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Meet Our Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Students

Marian Dyer, M.Ed.

Doctoral Candidate

Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) Education Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership; Accreditation
- Emailmarian_dyer@student.uml.edu
Golnar Fotouhi, M.A.

Doctoral Candidate

Multilingual learners; teacher education; culturally and linguistically responsive teaching; Artificial intelligence (AI) in education.
- Emailgolnar_fotouhi@student.uml.edu
Abeer Hakouz, M.B.A.

Doctoral Candidate

Program evaluation, research on evaluation, school quality and improvement, educators’ professional development, and AI in academia and evaluation
- Emailabeer_hakouz@student.uml.edu
Micah Devin Klayman, M.S.

Doctoral Student

Qualitative methods; Observation research; Case study
- EmailMicah_klayman@student.uml.edu
Mariam Shea, M.A.T.

Doctoral Student

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); Second Language Acquisition; culturally responsive teaching; restorative justice
- Emailmariam_shea@student.uml.edu
Negin Yazdani Motlagh, M.A.

Research Assistant

Artificial intelligence (AI) and education; Computational thinking, AI literacy; Competency development in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields; Education policy,; Human–AI collaboration, How emerging technologies shape learning, assessment and workforce readiness
- EmailNegin_Yazdanimotlagh@uml.edu

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