Our Team

Alliyah Francis

Project Manager

Béla Cunningham

Design Analyst

Catherine Foca

Consultant

Chris Hulleman

Director Professor

Claudia C. Sutter, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Motivate Lab and the Department of Psychology at the University of California in Los Angeles. Her research interests include understanding (a) what drives students to learn and engage within…

Claudia Sutter

Research Scientist & Fellow

Delaram Totonchi

Research Scientist

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Donald Kamentz

Consultant

Dustin Thoman

California Research Director

Emily Rosenzweig is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on understanding what drives students to learn and reach their academic potential. Her research lies at the int…

Emily Rosenzweig

Consultant

Emma Huelskoetter is the Coordinator of Campus Mindset Interventions at the Tennessee Board of Regents, where she supports Motivate Lab’s utility-value interventions in community college math classrooms. Before joining TBR, Emma served as a high sch…

Emma Huelskoetter

Coordinator of Campus Mindset Interventions

Jamie DeCoster

Assistant Professor

Josh graduated from the University of Virginia in 2019 with a BA in Psychology and Cognitive Science with a concentration in Neuroscience. Currently, he is an incoming 2020 corps member for Teach for America where he will be teaching middle school s…

Josh Davis

Research Specialist

Kenn Barron

Faculty Fellow James Madison University

LaDonna R. Young is the Dean of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Mathematics at Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN). With over 20 years of teaching and administration experience in higher education, Dr. Young's career has centered ar…

LaDonna Young

Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Equity Initiatives

LaShonda Barton

Executive Assistant

Lina is the Lead Product Manager for Motivate Lab, where she designs captivating experiences that build meaningful connections between educators and their students. After 8 years of experience in cybersecurity and marketing/design

Lina Gin

Lead Product Manager

Marcus Kolb

Project Manager

Mandy Roy

Project Associate

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Maryann Xue

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Matt Best

Operations and Research Coordinator

Michelle Francis is a data manager at Motivate Lab. She is interested in studying the roles motivation and equity play in the classroom in promoting positive youth development and academic and professional achievement. She earned her B.S. in psychol…

Michelle Francis

Senior Data Manager

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Monique Calderon Dotson

Postsecondary Pathways Director

Natalie Baumeister

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Teresa Hulleman

Project Manager & Data Coordinator

Terra Browne

Project Associate

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Yoi Tibbetts

Research Director Assistant Professor

Zachary Himmelberger

Lead Data Science Manager

Partners & Funders

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