{"id":9,"date":"2012-11-30T07:15:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T07:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:56:38","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Lab Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Current Researchers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/PGM-e1475262569408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-444\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/PGM-e1475262569408-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"PGM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\r\n<p><strong>Percival Matthews<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lab Principal Investigator<\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2015\/09\/Percival-Matthews-cv-9-17-15.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edpsych.education.wisc.edu\/staff\/matthews-percival\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">http:\/\/edpsych.education.wisc.edu\/people\/faculty-staff\/percival-matthews<\/span><br \/><\/a>Curriculum Vitae: <a href=\"https:\/\/merit-www.education.wisc.edu\/edpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Matthews-cv-01_2019.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Percival Matthews cv<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">My research program is organized around two primary goals: 1) to understand some basic underpinnings of human mathematical cognition, and 2) to find ways to leverage this understanding into effective educational techniques that can be used to impact the life chances of everyday people. My research has spanned all stages of development and has included work both in K-12 schools and in the laboratory. Currently, my largest projects involve<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">exploring how basic perceptual abilities that all humans come with can help anchor understanding of fractions concepts and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">investing how we can improve children&#8217;s understanding of the equal sign, a type of knowledge that is an important entry point for algebraic thinking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">When I&#8217;m not in research mode, I enjoy hanging out with my wife and two daughters, experiencing new foods, working out, and reveling in the music of the &#8217;70s (which I feel set the high water mark for popular music).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-732 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180-45x45.jpeg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/file-7-e1551367317180.jpeg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Allison Monday<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lab Manager<br \/><\/em>Allison joined the MELD lab in Fall 2018 after leaving a 20-year career in Elementary Education. She spent 10 years as a classroom teacher before shifting to an interventionist role as a Title 1 Reading and Math teacher. Allison is interested in getting to know how students think about and see themselves as Mathematicians. She enjoys baking and tackling cooking projects with her husband, much to their two teenage boys delight!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/Hopkins_Profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-272 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/Hopkins_Profile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hopkins_Profile\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Ron Hopkins<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Graduate Assistant<br \/><\/em>Ron<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Hopkins is a second-year graduate student in the Human Development area of Educational Psychology. He earned his M.A. in Psychology from the University of West Georgia where he studied the philosophical and theoretical foundations of mathematical cognition. He is primarily interested in studying metacognition and the distinctions between conceptual knowledge and procedural knowledge. He hopes to develop measurements of math knowledge that provide a more detailed and nuanced description of adult understanding of fractions. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">When not in the lab or in the library, Ron can typically be found at one of the many dog parks in Madison trying to teach his Keeshond puppy Buddy how to catch a Frisbee.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Research Interests:\u00a0<\/em>My research interests are in the areas of epistemic cognition and adaptive rationality in the context of math and science learning. I am interested in how learners\u2019 beliefs about the nature(s) of knowledge and learning influence various aspects of learning, motivation, and academic performance. My research in the MELD lab primarily focuses on individual differences in beliefs about math knowledge and how these differences influence adult learners\u2019 math proficiency and problem-solving strategy adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-728 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Yunji_profile-e1551365386279-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Yunji_profile-e1551365386279-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Yunji_profile-e1551365386279-45x45.jpeg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Yunji_profile-e1551365386279-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Yunji Park<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Graduate Assistant<br \/><\/em>Yunji is a third-year graduate student in the department of Educational Psychology. She is in the field of educational neuroscience. Before she came to UW-Madison, Yunji majored in Physics and Psychology in her undergraduate years and got a Master in Cognitive Science in South Korea. Working in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, she was involved in the various projects studying the development of numerical cognition. Yunji specifically investigated the representation of magnitude and how it relates to mathematical achievement over the course of the development.\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Research Interests: <\/em>I\u2019m interested in young learners and their brain development in the context of math education. I\u2019m also interested in kids\u2019 structural and functional brain changes shaped by educational experience! My current project focuses on the development of nonsymbolic ratio discrimination and its relationship with math competence (behavioral), children&#8217;s neural representations for nonsymbolic and symbolic fractions and how the representation changes over the course of development using fMRI, and exploring white matter tracts that are related with fractional knowledge using DTI.