Educator

I’m an

&

Researcher

interested in making our universities more responsive to the diversity of students they serve.

Welcome! I’m a PhD student in Developmental and Psychological Sciences at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education (GSE). My research concerns how higher education institutions can change their student affairs services (e.g., advising) and pedagogy to support their increasingly diverse student bodies. In addition to my research, I am the primary instructor for multiple introductory, advanced, and service learning courses at Stanford and in my second year as an adjunct Psychology professor at the University of San Francisco.

Prior to starting doctoral study, I received my BA (with honors) from Brown University in East Asian Studies and International Relations. I also served as a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan and received my MA in International Comparative Education from Stanford’s GSE.

CONTACT

eschell@stanford.edu
(703) 424-3999

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Drawing on cultural and social psychology, my scholarship identifies areas of tension between universities and their students of color, particularly international and immigrant students. In doing so, I can identify levers for intervention and change.

  • Both my research and teaching have worked predominantly with the developmental period of emerging adulthood (i.e., 18-24).

  • My research, teaching, and advocacy center the diversity of students’ experiences. All three ask: how can we, as members of a university community, change our approaches to meet our students where they are in terms of their experiences and identities?

  • Although I have published multiple mixed methods works that utilize quantitative survey data, I consider myself a predominantly qualitative researcher. My expertise is in interview and focus group methodologies. I have also taught an advanced research methods course on qualitative methods.

I’m a PhD student in Developmental and Psychological Sciences at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education (GSE). My research helps higher education institutions can change their student affairs services and pedagogy to support their increasingly diverse student bodies.