The Student Awardees of the Provost's Dissertation Research Award
The award is highly coveted among Teachers College doctoral candidates. Due to a rigorous selection process, only a handful of awards are bestowed each year. Awardees receive $6,000 ($3,000/semester) for tuition, living, research, or travel expenses. Detailed application and eligibility information is available on the website.
Trevor Baisden
“Mom-and-Pop” Chartering in a New Era of Choice: Contested Logics and Institutional Change in Freestanding Charter Schools”
Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis (EPSA)
Kampanart Chaiyarat
“Educating for Democracy under Constraint: Teacher Agency and Everyday Resistance in Thailand”
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Elizabeth Eilender
“Maladaptive Eating Behavior and Intergenerational Trauma: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Food Meaning and Enmeshment in a Family of First, Second, and Third Generation Holocaust Survivors”
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (HSAEP)
Francheska Jimenez
“Visualizing Belonging: Black LGBTQ+ Students’ Use of Queer Cultural Capital at HBCUs Through Photovoice”
Department of Organization & Leadership (O&L)
Sierra McCormick
“A Double-Edged Sword: How Gentrification and School Choice Shape Patterns of School Segregation”
Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis (EPSA)
Mako Miura
“Two- and Three-Year-Old Children Interacting in Japanese Early Childhood Classrooms with Cultural and Linguistic Diversity”
Department of International & Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Grace Na
“Increasing Policy Uptake: How the OECD Mobilizes Instruments and Networks to Sustain PISA’s Global Reach”
Department of International & Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Mindy Rosengarten
“Effects of Teacher Quality on Students’ Long-Term Outcomes”
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Yingzhi Tong
“Early-Career International Faculty in U.S. Research Universities: Experiences of Socialization during Entry into the Faculty Role”
Department of Organization & Leadership (O&L)
Tiffany Tryon
“Stories of Self: Education and Identity Narration Among Internally Displaced Youth in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq”
Department of International & Transcultural Studies (ITS)
We did not award any Provost’s Dissertation Research Awards for AY2025-2026.
Emily Bailey
“To Be a Person, To Have a Future: An Exploration of Futures of Autism and Labor in France”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Caroline Botvin
“Examining Heterogeneity in the Implementation of Early Childhood Programs”
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Theresa Cann
“Decolonizing Ghana’s Higher Education: The Role of Women in Activism Toward Gender Equality”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Cindy J. Huang
“Language Proficiency Gaps and Discrepant Parent-Child Experiences in Conflict among Bilingual Chinese Immigrant Families: A Mixed Methods Approach”
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Josh Modeste
“A Narrative Study on the Experiences of Black Men Science Teachers in Urban Public Schools”
Department of Math, Science & Technology (MST)
Juliya Pattammady
“Evaluating a Psychoeducational Intervention for Caregivers of Preschool-aged Autistic Children”
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (HSAEP)
Sarah Vazquez
“Children’s Civic Media Worlds: How Multilingual Elementary Students Use Digital Technologies to Articulate Civic Intentionality”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Jennifer Caruso
"Assessing Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Support for Teachers in Low-Income, Urban Schools in New York City"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Josef Donnelly
"Teaching Climate Change in the Pacific: Indigenous Knowledge and Place-Based Education"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Katie Harlan Eller
"White Abolitionist English Language Arts Teachers in the Post-2020 Era"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Tomas Esper
"Reforming Schools via Autonomy and Accountability: A Multi-scalar Analysis of the Global Transformation of Education Governance"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Lum Fube
"The Storied Lives of WOC Graduate Students: A Collaborative Multimodal Inquiry"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Christopher Henderson
"I Want the Freedom to be Professional:" The Relationship between Refugee Teacher Development, Wellbeing, and Motivation in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Hyungoo Lee
"(Dis)similarities in Context: A Comparative Case Study of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Higher Education Institutions in South Korea and the US"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Elizabeth Melville