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">If you are interested in my work and want to know more, please visit my personal web page ( <a href=\"http:\/\/yjellepark.github.io\/yunji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">yjellepark.github.io\/yunji<\/a>) or contact me (<a href=\"mailto:ypark246@wisc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">ypark246@wisc.edu<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/thumbnail_fullsizeoutput_248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/thumbnail_fullsizeoutput_248.jpg 514w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/thumbnail_fullsizeoutput_248-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/thumbnail_fullsizeoutput_248-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Alexandria Viegut<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Graduate Assistant<br \/><\/em>Alex is a second-year graduate student in the MELD Lab.\u00a0She is interested in the role of visual representations (number lines, gestures, diagrams, etc.) in children\u2019s math thinking and learning. Before coming to UW-Madison, she\u00a0earned a B.A. in Psychology from the\u00a0University of Notre Dame, where she investigated how preschool-aged children learn to count and develop an\u00a0understanding of number. She\u00a0hopes to develop collaborations with schools, teachers, and parents to promote children\u2019s math development. In her free time, Alex loves to enjoy nature, play piano, and explore\u00a0the city of Madison.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Research Interests<\/em>:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am interested in children&#8217;s mathematical development in classroom and independent educational settings. Currently, I am working on training programs that could help children employ their nonsymbolic perceptual processing abilities to support their understanding of mathematical symbols like fractions. I am always happy to talk about numerical development and math education if you are interested: aviegut@wisc.edu.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-320 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/Rui-e1551369828921-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/Rui-e1551369828921-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/Rui-e1551369828921-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2012\/11\/Rui-e1551369828921-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Rui Meng<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Graduate Assistant<br \/><\/em>Rui is a fourth-year graduate student in the Human Development area of the Education Psychology program. She participated in a cross cultural research project that compared classroom discourse in elementary mathematics lessons between China and the United States as an undergraduate. This project ignited her curiosity to learn more about mathematical development. Rui continued to study the mechanism of the SNARC effect, exploring how earlier number sense contributes to a child&#8217;s mathematical achievements or difficulties during their academic careers. Her current research is on non-symbolic fraction cognition, aiming to exhibit cognitive theories that may shed light on educational practice and to promote learning performance. In her spare time, Rui enjoys working out in the gym and feeling the fresh breeze on the lake at the Terrace.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research Interests: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am interested in mathematical learning and development of numerical and mathematical cognition in children and adults. My research focuses on exploring how numerical and quantitative concepts are developed and represented in human mind and what factors are related to the process, in order to find more effective ways for children to learn quantity, number, and mathematics. I am recruiting undergraduate research assistants who are interested in cognition, psychology, education, and mathematics. Please contact me and tell me more about yourself via my email address (rmeng5@wisc.edu) if you are interested.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-679\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Brian-C-picture-e1550588892323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Brian Chervitz<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Graduate Assistant<br \/><\/em>Brian is a first-year Master\u2019s student in the Curriculum &amp; Instruction department. Before coming to Madison, he received a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia. There he focused on anti-oppressive and anti-racist pedagogies while training to become a certified 9-12 social studies teacher in Missouri. His present research interests include learning theories, systems of reasoning, curriculum reconceptualization, and queer epistemologies. After earning his M.S. in Curriculum Studies, he hopes to become a full-time teacher for the first time wherever he and his partner land after graduation. In his free time, Brian likes to practice new languages (currently Norwegian!), listen to music, and spend time with friends, preferably exploring somewhere in the city they have never been!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sai Xi<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-720 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sai-X-picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sai-X-picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sai-X-picture-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sai-X-picture-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>ong<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/em><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Sai is a junior, majoring in Psychology and is on the Pre-Med track. He was born in Thailand but grew up in Milwaukee, WI. Sai has been working in the MELD lab since his freshman year. He is interested in going to medical school to study psychiatry after completing his B.A. in Psychology. Sai likes to cook and read, and likes the quote: &#8220;To live is to learn and to learn is to live.