Yin Chen, PhD

@yinchen.bsky.social

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Assist. Prof. of Educational Psychology @ UT-Knoxville 🧡 | 🔎 Socialization of Motivation in Education | Appal-Asian ✨

Members and Friends, We invite you to join us for the next session in our Doing the Work When It Matters Most webinar series, hosted by the Division 15 Committee on Social Justice and Equity in Education. This month’s webinar focuses on how student voice can inform policy and help co-create more just schools, featuring insights from researchers and practitioners who center youth perspectives in their work. In this session, Dr. Daniela DiGiacomo, Chase Colvin, and Peter Jefferson will discuss how they have used student voice—including their own lived experiences—and research to shape educational policy and practice. Event Details Date: Friday, February 20th Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/SJEEWebinarFebruary2026 For questions about the session, please contact: Kori Nicolai (knicolai@iu.edu) Yin Chen (xy.chen@utk.edu) Kimiko Ching (ching.52@buckeyemail.osu.edu)
Me presenting my poster in action
Flier: Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series hosted by the APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee Convene with us virtually to learn about using sharing circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology. Friday, June 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET Zoom registration link: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.
Navigating educational research: Key decisions, challenges, and ethical choices in messy data collection and analysis Here's what you can expect: Educational research is "messy," especially when taking new and innovative approaches or adapting to the ever-changing political, social, cultural, and educational landscapes. This session provides opportunities for researchers to share the messiness of research, past challenges, and encourage scholars to instead feel empowered to think about innovative research practices. Following a series of Pecha Kucha style presentations, audience members will participate in a brief workshop challenging them to embrace the messiness and challenges in their current projects. Speakers: - Dr. Carlton Fong - Dr. Daniela Digiacomo - Taylor Cummings, Ph.D. candidate - Destiny Williams-Dobosz, Ph.D. candidate Session chairs: - Dr. Xiao-Yin Chen - Dr. Korinthia D. Nicolai Details: Meeting Room Level, Level 102 Friday, April 25, 2025 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT https://tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h
Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series hosted by APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee Topic: Testimonio Methods with Dr. Julieth Diaz Benitez Convene with us virtually to learn about using testimonio approaches to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology. (THIS) Friday, March 14 at 11am PT / 2pm ET Register Link: https://tinyurl.com/TestimonioMethods For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.
Screenshot of a facebook post from November 19, 2014: “Good news today: […] Acceptance into a PSY research lab/independent study. Nothing can make my day bad.” Added comment: “This lab is perfect for me because it students motivation and learning in places like Appalachia. It also studies the ‘big-fish-small-pond effect’ where students that were ‘big fishes’ in HS (small pond) went on to a huge university—just like me!”