Labs

Adolescent Literacy & Professional Development Lab

The Adolescent Literacy and Professional Development Lab Under the guidance of Dr. Jade Wexler, the Adolescent Literacy & Professional Development Lab is committed to improving literacy outcomes for adolescent readers, both with and without disabilities. In partnership with school districts, instructional leaders, and teachers, the lab studies and develops innovative ways of professional...

Autism, Family, Culture, and Communication Education Lab

Autism, Family, Culture, and Communication Education Lab (ACCEL) is a team of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty working together with children, families, and practitioners in early intervention, early childhood education, special education, applied behavior analysis, and related fields to understand and promote culturally relevant and evidence-based practices that support early language/literacy, social communication, and daily living skills of individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities or delays.

Bilingual and Biliteracy Research Lab

Directed by Professor Min Wang In the Bilingual and Biliteracy Research Lab, my students and I take a cross-linguistic perspective on identifying and examining the factors and processes that influence monolingual and bilingual and biliteracy development. By systematically comparing both children and adults learning L2 English who are coming from an orthographically or typologically different L1...

Bullying Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Lab

The Bullying Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Lab conducts research on topics including bullying and bullying prevention, school-based mental health services and prevention of mental health problems, mental health literacy, help-seeking among culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, parenting practices and family involvement. Some of our recent projects include: Influences of...

Child Development Lab

Our research focuses on multiple facets of socio-emotional development. We study cognitive, social and emotional processes and are interested in the observation and measurement of attention, memory, as well as emotion expression and social experience. Our lab specializes in linking these psychological processes to neural activity through brain imaging methods such as EEG, ERP, and functional neuro...

Cognition and Development Lab

Our lab is part of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park and we are a member of the Infant and Child Studies Consortium at UMD. The lab is co-directed by Dr. Lucas Butler and Dr. Richard Prather. Cognition and Development Lab

Demo Website

This is a demonstration website for training COE faculty, staff and students.

Disciplined Reading & Learning Research Laboratory

The Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab (DRLRL) is dedicated to the study of psychology in teaching and learning. Under the guidance of Patricia A. Alexander, the lab supports the research programs of Dr. Alexander and her team of graduate students. Disciplined Reading & Learning Research Laboratory

Early Childhood Interaction Lab

The Early Childhood Interaction lab is directed by Dr. Geetha Ramani. Our research focuses on understanding how young children’s social interactions with adults and peers influence their cognitive development. We are also interested in how play and informal learning activities can promote children’s thinking in the areas of mathematics, problem solving, and planning.

Emotions, Equity, & Education Lab

We collaborate with educators and communities to improve socioemotional learning, literacy, and achievement for all students. We are interested in constructs like stress, mental health, resilience, persistence, emotional regulation, and motivation. Our work engages a diverse group of students from local schools as we examine socioemotional supports that make students successful in literacy and achievement.

Family Involvement Laboratory (FIL)

Welcome to the Family Involvement Laboratory! Family Involvement Laboratory (FIL) explores ways that low-income, minority mothers and fathers are involved in their young children's lives and the influence that parents have on their children's development. The Research Group's aim is to gather rigorous data on the links between the quality of the relationship that parents have with each other...

IECMHSS Evaluation Project

CECEI is seeking child care centers from Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Prince George’s County, Anne Arundel County, or Frederick County to participate in a study of Maryland's program to nurture children's social and emotional well-being. Child care centers will receive, either during or following the study: Classroom Based Specialist support in your classroom Consultation related to specific...

Immigrant Ed Next Lab

The ImmigrantEdNext lab is directed by Dr. Sophia Rodriguez, a faculty member in the Urban Education program in the Department of Teaching, Learning, Policy, and Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. The interactive, collaborative lab focuses on research to support pressing questions in education, specifically the educational success of immigrant youth. With generous funding from the William T. Grant and Spencer foundations, Dr. Rodriguez leads multiple studies about how school districts and school-based personnel, such as educators, counselors, and social workers support and advocate for access to quality education and social resources for immigrant students. The team also studies the important role that community-based organizations play in the lives of immigrant youth and their families. We welcome students with broad interests in education and immigrant youth or immigration policy and its effect on the lives of immigrants.

