In #education, #motivation matters, but not more than #context. We explore complexities at the heart of what motivates learning and where that learning happens.
Joined October 2021
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21 Jan 2022
Introducing @MiCLabVCU to Twitter!! So grateful to be back with our people at last nights meeting. Stay tuned for our lab member ✨spotlights✨! #Motivation #community #edutwitter
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MIC Lab welcomes you back for the Spring semester! 🌱🧫
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13 Dec 2025
Meet Ziham Abdi
Sophomore in Health Services | Research Lab Assistant
Passionate about first-gen student success & educational equity
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19 Nov 2025
Meet Molly Taylor
a Ph.D. student whose research focuses on belonging and academic help-seeking in higher education. ✨
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4 Nov 2025
Meet Kali Delay, our Project Manager! 🌟
Kali is a 2nd-year Doctoral Student with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Sociology from VCU.
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2 Nov 2025
Meet the Members!
Tune in to see the rest of the team ⭐️
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Motivation In Context Research Lab retweeted
5 Dec 2024
🚀Ready to make an impact in education? Join our program where psychology meets learning! Explore applications of motivation and social, cognitive, & developmental psychology to learning and education. 📚🧠✨ Learn more at our info session: 12/9 5-6p EST forms.gle/hqUUc2PTy65LqsyX7
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13 Nov 2024
Come hear from our lab director Dr. Sharon Zumbrunn, about how to deliver an effective teaching demo this Friday, November 15th at 2:30 pm!
Link Below!
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29 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Cael (he/him), one of our undergraduate research assistants (RAs), on presenting at the UROP Symposium this past Thursday. We are so proud of you, Cael!
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25 Apr 2024
Yesterday, two of our doctoral students, @bontrager_bj and @TanyaWineland, presented their work at VCU’s Graduate Research Symposium!
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25 Apr 2024
@bontrager_bj presented her literature review on the cultural framing and context of teacher noticing interventions!
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25 Apr 2024
And @TanyaWineland presented her work on how academic advisors serve as cultural brokers through the pandemic! So proud of both of our amazing scholars! 🤩🤩
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23 Apr 2024
🔍 Bailey Bontrager's study delves deep into the transformative potential of the camera in education, moving beyond mere image capture. 📸
27th Annual Graduate Research Symposium. In the University Student Commons Commonwealth Ballrooms, April 24, 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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13 Apr 2024
Congratulations Kori!!!
13 Apr 2024
Honored to share I received the @AERA_MotSIG 2024 Pintrich Award for graduate student research! Big shout out to my coauthors and thought partners @AKoenka @DestiniBraxton @Margaretkwall!
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Motivation In Context Research Lab retweeted
13 Apr 2024
Honored to share I received the @AERA_MotSIG 2024 Pintrich Award for graduate student research! Big shout out to my coauthors and thought partners @AKoenka @DestiniBraxton @Margaretkwall!
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13 Apr 2024
We have some EXCITING sessions lined up today with @_mollytay and @SharonZumbrunn! More details down below😆
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Motivation In Context Research Lab retweeted
10 Apr 2024
[1] Excited to be @AERA_EdResearch #AERA2024!! 🥳
1. Meet us at the Grad Social!
2. Come share your research or watch other exciting research presentations
3. If you have signed up already, see you at teh Karabenick Conversations!
... any many more exciting events read below
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10 Apr 2024
We are SO excited about our first AERA session tomorrow with the fantastic @KoriDNicolai! Make sure to add this to your upcoming calendar at Thu., April 11 - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM! Looking forward to seeing you there😆
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