Reagan Curtis, PhD

Reagan Curtis is a Chester E. and Helen B. Derrick endowed professor of educational psychology. He finds greatest value in applied research and evaluation work that truly impacts people’s lives and is conducted through multidisciplinary collaborative teams. Dr. Curtis began in graduate school to study how number knowledge and counting develop and affect later learning and achievement. He developed interests at the intersections of online learning environments and pedagogies, pre-service and in-service teacher development and student learning and motivation in mathematics and science with a focus on equity for diverse learners. He now pursues a multifaceted research agenda in (a) the development of mathematical and scientific knowledge across the lifespan, (b) teaching and learning pK-20+ with particular interest in design-based approaches in STEM and (c) research methodology, program evaluation, and data analysis (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodological) for studies in developmental, educational, health sciences and counseling contexts.