Assessing the Impact of Holocaust Education on Adolescents’ Civic Values: Experimental Evidence from Arkansas
In this project, we study the potential benefits of Holocaust education programming on high school students’ civic values. This study is motivated by the belief that studying periods of history in which civic values were tested can help shape or strengthen...An evaluation of the educational impact of college campus visits: A randomized experiment
This project studies the degree to which visits to a college campus during middle school could reduce barriers to college access, specifically for disadvantaged students. This study is motivated by the belief that a lack of familiarity with college experiences poses a...Non-cognitive skills, student performance and welfare: A randomized intervention in Spanish schools
In collaboration with the University of Murcia in Spain, the main goal of this project is to develop and implement a new curriculum aimed at stimulating the development of non-cognitive skills of elementary education students aged 4 to 12. To do so, the project brings...What do students learn from seeing live theater?
In partnership with TheatreSquared and the Department of Theatre at the University of Arkansas, this project aims to use experimental research designs to identify what students learn from seeing live theater performances. In particular, we are focusing on how live...College readiness and student success: The role of non-cognitive skills
This project will explore the validity of alternative measures of non-cognitive skills such as perseverance, grit, and conscientiousness, and study their role in mediating the relationship between students’ college readiness levels and students’ success. We will also...Director
Gema Zamarro, Ph.D.
Research Fellows
Albert Cheng, Ph.D.
Jay P. Greene, Ph.D.
Jonathan N. Mills, Ph.D.
Julie R. Trivitt, Ph.D.
Lina Anaya
Molly Beck
Dillon Fuchsman
Katherine Kopotic
Matthew Lee