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Educational Leadership

College of Education and Human Development

Julia Yoo, Ph.D.

Julia Yoo


Julia Yoo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(409) 880-2127 p.
Education 222
julia.yoo@lamar.edu 

Dr. Julia Yoo’s areas of expertise include instructional strategies, learning sciences and assessment. Julia Yoo holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin, and a M.A. in Program Evaluation at The University of Texas at Austin.

Awards and Honors

  • 2016-2021 RET Site: Incorporating Engineering Design and Manufacturing into High School Curriculum (Award #: 1608886). $545, 380 – Weihang Zhu (PI), Xuejun Fan (Co-PI), and Julia Yoo (External Evaluator)
  • 2015-2020 NSF, S-Stem: Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Scholars with Scholarships, Career Mentoring, Outreach and Advisement, Professional Societies and Engineering Learning Community (SCOPE). $625,300.00 – Weihang Zhu (PI), Hsing Wei Chu (Co-PI), Brian Craig (Co- PI), James Curry (Co-PI), Jiang (Jenny) Zhou (Co-PI), and Julia Yoo (External Evaluator)
  • 2012-2016 NSF Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM (TUES) Grant: Multimedia learning of ‘Engineering Economy’ through role-play gaming on a mobile platform. $191,505.00. – Alberto Marquez (PI), Julia Yoo (Co-PI), and Weihang Zhu (Co-PI)
  • 2011 National Summer Data Policy Institute Fellowship. I was selected as a fellow for the national summer data policy institute sponsored by NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) and NSF (National Science Foundation).

Courses

PEDG 5376 Practicing Teacher Leadership

PEDG 5373 Student Expectations and Motivation

PEDG 5367 Diverse Learners

PEDG 5350 The Learning Process

PEDG 5344 School Law for Teachers

PEDG 5327 Schools as Learning Communities

PEDG 5310 Research for Teachers

PEDG 3300 Human Development and Learning

Experience

Dr. Julia Yoo is currently Teacher Leadership graduate program coordinator, and she is a former elementary school teacher.

Research and Publications

Yoo, J. H. (2016). The effect of professional development on teacher efficacy and teachers’ self-analysis of their efficacy change. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability. 18(1), 84-94.

Yoo, J. H., Schallert, D. L., & Svinicki, M. D. (2015). The meaning of instructional flexibility in effective teaching from the perspectives of college teachers and students. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. 26(3), 191-217.

Zhu, W., Marquez, A., Yoo, J. H. (2015). “Engineering Economics Jeopardy!” Mobile app for university students. Engineering Economist, doi:10.1080/0013791X.2015.1067343 

Service

  • Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) Division IV Co-chair
  • A reviewer and member of various professional organizations including American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, Association for Institutional Research