About PEN Lab
Principal Investigator
Lindsay Harris, Ph.D. CV
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy
@harris_lindsay (Twitter)
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Academia
Lindsay Harris received her Ph.D. degree in cognitive psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2014. Prior to earning her Ph.D., she was an English teacher in New York, NY and Misato, Japan. At NIU she teaches courses in educational psychology, child development, research methods and academic writing.
Current Lab Members
Iwona Lech, M.A.
Educational Psychology Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: positive psychology and positive emotions in education, especially in foreign- or second-language education; emotional aspects of informal learning (with special attention to virtual environments); usage-based linguistics.
Rocío Rodriguez, M.A.
Educational Psychology Ph.D. Program
Brian Hurley, M.S.Ed.
Educational Psychology Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: STEM education, disciplinary literacy, and teacher education; quantitative methodologies.
Alexis Reaves, B.S.Ed.
Educational Psychology M.S.Ed. Program
Adelaide Adams
Computer Science B.S. Program
Interests: software development and systems administration
Ailing Li, M.A.
Visiting Scholar (Yunnan University of Nationalities)
Research Interests: psycholinguistics; third-language education.
Lab Alumni
Sean Tikkun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University
Katherine Frank, M.S.Ed.
Orientation and Mobility Instructor, Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
Kimberly Dotseth, M.S.Ed.
Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Arianne Gin, M.S.Ed.
Blind Rehabilitation Intern, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
