Year: 2023

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Thinking Like an Earthling: A New Publication from Tina Grotzer and Lynneth Solis

Tina Grotzer and Lynneth Solis (Senior Research Associate, WestEd) recently published a paper in a special issue of the journal Topics in Cognitive Science focused on conceptual foundations of sustainability. The article — titled “Thinking like an Earthling: Children’s Reasoning About Individual and Collective Action Related to Environmental Sustainability” — considers themes that arise from…Continue Reading Thinking Like an Earthling: A New Publication from Tina Grotzer and Lynneth Solis

Celebrating Our Recent Graduates

We are proud to celebrate the Next Level Lab team members of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Class of 2023! Congratulations to Ed.M. graduates Melika Ahmadilari, Isabella Capeci, Alyssa Gandolph, Mari Longmire, Aubry Ma, Manami Okuda Wada, Jingwen Shan, and Athena Tassis, as well as Ph.D. graduate Eileen McGivney. Dr. McGivney, who was honored…Continue Reading Celebrating Our Recent Graduates

Addressing Emotions and Beliefs for Vulnerable Jobseekers with Virtual Reality

We’re excited to share a new publication by Eileen McGivney, Tessa Forshaw, Rodrigo Medeiros, Mingyue Sun, and Tina Grotzer, which just came out in Education & Information Technologies! This team of NLL researchers investigated the impact of a job interview VR simulation on the emotions, confidence, and self-efficacy beliefs of jobseekers who have been impacted…Continue Reading Addressing Emotions and Beliefs for Vulnerable Jobseekers with Virtual Reality