Professor of Education and Public Policy, Curry School of Education; Founder and Director, Motivate Lab, University of Virginia; Co-Author, "The Cost of Being First: Belonging Uncertainty Predicts Math Motivation and Achievement in First-Generation, But Not Continuing-Generation Students" (2023, Learning and Individual Differences), “Belonging in STEM: Growth Mindset as a Filter of Contextual Cues” (2022, International Journal of Community Well-Being), “A Brief Social Belonging Intervention Improves Academic Outcomes for Minoritized High School Students” (2020, Motivation Science), and “The Promotion and Development of Interest: The Importance 0f Perceived Values” (2017, The Science of Interest)