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-708 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/John-W-picture-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/John-W-picture-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/John-W-picture-45x45.jpeg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/John-W-picture-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>John William Washa<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>John William Washa, a Madison native, is an undergraduate psychology major with interests in clinical, counseling, and educational psychology. He plans to pursue a graduate degree in counseling with a minor in educational psychology. John is interested in how people learn, both perceptually and conceptually. He is further interested in how learning intersects with people&#8217;s identities and lived experiences, and how this influences their learning outcomes. He has experience doing research on psychosis spectrum disorders, color cognition and perception, and hydrological sciences. John enjoys working with children, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, exploring nature, music, cooking, and playing with his new baby girl named Irie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-735 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Joao-C-picture-1-e1551368255952-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Joao-C-picture-1-e1551368255952-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Joao-C-picture-1-e1551368255952-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Joao-C-picture-1-e1551368255952.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Joao Catao<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Joao is a sophomore originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He started working in the MELD lab during his freshman year as an Undergraduate Research Scholar. Joao is majoring in Computer Science with a focus on software development. He also enjoys studying math and psychology. During his free time, Joao enjoys exercising and listening to music.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/MELD-1-e1551115691785.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/MELD-1-e1551115691785.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/MELD-1-e1551115691785-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sara Wright<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Sara is a senior from Omro, WI and this is her third semester in the MELD lab. After she graduates in May with a B.S. in Neurobiology and a Global Health Certificate, she will continue on to pharmacy school in the fall with hopes to practice as a pharmacist in a rural community someday. Sara was drawn to the MELD lab due to the multitude of ways the brain is involved in number processing and how that involvement changes as one develops. When she is not doing schoolwork, Sara can be found reading, online shopping, or jumping around at Camp Randall.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-710 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sophie-D-picture-e1550686105210-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sophie-D-picture-e1550686105210-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sophie-D-picture-e1550686105210-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sophie-D-picture-e1550686105210-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sophie Diers<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Sophie is a junior in her second semester of the Dual Certification Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence\/Special Education program. She hopes to teach an inclusive class of third graders in the future! This is her third semester working in the MELD lab. Sophie loves working in the lab because she is able to dive deeper into educational research to understand how children learn. She believes this will make her a more knowledgeable and successful teacher. In her free time, Sophie loves to watch movies, read books (mainly about education), spend time outdoors, travel, and hang out with lots of kids!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Robert-Q-picture-1-e1550688257154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Robert-Q-picture-1-e1550688257154.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Robert-Q-picture-1-e1550688257154-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Robert Quintana<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Robert graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College where he earned a B.A. in Psychology. After graduation, Robert worked at an alternative school, where he served as a teaching assistant in a classroom for children with emotional\/behavior difficulties. He also worked a Behavioral Technician at Wisconsin\u2019s Early Autism Program and as a math tutor for Schools of Hope in the MMSD school district. Robert is interested in how the development of specific cognitive abilities influence intermediate and advanced mathematical competencies. He hopes this research will contribute towards interventions that may help at-risk children succeed in their formal mathematics. In his downtime, he likes to spend his time managing his clothing business, taking long walks in areas with vegetation, and creating YouTube videos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-669 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Nya-P-picture.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Nya Pottinger<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Nya is a freshman from Miami, FL and it is her first year in the MELD lab. She plans on majoring in psychology, with a focus on the cognitive sector. Nya hopes to attend graduate school to become a clinical neuropsychologist. She would like to have an internship in Canada or South Korea after graduating from UW-Madison. In her free time, Nya likes to play video games, go on Netflix, and learn languages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-673 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-45x45.jpeg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Lucy-S-picture.jpeg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Lucy Shoemaker<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Lucy is a sophomore from Coronado, CA and it is her second semester in the MELD lab. She intends to major in mechanical engineering along with a certificate in studio art. After completing her undergraduate, she plans to take a gap year before completing graduate school. In her free time, Lucy enjoys working out, drawing and listening to music.