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JENNIFER WELLS-MARSHALL

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Wells-Marshall Jennifer Wells-Marshall has been named associate director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service at Alabama A&M 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., child development, Tufts University; and Ph.D., Mims was working on her master’s degree in child development at Tufts University at the time. “He

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A Persevering Spirit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Delaware State University Tenured: No Age: 39 Education: B.S., psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and Ph.D., Mendoza is roughly a decade into her teaching career, one that has been tumultuous due to circumstances outside her control.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

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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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Six Check-in Ideas to Build Community in College Classrooms  

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2022) found that among first year university students, 69.5% In response, universities have found success in decreasing anxiety through intervention programs to provide support for students who may struggle. Educational Psychology Review, 30(1), 1-34. Educational Research and Reviews,16(1) , 9-15. Islam et al.

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

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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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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

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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.