Research Areas:
- Higher ed. teaching and learning
- Instructor-student relationship
- Undergraduate research skills development
- Open education resources (OER)
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) practices
Lab Projects:
Adapting “Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders” OER textbook for PSY 3010 Abnormal Psychology
Curating inclusive multi-modal introductory psychology OER content: Interviewing historically underrepresented experts (with OpenStax.org)
Involving undergraduate students in summer research: assessing research skill gains in an open pedagogical design
Productive failure: increase undergraduate research skills through ill-structured activities
What does it look like in therapy?: Using symptommedia.com to enhance clinical teaching and training
Student Projects: (Student project leaders)*
Gender hiring decisions (Jai Earhart)*
Impact of "big points" on learning outcomes (Jackson Stringham & Gracie Winder)*
Minority Ethnic Centrality, Affirmation, and Attitudes Toward Mental Health Care (Chandler Peterson & Allyson Barraza)*
Perceptions of Homelessness Within Utah: Does Religiosity Matter? (Gracie Winder)*
Contact:
Interested in joining the lab? Email: Dr. Xin Zhao
Lab pictures:
Rocky Mountain Psychological Conference 4/13-4/15/2023
Undergraduate Research Fall Symposium, Weber State University, April 10th, 2023
Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR), University of Utah, Feb 17th, 2023 
Lab website updated: 03/30/2023