Assistant Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology
Portland State University
Dr. Karlyn Adams-Wiggins's first area of expertise involves聽student motivation and peer interactions during collaborative learning in science education, particularly middle school classrooms implementing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Their second area of expertise involves聽the role of social interactions in identity development for Black/African-diaspora adolescents and early adults. Their third area of expertise involves聽motivation and identity development for underrepresented minority (URM) and first-generation college students at the undergraduate level, especially in STEM fields.