Cathy Corbin

SMART PREP recruited five education researchers, one of whom resigned for a different postdoctoral position shortly after beginning, two in the first cohort (starting in 2018) and three in the second cohort (starting in 2020). The remaining 4 fellows each received 2 years of training and mentoring. The focus of their training was to prepare them to conduct relevant, high-quality research focused on the social and behavioral contexts for academic learning and the use of mental health strategi...

The University of Virginia established its predoctoral training program in 2004 through the IES grant Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Program in Education Sciences (R305B040049) followed by a second training grant in 2009.