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Nicole Y

- Research Program Mentor

PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate

Expertise

educational psychology, education policy, multicultural education, motivation, belonging, racial/ethnic identity

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Imagine if: Student perspectives on how to make school better

The main research question for this research project is: How would students redesign their school experience to be more interesting and meaningful? To answer this question, the researcher may interview several students from a particular school, asking them what they would change about school to make it a better experience. The researcher would find similarities between all the interviews and use those to develop common themes.

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