Stanford University
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Shashank V. Joshi, MD
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Wellbeing, Professor (Teaching) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development) and, by courtesy of Pediatrics and, of Education
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Joshi's teaching and research focuses on increasing knowledge and effectiveness of school mental health, youth wellbeing, positive psychology, pediatric psychotherapy and medication interventions. Areas of study include: the therapeutic alliance in medical care, structured psychotherapy interventions, cultural issues in pediatrics, wellbeing promotion and suicide prevention in schools settings, and faculty development in graduate medical education.
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Connie Juel
Professor of Education, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPoor Reading in Preterms: Neural Basis, Prediction, & Response to Intervention (with Heidi Feldman & Michal Ben Shachar). Five-year grant funded by NICHD, 2012-2017.
Effects of early elementary school instruction, and specific interventions, on literacy and language growth.
Longitudinal study of literacy development from preschool through first grade. Focus on classroom factors in 13 kindergarten and 13 first grade classrooms that affect growth across the years in children with different entering skill and language profiles. -
Rita Kamani-Renedo
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Research Asst - Graduate - Hourly, Humanities and Sciences InitiativesCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy primary research sits at the intersections of im/migration, education, racialization, and language. I am an interdisciplinary scholar who draws on sociology, linguistic and educational anthropology, ethnic studies, and critical theory to examine and understand the experiences of im/migrant and transnational youth within educational contexts. I am also interested in thinking about how teachers can support their students' languages, literacies, and civic identities in classrooms. I am a former teacher of multilingual, recently-arrived im/migrant youth.
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Michael Kamil
Professor of Education, Emeritus
BioDr. Kamil's work is concerned with the effects of technology on literacy and its acquisition. His research determines the types of materials that are best suited for use in beginning reading instruction and the appropriate balance between applications of technology and the demands of literacy. He also conducts research with English language learners. A current study examines the effects of recreational reading of information text on reading achievement of ELL students.
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Blair Bohannan Kaneshiro
Director of Research & Development, Research Staff - Other
BioBlair Kaneshiro is Director of Research & Development (Academic Staff - Research) in the Graduate School of Education and Adjunct Professor of Music. She completed the BA in Music; MA in Music, Science, and Technology; MS in Electrical Engineering; and PhD in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics, all from Stanford. She has worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford (Music), Research Scientist at Stanford School of Medicine (Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery), and has held industry roles at Shazam and Smule. Research interests: Multivariate EEG decoding, ecologically valid stimuli, musical engagement, user studies, music information retrieval.
