2018

Dr. Escobar has received funding from the ITEST and AGEP programs of NSF as part of two multi-institutional projects. The ITEST project (Legacy) is designed to develop and implement a model of STEM education to increase participation of African American young women in computer science, and the AGEP project (PATHs) will be aimed at increasing successful academic progression of junior faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Our undergraduate research assistant, Amanda Lechnar, was featured in the OU homepage. We are incredibly proud of everything Amanda has accomplished and wish her the best as she begins her training in veterinary medicine at MSU in the fall. Read Amanda's featured story here.
Dr. Escobar in the STELAR ITEST PI/PD summit, Alexandria VA.
We sadly say goodbye to Syed and Amanda, our graduating Undergraduate Research Assistants. Syed will be joining the Counseling Program at OU, and Amanda will be joining the Veterinary Medicine Program at MSU. We'll miss having them in the lab and wish them great success as they continue their education!
Dr. Escobar and Graduate student Zebulon Bell attended the Tri-State(plus) meeting (April 20-22) at Hiram College, OH. Thank you to Dr. Amber Chenoweth and the Hiram group for their hospitality! (Picture credits: Jeff Wilson, Marshall Event Photography).
LSAMP/S-STEM students and faculty in front of the Booker T. Washington statue at Tuskegee University.
Dr. Escobar (along with her co-PIs, Drs. McDonald and Zeigler-Hill) participated in the LSAMP/S-STEM Tuskegee Conference (April 15, 2018). At the conference, she gave a talk on "staying on track for graduation." The students did an incredible job at presenting their research and prototypes. What an incredible group of up-and-coming scientists!
 Graduate student Zebulon Bell presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia, PA (March 1-3, 2018)
Dr. Escobar joined the Editorial Team of Learning and Motivation as Associate Editor. Visit the journal at www.journals.elsevier.com/learning-and-motivation
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Zebulon Kade Bell has joined our laboratory as a Ph.D. student. Zeb received his M.S. from Georgia Southern University in 2017 under the advisement of Dr. Kent Bodily. Welcome to the lab!
Dr. Escobar has received has received a subaward from the INCLUDES program of NSF as part of a multi-institutional project designed to develop and implement a new curriculum for computer science education in the Alabama Black Belt. The project is led by Tuskegee University and the University of Alabama.
Dr. Escobar, in collaboration with Dr. Melissa McDonald (Department of Psychology) has received funding from the HBCU-UP program of NSF as part of a multi-institutional project designed to develop and implement a model of STEM education leading to a minor in Materials Science and Engineering at Tuskegee University.