Emily Gonzalez

Emily Gonzalez is pursuing a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Educational Psychology. She is working with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang at the Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (CANDLE). Emily is interested in promoting equitable educational practices and systems by reimagining educational opportunities for students and teachers. She uses mixed methods to uncover the biological, psychological, and social processes engaged in effective K-12 teaching practices and dispositions, and how they impact learners’ agentic development of interests, scholarly and social identities, and ability to self-author and engage with societal complexities.

Emily previously worked as a researcher at Project Zero. She earned her Ed.M. in Mind, Brain, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her B.S. in Elementary Education from Wheelock College.

• Recipient of AERA's Brain, Neuroscience, and Education SIG travel grant (2022)
• Recipient of Wheelock College’s Foukal Award for Achievement in Math and Science (2015)

• Gotlieb, R. J. M., Immordino-Yang, M. H., Gonzalez, E., Rhinehart, L., Mahjouri, S., Pueschel, E., & Nadaya, G. (2022). Becoming Literate: Educational Implications of Coordinated Neuropsychological Development of Reading and Social-Emotional Functioning Among Diverse Youth. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 71(1), 80–132. https://doi.org/10.1177/23813377221120107
• Grotzer, T.A., Gonzalez, E., & McGivney. (2022). Teaching students to grasp complexity in biology education using a “Body of Evidence” approach. In O. Ben-Zvi Assaraf & M.C.P.J. Knippels (Eds.) Fostering understanding of complex systems in biology education: Pedagogies, guidelines and insights from classroom-based research, NY: Springer Nature.
• Gonzalez, E. A., Grotzer, T. A., McGivney, E., & Reilly, J. (2021). Details matter: How contrasting design features in two MUVEs impact learning outcomes. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1-21.
• Grotzer, T., Gonzalez. E., & Forshaw, T. (2021, July). In a world in flux, next level learning is critical. But what is it, and why does it matter so much? Teaching Times. 
• Grotzer, T.A., Gonzalez, E., & Schibuk, E. (2021). Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction. In J. Nordine & O. Lee (Eds.) Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning. NSTA: Arlington, VA.
• Gonzalez, E. (2019, October). The Value of Digital Tools in Science Classes. Edutopia.