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-682 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Valerie-B-picture-e1550589504559-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Valerie Buroker<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Valerie is a freshman from Viroqua, WI and this is her first year in the MELD Lab. She intends to double major in neurobiology and psychology, with hopes to become a child psychiatrist. She is interested in the MELD lab because she wants to learn more about the brain and how it works, specifically in children. In her free time, Valerie enjoys camping, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-721 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Italo-P-C-picture-e1551115928772.png 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Italo Paz-Cuervo<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Italo is a first-year undergraduate student at UW-Madison, who grew up in Miami, FL. He is a Posse Scholar and is pursing a degree in Civil Engineering with a certificate in Finance. Italo plans to obtain his masters in Civil Engineering and work in real estate in the near future. In his free time, Italo enjoys watching sports, going to the gym, and learning about the stock market.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-689 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Catherine-A-picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Catherine-A-picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Catherine-A-picture-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Catherine-A-picture-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Catherine Abitz<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Catherine &#8220;Caty&#8221; Abitz is originally from Madison, WI and is in her first semester in the MELD Lab. She is a sophomore and is planning on getting her degree in Elementary Education, with hopes to either minor in math, or complete a certification in ESL instruction with the aspiration to teach middle school. She spent last spring semester as an RA working with mathematics cognition, understanding the effects of concreteness instruction on being successful in math. She hopes to improve the relationship between educational psychology research and teaching, by taking the knowledge she has about mathematics cognition and applying it to her work in classrooms in practical and real ways. In her free time she loves marching in the UW band (trombone), and enjoys spending time with her brother and other extended family in Colorado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-692 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Gemma-K-picture-e1550608926330-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Gemma-K-picture-e1550608926330-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Gemma-K-picture-e1550608926330-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Gemma-K-picture-e1550608926330-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Gemma Kirk<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Gemma is a freshman at UW- Madison, majoring in Psychology. This will be her first year working as a research assistant in the MELD lab. After obtaining her undergraduate degree, she intends to enroll in a graduate program and earn a Ph.D. in Psychology, with hopes of one day becoming a child developmental psychologist. Gemma is from St. Paul, MN and likes to play soccer, travel, and watch the Great British Baking Show! Gemma\u2019s favorite place she has traveled is England as the majority of her family lives there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-695 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Persephone-V-picture-e1550609197442-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Persephone-V-picture-e1550609197442-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Persephone-V-picture-e1550609197442-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Persephone-V-picture-e1550609197442-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Persephone Valentine<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Persephone is a sophomore from Minneapolis, MN. This is her second semester at UW Madison and her first semester working with the MELD lab. At the moment, she is looking into other majors to pair with her current Chinese major. In her free time, Persephone enjoys listening to music and practicing it as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-698 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sarah-C-picture-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sarah-C-picture-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sarah-C-picture-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/Sarah-C-picture-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sarah Cable<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Sarah is a Freshman from Hudson, WI. This is her first year in the MELD lab. She is double majoring in Biology and Psychology with a hope of pursuing a career in Pediatric Medical Research. She has one younger brother and six younger cousins which sparked her love for working with and taking care of children. She pursues that love of working with children as a camp counselor. When Sarah has free time, she enjoys playing piano, playing basketball, and spending time outdoors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-737 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/IMG_4608-e1551368544354-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/IMG_4608-e1551368544354-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/IMG_4608-e1551368544354-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/web.education.wisc.edu\/pmatthews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/02\/IMG_4608-e1551368544354-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Gianna Frale<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Undergraduate Research Assistant<br \/><\/em>Gianna is a sophomore from Itasca, IL. This is her first year working in the MELD lab. Gianna is planning on majoring in Elementary Education with a Specialized Mathematics minor. She loves working with children, as she has nannied, tutored, and worked at a childcare day camp all at some point within the past six years. With her passion for mathematics and working with children, Gianna hopes to become a middle-school teacher. Working in the MELD lab will allow her to gain experience relevant to her career goals. Outside of school, Gianna is a part of Alpha Phi, loves to play and watch sports, and enjoys cooking.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Lab Alumni<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Erin Nguyen<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>Undergraduate student studying Rehabilitation Psychology.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Mary Gannon<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>Undergraduate student studying Communication Sciences and Disorders with a certificate in Gender and Women&#8217;s Studies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Alex Wehrle<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>Undergraduate student studying Neurobiology.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Jessica Poh<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>Undergraduate student studying Elementary Education.