Graduate Student

Lizzy May

Lizzy (she/they) has worked with schools, arts organizations, hospitals and camps to implement healing centered, arts-integrated pedagogy and curriculum. She moved to California in 2020 and currently works as a Literacy Specialist and Instructional Coach for Seneca's five Therapeutic Day schools in the Bay Area.

Lizzy creates curricula and trains teaching artists for Chicago-based, city-wide arts project, Once Upon Our Time Capsule, which works with the Chicago Public Libraries to guide 8,000 students through their journeys each year and toward imagining a more beautiful and radical...

Isaac Felix

Isaac Felix (he/him/his) is a doctoral student at UC Berkeley’s School of Education. Originally from Tijuana, Baja California, México, Isaac grew up crossing the México-U.S. border daily to attend public schools in San Diego. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Human Biology and Society and Chicana/o Studies from UCLA. Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, Isaac worked in middle school after-school programs, interned at the California Department of Education, and served as the Faculty Diversity Center Coordinator at UC Davis’s Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Currently...

Xingyao (Doria) Xiao

Xingyao Xiao is a doctoral candidate in Social Research Methodologies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research centers on the application of advanced statistical methods, including Bayesian Inference, Multilevel, and Longitudinal (Latent Variable) Modeling, particularly Growth Mixture Modeling. Her work is focused on advancing the fields of Measurement, Psychometrics, Education, and Psychology. Additionally, Xingyao integrates considerations of race and gender into her research applications, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of these factors within the...

Prince Estanislao

Prince Estanislao (he/they) is a student in the Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education. He serves as an intern supervisor and course instructor at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Furthermore, he is a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) contributing to both the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP) and the Universal Transitional Kindergarten (UTK) initiative at UC Berkeley.

Prince's academic journey includes achieving a master's degree in early childhood special education from SFSU and a career history as a special education teacher in several Southeast...

Cassandra Yee

Cassandra Yee (She/her/ella) is a third year PhD student in the School Psychology program at the Berkeley School of Education. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Arizona in 2021. Cassandra’s current research focuses primarily on Latine immigrant youth risk and resilience, equity-centered professional learning, and mental health access at Hispanic serving institutions. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her shih-tzu Vinny, going to concerts, attending spin classes at CycleBar Berkeley, watching the Challenge and Jersey Shore, and playing Animal...

Bowen Wang

Bowen is passionate about promoting the crucial role of input in learning a foreign language, that is, reading/listening to/watching what fascinates the learner in large amounts. He hopes to bridge the gap between research and the language learning/teaching practice by translating research-based best practices to curriculum design and content development. He is also interested in using his skills in experimental design, data analysis, and psychometrics to evaluate and improve language/literacy education technology.

He values promoting understanding between people from different...

Enrique Valencia López

Enrique Valencia López is a PhD student in the Policy, Politics and Leadership cluster at the School of Education. His research interests relate to three broad areas: the stratification of education by gender, immigration status and ethnicity; the measurement of teacher working conditions and well-being; and education in Latin America.

Before coming to Berkeley, Enrique worked for Mexico’s National Institute for Educational Evaluation and Assessment (INEE) in both the Policy and Indicators area. During that time, he co-authored Mexico’s first report on the...

Siqi Huang

Siqi is a PhD student in the Graduate Group of Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME) at UC Berkeley, where she is guided by the expertise of Professor Alan H. Schoenfeld. She plays an active role in two research groups: the Functions group and the Teaching for Robust Understanding (TRU) research group. Siqi's research focus revolves around fostering a profound understanding of mathematics, cultivating a strong disciplinary identity in students, and nurturing their capacity to think with flexibility and resourcefulness within mathematical contexts.

Siqi's overarching research...

Kelly Billings

Kelly is a fourth year doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley in the Learning Sciences and Human Development cluster in the School of Education. As a former science teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kelly’s work is deeply informed by her teaching experience and former students. In pursuing a graduate degree, Kelly hopes to highlight the amazing work Oakland students and STEM teachers are doing to integrate local justice issues into classroom projects and conversations.

Kelly's current research focuses on collaborating with Bay Area teachers to design learning...

Jennie Greenstein

Jennie Greenstein is a 4th year PhD candidate in the School Psychology Program in the Berkeley School of Education.

Jennie’s research interests include universal social-emotional learning interventions to promote student well-being, as well as school-based mental health services designed to support students through multi-tiered systems of support. She currently works with Dr. Valerie Shapiro in the School of Social Welfare researching the implementation and outcomes of a county-wide school-based mental health initiative.

Specializations and Interests

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