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JENNIFER WELLS-MARSHALL

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marshall holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tuskegee University as well as a master’s in human development and family studies and a doctorate in educational psychology from Auburn University.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Tenured: No Age: 33 Education: B.A., English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A., For Dr. Lauren Christine Mims, few challenges are more important in public education than creating spaces for Black students to flourish and thrive. “I’m

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. Pohan holds a PhD in educational psychology and is currently executive director of Chapman University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

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A Persevering Spirit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Previously a professor of psychology at Wesley College from 2016 to 2021, Mendoza teaches under and upperclassmen on matters such as human development, educational psychology, health psychology, autism spectrum disorders, and applied behavior analysis.

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A conversation on first-gen student belonging and identities (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

student in educational psychology, I am present for the students who are the first to carry their cultural capital and knowledge into higher education while juggling family and cultural obligations. It was also so motivating to know that every success I accomplished (e.g., As a current Ph.D.

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Six Check-in Ideas to Build Community in College Classrooms  

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Educational Psychology Review, 30(1), 1-34. The potential effect of depression on academic outcomes of students in higher education institutions of northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Educational Research and Reviews,16(1) , 9-15. Ecological models of human development. Vella-Brodrick, D., Oxford Elsevier.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. Pohan holds a PhD in educational psychology and is currently executive director of Chapman University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.