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Madison Berg<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>Undergraduate student studying Applied Mathematics for Secondary Education with a certificate in Dance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Ally Romanov<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>Undergraduate student studying Rehabilitation Psychology.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px\">Soren Paape<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Undergraduate student studying Neurobiology. School of Dentistry after graduation from UW Madison.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Brian Brito<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2012-Spring 2013<br \/>Undergraduate student studying Atmospheric Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Catherine Finedore<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Fall 2012-Winter 2014<br \/>Undergraduate student studying Biomedical Engineering.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Ashley Carfagno<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2013-Spring 2014<br \/>Graduated in the Spring of 2014 with a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a certificate in Global Health.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Kristina Fassbender<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Summer 2013-Spring 2014<br \/>Graduated in the Spring of 2014 with a BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Jessica Sullivan<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Summer 2013-Spring 2014<br \/>Graduated in the Spring of 2014 with a BS in Psychology.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><strong>Lydia Ahn<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2012-Spring 2015<br \/>Graduated in the Spring of 2015 with a BS in Psychology and Communication Arts. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Carol Koshick<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2013-Spring 2015<br \/>Graduated in the Spring of 2015 with a BS in Nursing. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Robyn Breunig<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Fall 2014-Spring 2015<br \/>Graduated in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Elementary and Special Education.<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Carol Williams<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2014-Summer 2015<br \/>Assistant Professor at the University of Albany, SUNY in the Educational Theory and Practice Department. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Joe Anistranski<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2014-Summer 2015<br \/>Graduate Student in the Department of Educational Psychology. Still helps out in lab on occasion.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Raeleah Schaeffer<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Spring 2015-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Graduated in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Rehabilitation Psychology.<\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Emily Holt<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Spring 2014-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Graduated in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Elementary and Special Education.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Anna Grassman<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2014-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Graduated in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Kinesiology and a certificate in Global Health.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Alex Lindstrom<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Spring 2015-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Graduated in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Rehabilitation Psychology and a certificate in Leadership.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cady Roedl<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Summer 2015-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Graduated in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Rehabilitation Psychology.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Kimberly Lense<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2015-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Undergraduate student studying Psychology.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Grace Backes<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2015-Spring 2016<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Undergraduate student studying Psychology.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Maggie Gannon<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Spring 2016-Fall 2016<br \/>Undergraduate student studying Elementary Education.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Matt Konz<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Spring 2015-Fall 2016<br \/>Graduated with degrees in Biology, Psychology, and Spanish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Ryan Ziols<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Former graduate assistant whose research focused on\u00a0the role of cognitive primitives and visual representations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Aila Bretl<\/span><br \/><\/strong>-Spring 2016<br \/>Graduated with\u00a0a degree in Elementary Education.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Dana Grindall<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Spring 2016-Spring 2017<br \/>Graduated with\u00a0a degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a certificate in Education and Educational Services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">Bridget Manion<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Spring 2016-Spring 2017<br \/>Undergraduate student studying Rehabilitation Psychology.<\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Jodi Allison<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Fall 2016-Summer 2017<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Percival MatthewsLab Principal Investigatorhttp:\/\/edpsych.education.wisc.edu\/people\/faculty-staff\/percival-matthewsCurriculum Vitae:\u00a0Percival Matthews cv My research program is organized around two primary goals: 1) to understand some basic underpinnings of human mathematical cognition, and 2) to find ways to leverage this understanding into effective educational techniques that can be used to impact the life chances of everyday people. 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