Research Network

Delaram Totonchi, PhD

Research Scientist, Motivate Lab

Dr. Totonchi conducts research showing how students' beliefs in their abilities to learn affect their achievement and persistence. Her CourseKata projects try to understand and support the experiences of students from underserved and marginalized backgrounds.

Contributor to Learning contexts matter: Having value-supportive instructors moderates the efficacy of a utility-value intervention in community college math (published in 2024 in Motivation Science).