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Nicole Else-Quest is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Department of Education. As a developmental psychologist, she conducts interdisciplinary collaborative research applying core feminist theory and intersectionality sciences to understand gendered patterns of development in diverse groups. As a first-generation college student, she earned her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Before joining the Department of Education at UCLA, she was a professor in Women’s Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on increasing participation in STEM fields and developing a robust methodological repertoire within feminist social sciences. Currently, she serves as the Principal Investigator for multiple collaborative grants from the National Science Foundation, concentrating on improving student learning outcomes and retention in STEM disciplines. She has authored an undergraduate textbook titled "Psychology of Women and Gender: Half the Human Experience+". In her academic career, Dr. Else-Quest has also focused on teaching courses such as EDUC 141: Adolescent Development and EDUC 110: Gender Development in Education. She chairs the Social Science Interdepartmental Program, which offers a Master's degree in Social Science, and has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association for her contributions to the field.
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