Laboratory for Neurodevelopment of Reading and Language (LNRL)

Our research focuses on key issues of reading from a neurobiological, cognitive, and educational perspective. The primary goal is to understand brain development with respect to reading and language and how impairment and remediation are reflected in the cortex. From school-based and cross-sectional paradigms to adult training tasks, our work combines innovative and complex methodologies in...

Laboratory for the Study of Child and Family Relationships

The Laboratory for the Study of Child and Family Relationships (LSCFR) is located within the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland – College Park. The LSCFR was established in 1995 by Dr. Kenneth H. Rubin. The primary goal of the LSCFR is to advance our understanding of child and adolescent social and emotional development. Laboratory for the...

Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) Lab

Welcome to the LEAD lab! The Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) lab, directed by Dr. Rachel Romeo, investigates how children’s early experiences—both favorable and adverse—influence their neural, cognitive, and academic development. We specialize in studying language and literacy development, but we are also interested in executive functioning, socioemotional cognition, and mental health...

Learning and Cognition Lab

Under the direction of Dr. Kelly Mix, the goal the Learning and Cognition Lab is to help K-1 students master place value with some experimental instructional techniques. Some of these techniques are based on Montessori activities and other common place value exercises. What’s new is that we’re trying to help children see the underlying relational structure of place value symbols by comparing and...

Postsecondary Transition and Equity Lab (PTEL)

Welcome to the Postsecondary Transition and Equity Lab! Led by Dr. Shikarpurya, our lab is driven by an equity-focused mission to promote culturally affirming and meaningful life outcomes for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We examine systemic inequities in postsecondary transition and conduct community-driven and family-centered interventions to transform the postsecondary transition outcomes of racially minoritized young adults with IDD.

Prevention & Early Adversity Research Lab

Prevention & Early Adversity Research Lab The Prevention & Early Adversity Research Lab (PEARL) is led by Dr. Brenda Jones Harden, professor in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM) in the College of Education. PEARL’s mission is to conduct applied research and program evaluation that informs policy and practice with respect to young children and families at...

QMMS PCS Lab

What is the PCS lab? The QMMS Psychometric Computation and Simulation (PCS) lab was established in the spring of 2009 from monies acquired through a University of Maryland grant sponsored by the Campus Student Technology Advisory. It officially opened at the start of the 2009-2010 academic year. The PCS lab, originally housed in Cole Fieldhouse, relocated to EDU 0202 Benjamin Building on the...

Risk, Resilience and Culture Lab

The UC Berkeley-UMD Risk, Resilience, and Culture Lab studies how school members (e.g., students, teachers, parents, community members) interact with their living contexts (e.g., classroom, school, family, community, culture) to find their resilience in the face of a variety of risk factors in school settings and beyond, such as bullying, cyberbullying, peer victimization, teacher burnout, and...

Science Learning Research Group

SLRG examines learners’ reasoning, critical thinking, and understanding of scientific knowledge claims and how to effectively teach toward scientific literacy.

Social Cognitive Career Theory Lab

WELCOME Welcome to the Social Cognitive Career Theory Lab! Our research team includes Dr. Bob Lent and several graduate students in counseling psychology. The research team pursues individual and joint studies of career, academic, counseling, wellness, and relationship behavior. Most of the team's studies involve applications of social cognitive theory and focus on positive psychological...

Social Justice Lab

The Social Justice, Intersectionality, and Heteronormativity Lab within the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland, College Park investigates the ways in which privileged social status in terms of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability result in discriminatory attitudes and behaviors among mental health professionals. Key...

Technology, Interventions, and Inclusion in Autism Lab (TIIA)

The technology, interventions, and inclusion in autism (TIIA) lab led by Gulnoza Yakubova, Ph.D., researches topics related to technology supports and interventions to support the education, inclusion, and independent living of autistic individuals. As a team consisting of high school, undergraduate and graduate students, and faculty members, we collaborate with autistic individuals, families, and school professionals to develop interventions using technology and other inclusive practices to serve the needs of autistic individuals.

Temperament and Narratives Lab

Welcome to the Temperament and Narratives Lab! Our lab is led by Dr. Hedy Teglasi and is housed within the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland. We investigate young children and early career teachers’ emotional and cognitive processes that contribute to development and mental health. Our ongoing projects use multiple perspectives and...