Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin Fellow, Mind & Society Center, University of Southern California; Courtesy Appointment, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin; Recipient of the “Rising Star” Award from the Association of Psychological Science and the “J Don Read Early Career Research” Award from the Society of Applied Research; Co-Author, “What Is the Purpose of School? Predictors and Consequences of Perceived School Relevance” (2024, Predictors and Consequences of Perceived School Relevance), “Becoming Better Learners, Becoming Better Teachers: Augmenting Learning via Cognitive and Motivational Theories” (2023, Human Arenas), Learning Styles, Classroom Instruction, and Student Achievement (2022), and “Who Is Part of the “Mindset Context”?: The Unique Roles of Perceived Professor and Peer Mindsets in Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Motivation and Belonging” (2021, Frontiers in Education)