"Different Shades of White: Heritage, Ethnicity, and Far Right Governance in Southern Brazil"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
David Lopez Molina
"Anti-LGBTQ Policies and Suicidal Ideation: A Strong Intersectional Approach"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Isabela Munevar Escalante
"Catholic Schools: Academic Achievement, College Enrollment and Gender Gaps"
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA)
Alissa Pacheco
"The Use of Fitbit to Support a Physical Activity Coaching Program for People with Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease"
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Rory Varrato
"Mortal Foresight: Learning to Live Through Extinction"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Sarah Vazquez
"Latinx Media Worlds: Digital Media Practices of Immigrant Children in Northern New Jersey"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Lauren Winterbottom
"Impact of Self-Controlled Practice on Motor Learning for Individuals with Upper Limb Hemiparesis After Stroke"
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Ying Xu
"School Competition, Resource Allocation, and Inequality in Student Outcomes"
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA)
Leana Cabral
"Intergenerational Understandings of the Legacy of Antiblackness in Philadelphia’s Educational System"
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA)
Danielle Falk
"Educators in Emergencies: The Lived Experiences and Professional Identities of Refugee and National Primary School Teachers in Uganda and South Sudan"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Ngalula Fleurant
"Using an Open-ended Item to Capture Information about the Selection Mechanism in a STEM-focused Quasi-experimental Design"
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Kelly Frantz
"Fostering Voice in Writing Conferences: Consultant Strategies"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Yesim Hanci
"The Role of Turkish Teachers in Promoting Peace and Social Cohesion through the Inclusion of Refugee Students in Turkish Public Schools"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Wajeeha Hazoor-Bajwa
"Disaggregating the Low-Fee Private Schooling System in Pakistan"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Corinne Kentor
"For Me, Us, and Them: Immigrant Families Pursuing Higher Education in Southern California"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Zahra Ladhani
"Adverse Childhood Experiences among Adolescents with ASD: Implications for School-Based Interventions"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Chelsea Macpherson
"Delivery of a Remote Motor Priming Intervention in Cerebellar Ataxia"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Maria Noland
"A Phenomenology of Learning of Visual Impairment in a School for the Blind in France"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Catherine Cheng Stahl
"Traveling With Asian American Gen Z Youth: Constructing Otherwise Identities In, Through, and Across Digital Spaces"
Department of Curriculum & Teaching (C&T)
The Student Awardees of the Dean’s Grant for Student Research
TC students enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program are eligible to apply for funding up to $2,000 for outstanding projects. Detailed application and eligibility information is available on the website.
Leonardo Arevalo Rojas
“Negotiating Truth: The Influence of Colombia’s Truth Commission on the Teaching of the Armed Conflict”
Department of International & Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Trevor Baisden
“Mom-and-Pop” Chartering in a New Era of Choice: Contested Logics and Institutional Change in Freestanding Charter Schools”
Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis (EPSA)
Nicole Borunda
“What Makes It Work–or Not? A Phenomenological Study of Cisgender/Transgender Colleague Relationships”
Department of Organization & Leadership (O&L)
Alejandra Campos Quintero
“Hidden Strengths: Adversity, Adaptation, and the Measurement of Skills”
Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis (EPSA)
Nikita Desai
“Institutional Prerequisites of Liberal Learning”
Department of Organization & Leadership (O&L)
Kathryn Gray
“Understanding Disparities in Academic Skills: The Role of Cognitive Stimulation and Children's Brain Activity”
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Soo Hyoung Joo
“Investigating Situated Specific Purpose Writing Ability in a Scenario-Based Language Assessment of Science: With Focus on the Role of Domain Knowledge”
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Andrea Kim
“SecuritizED: Carceral Schooling as a Racial Knowledge Project”
Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis (EPSA)
Navya Mendiratta
“Can a Man Who Has Used IPV Be a Good Father to His Kids?”
