Meet the fuel behind SPiEE Lab
Members of the SPiEE Lab pose in front of Jay
Happy graduation to Dr. Claire Chuter!
Lisa Nehring presents SPiEE research at an APA roundtable
Lab Happy Hour
SPiEE members Nan, Lisa, and Kate get outside for some adventure
Lisa Nehring and Jodi Miller present at EdFest at Johns Hopkins University
A fun gathering of the SPiEE team
Members of the SPiEE Lab present posters at APA
Kate Cornwall presents her research at JHU's Sustainability Symposium
Dr. Hunter Gehlbach
Founder & Director of SPiEE
Current Lab Members
Katherine Cornwall
Katherine is a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University in the School of Education. Her current research resides in the intersection of climate change and mental health. She seeks to understand what empowers and inhibits environmental action, how individuals assign responsibility for climate change mitigation, and how well-being can buffer the negative mental effects of the climate crisis. Kate holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a focus in Environmental Education from the University of Oregon and an M.S. in Environmental Science from Washington State University.
Zixuan (Hazel) Huang
Hazel is a graduate student in the ITGL program at the School of Education, Johns Hopkins University. She is actively involved in research on sustainable education within the SLC K12 working group. Additionally, she is collaborating with Qiyang Zhang on the Extended Learning project, focusing on Social Media Interventions and Mental Health. She has plans to pursue a Ph. D. with research interests centered around the impact of social media polarization on education and the concept of "parenting yourself again." She completed her undergraduate studies in Czech language at Xi'an International Studies University.
Aishwarya Jayabharathi
Aishwarya is a Master's student at Johns Hopkins University School of Education, earning her degree in School Counseling. She has experience counseling within primary and secondary schools, and her current research interests involve social-emotional learning, opportunity and achievement gaps within education, and mental health and well-being in schools. Aishwarya holds a B.S. in Neuroscience, with a minor in Creative Writing, from the University of California, Riverside.
Li (Lili) Li
Lili is a Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Her research interests revolve around the social-emotional development of adolescents and young adults, especially during their key transition periods, including cross-cultural and college transitions. Before coming to Johns Hopkins, Lili worked as a student affairs practitioner at NYU Shanghai, designing and implementing orientation and first-year programs to foster student success. Lili received her M.A. in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her B.A. in English with a concentration in Teaching from Zhejiang Normal University, China.
Nan Mu
Nan is a Ph.D. candidate in Education at Johns Hopkins University. Their current research interests include children’s social and cognitive development, especially in perspective taking, language acquisition, and bilingualism. Before joining the SPiEE lab, Nan studied educational psychology using both behavioral and neural methodologies with researchers at the University of Alabama. For a decade before coming to the US, Nan taught English at the university level, working with Chinese undergraduate students to improve their spoken and written English. Nan received their M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Northeast Normal University, China, and B.A. in English Language Education from Jilin Normal University, China.
Lisa Nehring
Lisa is a Ph.D student at Johns Hopkins University, School of Education. Through her research, Lisa hopes to better understand the recipe for engagement of all students in meaningful environmental education, including how diverse groups of students perceive and connect with their local surroundings. Her most recent studies include explorations of emerging models in conservation education as well as spiritual connections to nature. Lisa is also a research assistant with the Nobody Asked Me Campaign, a community research project that aims to highlight the experiences of Baltimore youth. She holds a B.A. in Biology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and an M.S. in Elementary Education from Hunter College in New York City. Previously, Lisa worked as a middle school science teacher in Brooklyn, New York.
Lindi Shepard
Lindi is a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, School of Education. Her research applies principles of psychology to explore how people learn in and about the natural world. As an early childhood and elementary teacher, Lindi developed an interest in the learning sciences, inspired by watching children play and co-construct knowledge in community. As Fellowship Director at Words in the Wild, she designs and delivers professional development experiences for educators through an innovative lab school model. She is especially interested in building teacher capacity to leverage students’ innate curiosity as they explore local ecosystems and grapple with authentic socio-scientific issues pertaining to climate and environmental justice. Lindi holds a B.S. in Special Education from the University of Georgia and a M.A. in Cognitive Science in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Qiyang Zhang
Qiyang is a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, School of Education. Her primary research interests include students’ well-being, school-based mental health interventions, and automated meta-analysis workflows. Apart from her work at SPIEE, she also works as a research assistant at Center for Research and Reform in Education. Before coming to Johns Hopkins, she graduated with a master’s degree in Education Policy from the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Qiyang also holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Industrial Systems Engineering (with Honors and Distinction) from the National University of Singapore.
Illustrious Alumni
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Rohan Arcot
Rohan is a PhD student in Counseling Psychology at Boston University. He holds a M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.
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Christine Calderon
Christine is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. She earned her PhD and MA in Educational Psychology from the University of Arizona. Christine worked as a postdoctoral scholar in the SPIEE lab, where she helped lead a replication study on teacher-student relationships.
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Claire Chuter
Claire is a researcher with the American Institutes for Research (AIR). She earned her PhD in Education at Johns Hopkins University, School of Education.
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Jonathan Cloughesy
Jonathan is a doctoral student in the behavioral sciences at the University of Southern California.
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Carly Robinson
Carly is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University’s Annenberg Institute. She completed her Ph.D. in Education at Harvard University in the Human Development, Learning, and Teaching concentration.
