Adrienne Nishina
About
Adrienne Nishina is a Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at UC Davis. Her research focuses on peer relationships during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Specifically, she examines young people’s exposure to peers from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the context of schools, and how these critical social experiences are connected to short and longer-term academic, psychological, social, and physical well-being.
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Grant
Daily Experiences with Diversity: Academic and Social Adjustment in High School
The purpose of the proposed study is to examine malleable factors that may allow schools and districts to parlay the increasing ethnic diversity of their student populations into positive academic outcomes for adolescents. Specifically, the research team will explore the relationship between diversity and the ability to think about situations from different perspectives (i.e., social-cognitive flexibility). Some studies have found that cognitive flexibility is crucial for learning, often r...
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Award number:
R305A170559
Program Information
Welcome to the 2022 IES Principal Investigators Meeting! Our theme this year is Advancing Equity and Inclusion in the Education Sciences. Over the past 20 years, IES has supported rigorous and relevant research to help identify, measure, and address disparities in education access and outcomes. However, disparities persist and have been further exacerbated by COVID-19, underscoring the importance of advancing equity and inclusion in the education sciences.
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