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The HIVE

In the HIVE, we aim to highlight and investigate students' values, expectancies, engagement, and emotions.

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Current Projects

Motivational Interventions

We are developing motivational interventions​ aimed at increasing students' interest and decreasing their negative motivational beliefs in STEM courses.

 

Current projects:

- Developing and implementing a weekly utility-value intervention in introductory chemistry and physics courses

- Developing and implementing a weekly self-regulation intervention in introductory calculus and chemistry courses
 

Motivation Development and Career Changes

We are examining how students' motivation develops and fluctuates across a single semester in introductory STEM courses. We also examine how motivation impacts career changes.

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Current projects:

- Examining social and contextual factors that impact students' career motivation in introductory physics courses

- Exploring motivational beliefs fluctuate across a semester of introductory statistics courses and what causes those fluctuations

Interested in Joining the Lab?

Undergraduate students: I am currently recruiting undergraduate students to work in the lab. In my lab, students gain experience in research methods and design through coding data, reading articles, and interpreting data while learning about motivation and education research. If you are interested in working in the lab, please reach out for more information.

 

Graduate students: I will be reviewing graduate student applications for the Fall 2025 admission cycle. To apply to work in the lab as a Ph.D. student, submit your application through the University of Cincinnati Psychology Department. For general information on the application process, explore the information here. Master's students interested in working in the lab should reach out for more information.

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Other common questions:​

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  • Are international students accepted?

    • Yes, the lab can accept international students.​

  • What kind of research interests are a good fit?​

    • See the publications page of this site with an eye towards papers authored by students and Dr. Beymer's google scholar page for recent published projects in the lab.​

  • What kind of experience and skills do I need to join the lab?​

    • Applicants should have an interest in student motivation at a minimum. Applicants are not expected to be experts in the methodologies and analytic techniques that are used when they apply, so a specific set of courses or training is not required. However, students who have taken advanced statistics or math courses, have experience using statistical software such as R, and have strong written and oral communication skills may be more prepared for the program than those without.​

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