Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones, co-Principal Investigator

Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones currently serves as an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida State University. Her research examines the sociocultural influences on socialization during graduate education and the professional experiences of underrepresented populations, particularly Black women, in academia. Her previous work as an administrator and program evaluator also influence her other research interests in culturally responsive assessment and evaluation.

She is a founder and past president of Sisters of the Academy Institute, an international organization that promotes collaborative scholarship and networking among Black women in the academy. She collaborated with fellow scholars to write Pathways to Higher Education for African American Women (Stylus Publishing) and Cultivating Leader Identity and Capacity in Students from Diverse Backgrounds (Jossey-Bass). She has also authored, solely and collaboratively referred journal articles.

She was awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year. In 2013, she received a Transformation Through Teaching award from Florida State University’s Spiritual Life Project in recognition of playing a transformational role in a student’s academic life. She has taught courses on Diversity in Higher Education, Student Services in Higher Education, Outcomes of Higher Education, Institutional Research, and Literature Review and Professional Writing.

Dr. Bertrand Jones remains active in the campus and community by serving on numerous college and university committees and volunteering regularly. In 2012, she was inducted into the FSU chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines. She was also named the 2009 recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award from Florida State University for exemplifying outstanding service in keeping with the principles of Dr. King.

Dr. Bertrand Jones received her Doctor of Philosophy in Research and Evaluation Methods from Florida State University in 2006.

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Dr. Alysia Roehrig, Principal Investigator (R305B170017), co-Principal Investigator (R305B210014)

Dr. Alysia Roehrig, Professor of Educational Psychology, joined the faculty at Florida State University in 2003 and serves as the Learning and Cognition Program Coordinator and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. She earned both her Ph.D. and M.A. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame.

Dr. Roehrig’s research interests focus on issues related to effective teaching, particularly exploring the successes of students labeled at risk for school failure. She primarily focuses on the literacy learning and motivation of students as well as the professional development of teachers for using texts by diverse authors. She has published articles in the Elementary School Journal, the Journal of Literacy Research, Science, and The Teacher Educator. Her most recent article, “Differences in American and Turkish preservice teachers’ beliefs about the effectiveness of classroom management practices,” is currently in press. Her latest chapter, “The fierce urgency of now: CDF Freedom Schools and culturally relevant pedagogy,” is co-authored with the co-executive directors of North Florida Freedom Schools. Her most recent book, No more sharpening pencils during work time and other time wasters, was co-authored with her former doctoral student Beth Brinkerhoff. The book was written to empower teachers to use the time they have to enhance their students’ cognitive engagement. Dr. Roehrig is committed to making educational research accessible to the public. Check out the FSU College of Education Research Briefs.

Dr. Roehrig is the Principal Investigator and Director of PURPOSE: Partners United for Research Pathways Oriented to Social Justice in Education. PURPOSE is an Institute of Education Sciences funded Pathways to the Education Science Training Program intended to increase the diversity of the doctorate in education. She also teaches the following graduate level courses: Methods of Educational Research, Theories of Learning and Cognition in Instruction, and College Teaching. She was honored with the Crystal Apple Award from Michigan State University’s College of Education in 2009. She won the University Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award in 2014 and has been nominated three times for FSU’s and twice for the College of Education’s University Graduate Teaching Awards.

Dr. Roehrig is also the Research Director for the FAMU DRS Freedom Schools, a Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® Partner. The Freedom Schools program grew out the work of the historic 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi when free alternative schools were organized during the Civil Rights Movement with the goal of achieving equality. Dr. Kristal Clemons and Ms. Keely Norris, in collaboration with Dr. Roehrig, established the nonprofit North Florida Freedom Schools (NFFS) in 2015 to provide an opportunity for children in the Tallahassee and Gadsden County communities to participate in free summer camps focused on reading texts by diverse authors and making a difference in the world.

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Dr. Jeannine E. Turner, co-Principal Investigator (R305B170017), Principal Investigator (R305B210014)

Dr. Jeannine E. Turner is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in the College of Education at Florida State University. She joined the faculty in Fall 2004. Her research focuses on issues of motivation, emotions, instruction, and learning. Her current research interests include motivation, learning and “transfer of knowledge” of pre-service teachers; motivation and emotions of teachers with respect to professional development and implementation; and engineering students’ motivation and knowledge transfer.

Dr. Turner is most known for her research on students’ experiences of academic shame. She has authored several articles for academic journals such as Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology Review, and Journal of Advanced Academics. She has also published book chapters in Emotions in education andAdvances in teacher emotion research: The impact on teachers’ lives.

Her students have conducted research in the areas of teachers’ motivation for whole-school reform; pre-service teachers’ motivation and learning; students’ motivation and beliefs about learning; students’ motivation and anxiety about learning a second language, and individuals’ perceptions and beliefs about climate change. As such, her students have helped expand her research endeavors.

Turner teaches courses in Motivation and Emotions, Educational Psychology, Classroom Assessment, and Lifespan Development.

She earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin.

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