“I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it” - Thomas Jefferson
Alicia is currently pursuing her PhD in educational psychology at the University of Georgia within the applied cognition and development program. Her advisor is Dr. Marty Carr and her research interests include the effects of pre-k music programs on the development of attention and inhibition in elementary and middle school students, the perfectionist tendencies of high-ability students and individuals, and the effect of varying degrees of awareness and development of metacognitive skills among gifted students. Alicia resides in the Atlanta area and comes to UGA with a master's degree in education from the University of North Texas (Denton, TX) and a bachelor's degree in music performance (percussion) from the University of Louisiana - Lafayette (Lafayette, LA).
She has a great passion for increasing the efficiency and efficacy of education research by increasing the amount of communication between teachers and researchers across education-related fields. Recently, motivated by this interest, she has founded the Georgia Education Review, an open-access publication with the aim of reducing the barriers and time lag of communication between education research and educators. The journal will feature submissions from across the field of education in an effort to disseminate current research and encourage a broad scope of discussion. It will also allow educators, with or without memberships to multiple professional associations, the benefit of applicable research from a variety of education fields.
Alicia is currently serving as a graduate assistant in Office of Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives in the Graduate School at the University of Georgia. In this role, she is responsible for planning and executing multiple annual events for prospective and newly-accepted graduate students. She frequently represents the Graduate School at regional graduate and career fairs, speaks to large audiences, and is the primary contact for the office's CRM (Hobson's CONNECT) needs.
She has a great passion for increasing the efficiency and efficacy of education research by increasing the amount of communication between teachers and researchers across education-related fields. Recently, motivated by this interest, she has founded the Georgia Education Review, an open-access publication with the aim of reducing the barriers and time lag of communication between education research and educators. The journal will feature submissions from across the field of education in an effort to disseminate current research and encourage a broad scope of discussion. It will also allow educators, with or without memberships to multiple professional associations, the benefit of applicable research from a variety of education fields.
Alicia is currently serving as a graduate assistant in Office of Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives in the Graduate School at the University of Georgia. In this role, she is responsible for planning and executing multiple annual events for prospective and newly-accepted graduate students. She frequently represents the Graduate School at regional graduate and career fairs, speaks to large audiences, and is the primary contact for the office's CRM (Hobson's CONNECT) needs.