University of Oregon researchers can provide expertise on education issues.
To talk to an education expert, email Molly Blancett blancett@uoregon.edu
Education Experts
Gina Biancarosa, College of Education
Reading Development, Reading Assessment and Measurement, Reading Comprehension Difficulties
Jim Brooks, Student Aid and Scholarships
Tuition, Student Loans, Debt, Financial Aid
Tiffany Brown, College of Education
Marriage and Family Therapy, Addiction, Recovery, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Self-harm (Non-Suicidal Self-Injury), Addiction on College Campuses, Grief
Elizabeth Budd, College of Education
Public Health, Chronic Disease Prevention, Health Promotion, Physical Activity, Healthy Eating
Ben Clarke, College of Education
Early Childhood Education, Common Core, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Mathematics
David T. Conley, College of Education
College Readiness, Common Core, College and High School Course Content Analysis, High School-College Alignment and Transition, Large-Scale Diagnosis and Assessment of College Readiness, No Child Left Behind
Jessica Cronce, College of Education
Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Prevention, At-Risk Behaviors Among College Students
Lauren M. Cycyk, College of Education
Bilingual Language Development, Bilingual Education, Special Education, Communication Disorders
Elizabeth Day, College of Education
Bridging research, practice and policy with a focus on child and adolescent well-being and education policy at the state and local level
David DeGarmo, College of Education
Prevention Science
Lillian Durán, College of Education
Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Literacy, Educational Policy, Special Education, Dual Language Learners
Caitlin Fausey, Department of Psychology
Early Development, Cognitive Development, Emergence of Language and Vision in Infants
Phil Fisher, Department of Psychology
Child Abuse, Foster Care, Early Childhood Adversity, Stress Neurobiology, Neglect, Attachment Disorder, Child Welfare Policy
Scott Fisher, Department of Physics
Environment, NASA, Space, Astronomy, STEM, Eclipse, Science Communication, Science Literacy
Erik Girvan, School of Law
Civil Litigation, Conflict and Dispute Resolution/ADR, Law and Psychology, Stereotyping, Prejudice, Discrimination, Anti-Discrimination Law, Quantitative Research
Nicole Giuliani, College of Education
Self-Regulation, Obesity Prevention, Health Behaviors, Family Dynamics, Emotions, Neuroimaging
Joanna Goode, College of Education
STEM, Computer Science, Equity, Access and Inclusion in Education
Maithreyi Gopalan, College of Education
Policy Analysis, Quasi-Experiments, Education-Health Nexus, Social Psychology for Policy
Sean Grant, College of Education
Science Policy, Substance Use, Evidence-Based Practice, Open Science
Wendy Hadley, College of Education
Adolescent Risk Behaviors, Substance Abuse Prevention, Sexual Risk Behaviors, Adolescent Weight Management
Beth Harn, College of Education
Special Education, School Psychology, Learning Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Academic Interventions, Literacy
Christina Karns, Department of Psychology
Neuroscience, Self-Regulation, Gratitude, Neuroplasticity, Parenting
Patrick Kennedy, Center on Teaching and Learning
Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, DIBELS, Literacy
Leslie Leve, College of Education
Adoption, Foster Care, Child Abuse, Interventions, Juvenile Justice System, Teen Girls
David Liebowitz, College of Education
Education Inequality, School Leadership, Teacher Evaluation, School Improvement, Education Policy Analysis
Audrey Lucero, College of Education
Literacy Development, Dual Language Immersion Programs, Bilingualism and Biliteracy, Achievement Gaps
Kent McIntosh, College of Education
School Violence, Bullying, School Discipline, Problem Behavior, Equity, Racial and Ethnic Equity in Education
Laura Lee McIntyre, College of Education
Mental Health, Autism, Obesity, Children, Youth, Teens, ADHD, Families
Benedict McWhirter, College of Education
Adolescent Risky Behavior, Prevention, Intervention, First-Generation College Students
Chris Murray, College of Education
Special Education, Diversity and Special Education, At-Risk Youth, Transition Issues, Teacher-Student Relationships
Rhonda Nese, College of Education
School Discipline, Bullying and Harassment Prevention, Alternatives to Exclusionary Discipline, Impact of Implicit Biases on Racial Disproportionality in School Discipline
CJ Pascoe, Department of Sociology
Gender, Masculinity, Bullying, LGBTQ
Ellen Peters, School of Journalism and Communication
Science Communication, Judgment and Decision-Making, Numeracy, Affect and Emotion, Adult Aging
Jennifer Pfeifer, Department of Psychology
Adolescence, Socioemotional Development, Brain Development, Puberty, Mental Health
Daniel Pimentel, School of Journalism and Communication
Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), Spatial Computing
Geovanna Rodriguez, College of Education
Youth Mental Health, School Psychology, Special Education, Autism and Neurodiversity
Jerry Rosiek, College of Education
Impact of COVID on Public Education and Teaching, Education, School Segregation, Institutional Racism in Schools, Teacher Education, Limitations of Testing and Big Data Approaches to School Reform, Qualitative Research Methodology
Jennifer Ruef, College of Education
Learning and Teaching Mathematics
Sara Schmitt, College of Education
Children’s development of self-regulation, social-emotional competence and school readiness in early childhood
John Seeley, College of Education
Mental Health, Behavioral Health Intervention, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Suicide Prevention, Substance Abuse Prevention
Josh Snodgrass, Department of Anthropology
Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Ecology, Immunology, Disease Diagnostics, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Evolution, Human Biology, Global Health, Environmental Stress, Minimally Invasive Diagnostics, Aging
McKay Sohlberg, College of Education
Concussions, Brain Injury, Communication Disorders, Early Intervention
Jeffrey Sprague, College of Education
School Violence, School Safety, Crime Prevention, Juvenile Delinquency, Behavior Disorders
Beth Stormshak, College of Education
School-Based Mental Health, Child Mental Health, Family-Centered Prevention, Interventions With At-Risk Youth and Families
Emily Tanner-Smith, College of Education
Substance Use and Addiction, Interventions, Statistics, Youth Mental Health, Youth Behavioral Health
Jeffrey Todahl, College of Education
Child Abuse, Neglect, Abuse Prevention, Couples and Family Therapy
Sylvia Linan-Thompson, College of Education
Special Education, English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities
Ilana Umansky, College of Education
Education Policy, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Immigrant Students
Tim Williams, Department of History
U.S. History, American South, Slavery, History of Education
Cengiz Zopluoglu, College of Education
Educational Data Science, Educational Measurement, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Quantitative Methods in Education