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PhD
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CliftonStrengths®: Focus • Learner • Relator • Analytical • Individualization
Dr. Marissa Zhu joins the Office of Learning and Teaching in the capacity of a Curriculum Specialist. Her core responsibilities include working collaboratively with the pre-clerkship and clerkship Segment Directors and faculty in the development of rigorous and engaging courses and evaluating and improving the utilization of instructional materials.
Dr. Zhu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Oakland University and a Master of Arts degree in New Media and New Literacies from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology and Technology was conferred at Michigan State University. Dr. Zhu’s research publications appear in the Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Teaching Learning for Effective Instruction, and Intercultural Education, and center on (1) leveraging digital technologies to support curricular innovations in teaching and learning; (2) applying video-based cases to improve professional noticing; and (3) studying undergraduate students’ use of self-regulated learning strategies to support intercultural competence.
Dr. Zhu plans to continue her scholarly agenda in academic medicine where she focuses on examining the impact of Students as Teachers' (mSAT) programming on medical students' professional competencies. Dr. Zhu's research centers on three main strands:
In addition to these strands, Dr. Zhu's future research will encompass the development of a longitudinal mSAT program and the establishment of a Curriculum Innovation and Scholarship Initiative (CISI) within the Office of Learning and Teaching. These projects aim to advance medical education, foster excellence in teaching and learning, and transform curriculum improvement initiatives into impactful scholarly outputs.
Presentations
Zhu, M. & Alberts, K. (2021, Apr 8 - 12) “They Might be Normal Like White People”: Examining Preservice Teachers’ Self-Regulation and Intercultural Competence [Round Table Session]. AERA Annual Virtual Meeting iPoster Session
Lee, A., Alberts, K., Zhu, M., & Wong, D. (2020). “But… Americans don’t have a culture!”: Leveraging Psychology Instruction to Develop Students’ Intercultural Competence. Symposium presentation submitted for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Annual Conference on Teaching, Pittsburgh, PA. Online Session
Rich, K., Yadav, A. & Zhu, M. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Bringing Levels of Abstraction to Mathematics Problem Solving [Structured Poster Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/yxgt3v7v
Zhu, M. & Zheng, B. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Medical Students' Self-Directed Technology Use: A Scoping Review [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/rlwauzc
Zheng, B. & Zhu, M. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Medical Students' Self-Regulated Learning Using Digital Technologies [Poster Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/t7jmld7
Publications
Marissa M. Zhu, Kimberly M. Alberts, William N. Bork & David Wong (2023) Self-regulated learning and intercultural competence: examining the role of self-regulation in supporting preservice teachers’ intercultural learning outcomes, Intercultural Education, DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2023.2213655
Alberts, K. M., Lee, A. A., Zhu, M. M., & Wong, D. (2022). Developing students’ intercultural competence through educational psychology. In J. S. Vogler, & M. M. Buehl (Eds.), Theory to practice: Educational psychology for teachers and teaching (pp. 73–98). Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Rich, K. M., Yadav, A., & Zhu, M. (2019). Levels of abstraction in students’ mathematics strategies: what can applying computer science ideas about abstraction bring to elementary mathematics? Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 38(3), 267-298.