee State University

 

Miles A. Irving

 

I am interested in motivational and other psychosocial factors related to the physical rehabilitation process of individuals with neuromusculoskeletal injuries (i.e stroke and spinal cord injury).

 

Carol W. Springer

 

B.S., Commerce, University of Virginia

M.S., Accounting, University of Virginia

Amy Lederberg My research investigates instructional innovations for college level students in math-based domains.  My first project tested business simulations designed to prompt critical thinking and produced learning gains in later courses. My current project tests ultra-short efficient supplement instruction ("digital tutors") for struggling students with low self-efficacy.

 

Tammy M. Turner

 

 

B.A., Millersville University

M.P.H., Public Health, Emory Univesity

 

Daphne Greenberg

 

Key words are the best descriptors (at this point) of my research interests: instructional design and technology, health promotion, college students, prisoners.