ABOUT PATRICK
About Me.
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. I study student motivation, engagement, and emotions in STEM. I will be reviewing graduate student applications for the Fall 2025 admission cycle. See Lab for more information.
Academic Apointments
2022-present
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati
2020-2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Education
2020
2014
Ph.D. Educational Psychology and Educational Technology
Michigan State University
M.Ed. Educational Psychology
North Carolina State University
2012
B.S. Economics
University of Pittsburgh
Research
My research program contains two complementary lines of research. First, I investigate the dynamics and complexities of students’ classroom experiences of motivation, emotion and engagement in K-16 STEM settings. Second, because motivation is a dynamic process, I seek to advance the use of intensive longitudinal methodologies for research and intervention in educational contexts. The goal of these lines of research is to advance motivation theory in order to inform practice and support students in their pursuit of academic goals, particularly in STEM domains.