Postdoctoral Fellows

Linlin Luo

Research Scientist
Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (specialization in Cognition, Learning, and Development)
Email: linlin.luo@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Self-regulated learning
  • Teaching and learning strategies
  • Mentoring in STEM education
  • Talent development and creativity
Career Goals
  • Tenure-track faculty position
  • Developing a line of research and intervention programs that integrates self-regulated learning with academic/talent mentoring to foster student mentees’ self-regulated learning as well as the co-regulation of mentors and mentees
Personal Interests
  • Hiking, travel, cooking, language learning, and reading

Graduate Students

Fanyi Yu

Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Psychology (Developmental Science)
Email: fanyi0622@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Career Identity development
  • Emotions and motivation in learning
  • Underrepresented groups in STEM
Career Goal

becoming a researcher in an education-related field.

Personal Interests

Cats and dogs, music, badminton, swimming, movies

Qiyue Zhang

Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Psychology (Research, Measurement & Statistics)
Email: qiyue.zhang@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Motivation in STEM education
  • Mentoring network
  • Chemistry education
  • Longitudinal Modeling
  • Structural Equation Modeling
Career Goal

Tenure track position

Personal Interests

Music

Samantha D. Aguilar

Doctoral Candidate in Educational Psychology (Developmental Sciences)
Email: samdyanne@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Identity Development
  • Cultural Values in Educational Contexts
  • Intersectionality
  • STEM Learning for historically marginalized students
Career Goal
Tenure-track faculty position at an R1 Institution
Personal Interests

Working out, Spending time with my cats, Watching movies

Noah Koehler

Doctoral Candidate in Educational Psychology (Research, Measurement, and Statistics)
Email: nlkoehler26@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Psychometrics
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis.
Career Goal
Working in industry as a psychometrician.
 
 
Personal Interests

Reading, playing board games/ video games, and spending time with his wife and dog, Franklin.

Madelyn Molina

Graduate Student in Educational Psychology (Developmental Sciences)
Email: mhm107@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Parental Involvement
  • Student Achievement
  • Latinx Populations
  • Gender Differences
  • Educational Aspirations
Career Goal
Teaching and conducting research at a University.
 
 
Personal Interests

Reading, walks, spending time with family and dogs.

Giselle Deleon

Master Student in Educational Psychology (Research, Measurement & Statistics)
Email: gisd23@tamu.edu

Bio
Research Interests
  • Immigration / Acculturation Experiences
  • Cultural Informed Interventions
  • Mental health disparities in minoritized populations
  • Discrimination/ Stigma/ Racism
Career Goal

Tenure track faculty

Personal Interests

hiking, paddle boarding, traveling

Undergraduate Students