معرفی
Elizabeth Richey serves as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh's Dietrich School, where she teaches undergraduate courses including Introduction to Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods Lab, and specialized topics in Learning and Motivation. Holding a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the same institution, she bridges theoretical knowledge with practical educational applications through her dual roles as educator and learning sciences researcher.
Education
- PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Research Focus
Dr. Richey's research program investigates how cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational factors influence mathematics and science learning across educational stages from middle school to college. Her work emphasizes educational technology applications, particularly digital learning games and intelligent tutoring systems, with concentrated examination of gender dynamics, self-explanation mechanisms, and belonging interventions. Through controlled laboratory experiments and classroom-based studies, she explores how technological implementations can enhance learning equity and engagement while mitigating factors like math anxiety.
Publication Trends
Analysis of her 2022-2025 publications reveals a cohesive research trajectory centered on game-based mathematics education, with 80% of recent work addressing gender effects in digital learning environments. Key methodological approaches include randomized controlled trials examining mindfulness interventions, latent variable modeling of student behavior, and multi-dimensional gender frameworks that move beyond binary classifications. Her findings consistently demonstrate how contextual factors—such as narrative design in learning games and AI-human collaboration models—significantly impact learning outcomes, particularly for female students in mathematics contexts.