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Brendon Richbourgh
“Community-Based Intervention To Promote Physical Activity In Black Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis (CIPPA-BWRA): Feasibility And Acceptability Pilot Study”
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Issa Rooney
“Teaching Amidst Displacement: Examining Teachers’ Work and Well-Being in Conflict-Affected Mozambique”
Department of International & Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Melissa van Wijk
“Lives in Dance That Work: Capabilities-focused Participatory Action with Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities Enabling Transitions to Arts Work”
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Javiera Zamora Iturra
“Reintegration of Trafficked Children in Ghana: A Pilot Study on How NGOs Support Social Relationships and Power Dynamics During Recovery”
Department of International & Comparative Education (ITS)
Qianyu Zhou
“Digital Materiality and Tactile Learning in Contemporary Art Education”
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Haleigh Brown
“Children in lower socioeconomic contexts show higher empathy: A strengths-based investigation"
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Shapel LaBorde
“Knowledge from the Margins: Philosophy, Resistance, and the Education of Black Women Intellectuals”
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Angelica Leon
“Does One Leadership Style Fit All? Inclusive Leadership and Its Impact on Perceptions of East Asian and White Leaders”
Department of Organization & Leadership (O&L)
Taylor Michl
“Felt Experiences of Romantic and Sexual Intimacy Among Transgender and Gender Expansive Older Adults”
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Tia Monahan
“Abortion and Student Migration: How Dobbs-Era Abortion Bans Affect College Enrollment.”
Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis (EPSA)
Lan Phan
“It’s Alright Not to Get It All Right: Grace as a Catalyst for Everyday Political Talk”
Department of Organization & Leadership (O&L)
Kemigisha Richardson
“Reconceptualizing Inclusion through the Lived Experiences of Students with Disabilities in Contexts of Forced Displacement”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Ryan Wilkerson
“Navigating Sexual Health in Digital Spaces: Understanding the Role of Social Networks in HIV Prevention Strategies for Black Gay, Bisexual, and Men who have sex with other men: A mixed methods study”
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (HSAEP)
Zhuqian Zhou
“Computational Modeling of Chinese Character Perception and Learning”
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Kampanart Chaiyarat and co-applicant Noa Ovadia
“Exploring Teachers’ Decision-Making in the Post-Trump Era Social Studies Classroom”
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Jacqueline Cofield
“Beyond Beauty: The Epistemologies and Aesthetic Praxes Of Black Women Artists”
Department of Curriculum and Teaching (C&T)
Camille Fabo
“The Multiple Actors of Education to National Identity in Multilingual Conflict-Affected Regions: The Case Study of Cameroon”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Emma Hart
“What Do Mothers Want: Investigating Perceptions of Developmental Intervention Helpfulness Among Mothers Experiencing Low Income”
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Skylar Hou
“An Ethnography of Heritage Language Education in a Mongolian Chinese Community”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Sujung Hwang
“South Korean Educators’ Understanding of Refugee Learners’ Needs in the Context of Non-Formal Educational Settings”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Victoria Jones
“Learning Amidst Liminality: Asylum Seekers’ Access to School in Greece”
Department of Curriculum and Teaching (C&T)
Paritosh Joshi
“Uplifting South Asian Working Class Voices: A Qualitative Approach”
Department of Comparative and International Education (CIE)
Danielle Kipnis
“EEG Profiles in People with Functional Movement Disorders Before and After a Single Bout of Hatha Yoga and Moderate-Vigorous Intensity Aerobic Exercise: A Pilot Feasibility Study”
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Jullia (Suh Young) Lim
“AI-Generated Pedagogical Agents for Learning”
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Darren Rabinowitz
“Demystifying the Impact of Environmental Provisions in National Constitutions on Education: A Comparative Study”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Eduardo Santander
“Progress Over Retention: Understanding Drivers of Credit Attainment in the First College Year in a Flagship Regional University in Chile”
Department of Organization and Leadership (O&L)
Jean Sohn
“Disrupting the Negative Impact of Lack of Organizational Diversity on Underrepresented Racial Group Members’ Predictions of Success”
Department of Organization and Leadership (O&L)
Kadek Suparma
“Designing a Mobile Teacher Professional Development Application by Integrating Universal Design of Learning (UDL) Principle for Inclusive Classrooms Powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI)”
Department of Curriculum and Teaching (C&T)
Noel Um-Lo
“Between Church and State: Auditing, Accreditation, and Spirituality in Alternative Schools for First and Second Generation North Korean Escapees”
