Transformative Work

Dr. Esther Ohito’s family culture influenced her to pursue education, and not just because several relatives were teachers. Instead, it was her father instilling a sense of curiosity in his daughter that sparked her career choices. “I remember being really young and reading the newspaper to my father. At the…

Learning does not happen just inside the walls of a school. That motto is a guiding philosophy for Dr. Benjamin Justice and a key driver of his research. “Schooling is not synonymous with education, and it should not be, and I think that is a throughline in all my work….

Reading is not only a building block for a student’s education but also Dr. Maqueda Randall-Weeks’ career. Her first job in education taught her to think broadly about literacy, and then education overall, propelling her from the classroom to the statehouse to Rutgers. “I knew I could move my kids,…

While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem like a recent phenomenon, Dr. Janice Gobert has been working with AI since 2000. She is a professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences who wants to see AI play a bigger role in STEM teaching and learning. A Canadian native, Dr. Gobert earned…

Nichole Margarita Garcia, Ph.D., has always been interested in teaching as well as reading and writing books that reflected her experience as a Chicana/Puerto Rican. She is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the GSE’s Department of Educational Psychology.  Can you tell us about a new research project you…