Alexander Browman, Ph.D. – Educational Equity Lab

Welcome to the Educational Equity Lab at the College of the Holy Cross!

We study how students, teachers, and the public think about education, and how understanding these beliefs can help make education more equitable.

Lab News (click for details)

April 2025: Ahana Nagarkatti ('25) presented her College Honors thesis project "Using Motivation Science to Understand Common Psychological Barriers to Non-Native Language Learning" at the Holy Cross Academic Conference!
April 2025: Julia Biamonte ('26) and Gabi De Gouveia ('28) presented at the Holy Cross Academic Conference!
April 2025: Ahana Nagarkatti ('25) presented her College Honors thesis project "Using Motivation Science to Understand Common Psychological Barriers to Non-Native Language Learning" at Harvard's Scholarship & Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference!
New publication (2025)! "Centering Social Fit, Self-Concept Fit, Goal Fit, and Resource Fit as Core Elements of Students’ Experiences of Belonging at School"
New publication (2025)! "Misperceptions of Progress Towards Racial Equality in Educational Attainment and Their Implications for Policy Preferences"
New publication (2024)! "Are Low-Ability Students Mentally Represented as Low-SES, Academically Incapable, and Undeserving of Support?"
September 2024: Ashley Pothier's ('26) summer research project on language development in Deaf children was featured in the Holy Cross Magazine!
April 2024: Nicole Pimentel ('24), Ahana Nagarkatti ('25), and Julia Biamonte ('26) presented at the Holy Cross Academic Conference!
New publication (2024)! "Motivation"
New publication (2024)! "Replacing the Traditional Grading System with a System Emphasizing Student-facing Formative Assessment: A Mixed Method Study in Ninth Grade Mathematics Classrooms"
January 2023: Dr. Browman's discussion of New Year's Resolutions featured in WalletHub!
December 2022: New research by Dr. Browman and colleagues featured in the Washington Post!
September 2022: Cymeria Robshaw ('23) and Augusta Ding ('23) present at the Weiss Summer Research Symposium!
New publication (2022)! "A belief in socioeconomic mobility promotes the development of academically motivating identities among low-SES youth"
August 2022: Augusta Ding's ('23) summer research project on gender role norms in the video gaming community was featured in Holy Cross News!
June 2022: Sabrina Ramos ('22) wins a Fulbright Fellowship!
April 2022: Juliana Tronsky ('22) was inducted into Psi Chi, the International Honors Society in Psychology!
April 2022: Juliana Tronsky and Sabrina Ramos ('23) presented at the Holy Cross Academic Conference!