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Hong Yu
“An Examination of Prescriptive Stereotypes of East Asians and Whites on Competence Expectations”
Department of Organization and Leadership (O&L)
Emily Bailey
"Perceptions and Performance of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the French Workplace"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Renna Bazlen
"Fostering Community in Displacement: Teacher and Parent Experiences with Informal Early Childhood Education in Tijuana, Mexico"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Ashley Beccia
"The Effects of Task Complexity and Task Motivation on Young EFL Learner Development of English Question Formation"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Avery Dakin
"Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Cough and Swallow Rehabilitation: The Impact of Time-Under-Tension"
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Saloni Gupta
"Can Innovation be Taught in Schools? Experimental Evidence from India"
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA)
Samantha Juan
"The Application of Virtual Simulation on Promoting Empathy in Undergraduate Nursing Students"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Zeinab Khodaverdi
"Acute Effects of Varying Intensities and Durations of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Karissa Lim
"A Qualitative Exploration of NIAs’ Barriers and Motivations to Research Participation"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Nathan Lowry
"Looking into the Future: Uncovering Age-Related Differences in Episodic Future Thinking"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Gus Mayopoulos
"Online Pseudonymous Text-Based Group Intervention for Depressive and Anxious Symptoms"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Alissa Pacheco
"The Use of Fitbit to Promote Autonomy for People with Early Stage Parkinson's Disease"
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences (BBS)
Elena Peeples
"The Impacts of History: An Anthrohistorical Approach to Urban Development in Trenton, NJ"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Abrar Shamim
"Reporting of Ethical Domains in Global Cleft Surgery Missions"
Department of Mathematics, Science & Technology (MST)
Ying Xu
"School Competition, Resource Allocation, and Inequality in Student Outcomes"
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA)
Raul Armenta
"Narratives of Resistance: System-Impacted Students, Educators, and Critical Consciousness in LA Community-Based Schools"
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA)
Anna Boneberg
"Assessing the Effectiveness of Gaming as a Teaching Strategy in an Undergraduate Nursing Pharmacology Course"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Charlotte Caron
"Teaching at the Margin: How can NGO Facilitators use Human Rights Education to Promote Social Change and Critical Thinking in the Youth Refugee Population of Canada?"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Michal Clayton
"Addressing Barriers to Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Dismantling Trial of Internet-Delivered Emotion Regulation Training"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Arnela Colic
"Education and the State: Lessons in Legitimacy from the Post-Conflict Education Systems in Kosovo and Bosnia"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Emily Dunkel
"Understanding the Psycho-social Impacts and Structural Factors of Intergenerational Involvement with Child Protective Services"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Abby Emerson
"Entanglements: An Arts-informed Exploration of White Emotionality in the Curricula of School-based Antiracist Professional Learning Spaces"
Department of Curriculum and Teaching (C&T)
Christopher Henderson
"The Well-being of Host-Community Teachers Working with Rohingya Refugees: A Pilot Study of Bengali Idioms of Capability and Distress"
Department of International and Transcultural Studies (ITS)
Jolie Hoang
"The Multilayer Brain Connectome in Psychotic Spectrum Disorders"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Tai Ishikawa
"Effect of Shared Book Reading with Mobile Devices on Parent-child Interaction"
Department of Mathematics, Science & Technology (MST)
Amelia Jones
"Going Off-Book in the Secondary English Classroom: Feminist Theory and the Virtual Stage"
Department of Arts & Humanities (A&H)
Thu Thu May Oo
"Qualitative Study of Food & Nutrition Insecurity Among the Civil Disobedience Movement Participants in Myanmar due to the Effects of the Military Coup & the Covid-19 Pandemic"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Kayla Parr
"Parental Involvement in Adolescent Depression Treatment: A Mixed-methods Evaluation of BIPOC Adolescents and Parents/Caregivers' Preferences"
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Drishti Sanghvi
"Psychopathology and Psychological Well-Being of Recently-Arrived Afghan Refugees"
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology (CCP)
Jessica Sperber
"Detecting Behavioral and Physiological Markers of Early Exposure to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Infants"
Department of Human Development (HUD)
Zhuqian (Karen) Zhou
"Category Learning in Education: How Should Chinese Characters Be Learned?"
Department of Human Development (HUD)