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Liz Harris
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2023
BioElizabeth Finlayson Harris is an academic and educator specializing in science education, with a strong focus on secondary education and the sociopolitical context of schooling. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Curriculum and Teacher Education at Stanford University, with a minor in Anthropology. Elizabeth's research interests include humanizing pedagogy and classroom climate and culture.
With a Master's degree in Teacher Education and a Bachelor's degree in Physics Education from Brigham Young University, Elizabeth has a rich teaching background. She has taught physics and astronomy at various high schools and directed pre-college engineering programs aimed at underrepresented students. Her professional experience extends to instructional design, where she has developed online courses for BYU Online High School.
Elizabeth's work is characterized by her dedication to educational equity and improving teaching and learning environments. Outside of her professional life, she is an avid Liverpool fan and enjoys mountain biking and snowboarding. -
Alexandrea Henry
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2023
BioAlexandrea Henry, from Sacramento, CA, is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Education in the Race, Inequality, and Language in Education and Curriculum and Teacher Education programs. They earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and minor in education from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Alexandrea’s research draws upon Black studies, Abolitionist pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy, and studies of Carceral Logics in education to consider how young people are making sense of power through discipline. Moreover, she is interested in centering the experiences and expertise of K-2 students in the fight for liberatory learning spaces. While at Stanford, Alexandrea has worked on the Accessible Ethnic Studies project, Newberry Institute project, Juvenile Justice and Alternative Education project, has taught in San Bruno Jail, and is a Systems Navigator with the Santa Clara Public Defenders Office. Previously, they were a public school teacher and union organizer in North Philadelphia, a preschool teacher in Oakland, and has worked on district-level projects related to equity and professional development.
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Hsiaolin Hsieh
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2018
Other Tech - Graduate, GSE Dean's Office
SU Summer Student, Silverman ProgramBioHsiaolin Hsieh is a doctoral candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Her research is relevant to equity and fairness in education, especially for students classified as English learners (ELs). Formally trained in educational measurement and assessment, Ms. Hsieh has ample experience in the design, implementation, evaluation, and interpretation of tests in the K-12 context, and in large-scale data collection and analysis for projects examining upper elementary students’ literacy and reading comprehension. Her research draws on both qualitative approaches (e.g., interviews, think-aloud protocols, collaborative coding, classroom observations) and quantitative techniques (e.g., statistical modeling, and machine learning algorithms). Working in researcher-practitioner partnerships, she has examined students’ course pathways and classroom heterogeneity patterns in middle and high school and supported schools in improving their assessment, reclassification, and course designation practices to provide ELs with increased access to mathematics courses. Her work in multilingual classrooms is useful in examining how educational technology can be leveraged to assist student learning. Applying natural language processing and computational linguistics methods, she has analyzed complex student dialogic participation in the classrooms. Her findings speak to the importance of using student-student conversations in the classroom context to inform English proficiency classification decisions. She is the developer of LogoSearch, an online repository created to collect, archive, and evaluate student conversations, and the creator of visualizations intended to support educators in identifying effective ways of providing ELs with more equitable learning opportunities.