Teya Rutherford

Ph.D. Student
Department of Education

Email: teomara@uci.edu

Biography

Teomara (Teya) Rutherford is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine specializing in Learning, Cognition, and Development. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in Computers from Florida International University and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law where she was an articles editor on the Boston University Law Review.

Teya has taught a variety of subjects from swimming to computers to algebra and has previously been able to blend her legal and education background as a Public School Liaison for the Massachusetts Department of Education. She plans to continue to draw on these experiences to research and publish scholarly work easily translated to practitioners and policy-makers.

Teomara is most interested in how individuals analyze their capabilities and past experiences to make educational and life choices, especially toward higher education and into a career. This is an area that mostly involves motivation, cognition, and self-regulated learning. Teya conducts her research under the guidance of Professor Michael Martinez and Asstistant Professor AnneMarie Conley.

Teya moved to Southern California from Massachusetts in September 2009 with her husband and two daughters. Before moving, she worked in the Worcester area as an educational/legal consultant and an award-winning photographer. More information on her research is available on her personal page at http://teomararutherford.com..

Publications

Rutherford, T., Kibrick, M., Burchinal, M., Richland, L., Conley, A., Osborne, K.,…Martinez, M. E. (2010). Spatial Temporal Mathematics at Scale: An Innovative and Fully Developed Paradigm to Boost Math Achievement Among All Learners. Available from ERIC database. (ED510612)

Presentations

Rutherford, T., Hinga, B., Conley, A., & Martinez, M. E. (2011, August). The effect of ST Math software on standardized test scores via improvement in mathematics expectancy. Paper accepted to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Rutherford, T., Lee, D. S., & Martinez, M. E. (2011, July). Gender, spatial ability & high-stakes testing. Poster accepted to the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, MA.

Long, J. J., Rutherford, T., Richland, L. E., Graham, J. D., Antenore, F., Coulson, A., & Martinez, M. (2011,May) Fidelity of implementation in ST Math. Poster accepted to the Science of Student Success conference of the Learning & the Brain Society, Chicago, IL.

Lee, D.S., Rutherford, T., Hinga, B., Graham, J. D., & Martinez, M. (2011,May) Brain Boost: A Model for Direct Cognitive Enhancement. Poster accepted to the Science of Student Success conference of the Learning & the Brain Society, Chicago, IL.

Rutherford, T., Graham, J.D., Kibrick, M., Burchinal, M., Lee, D.S., Long, J.J.,…Martinez, M. E. (2011, April). Change in standardized test scores in response to an individualized math intervention. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Rutherford, T., Conley, A., Karabenick, S. (2011, April). Achievement goal orientations and preference for competitive careers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sheppard, A, Safavian, N., Rutherford, T., Albarran, A. S., Conley, A. M. (2011, April). A social network analysis of teachers’ professional learning communities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Rutherford, T., Conley, A., Karabenick, S. (2011, March). Motivationally Blessed? Motivation and achievement among gifted and propensity score matched comparison group. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Rutherford, T., Kibrick, M., Burchinal, M., Richland, L., Conley, A., Osborne, K.,…Martinez, M. E. (2010, May). Spatial temporal mathematics at scale: an innovative and fully developed paradigm to boost math achievement among all learners. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Educational Research Association, Denver CO.

Rutherford, T. (2010, June). Emotional well-being and matches between child and parent educational aspirations and expectations. Poster presented at the PSID CDS III New Directions Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Kibrick, M., Rutherford, T., Burchinal, M. R., Richland, L. E., Conley, A., Long, J. J.,…Martinez, M. E. (2010, June). The effects of ST Math on standardized test scores: A randomized field study. Presented at the Fifth Annual IES Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Non-Academic Publications

Rutherford, T. (2009, October). Copyright the Wrongs: Legal Concepts Every Photographer Should Know. Design Aglow, 1(9). Available from http://designaglow.com

Rutherford, T., & Warneck, S. (coauthors)  (2002)  chapters on Offender-Victim Contact and Non-Offending Guardians for the Children’s Law and Policy Initiative, Bench Book on Children and the Courts; Improving Court Responses to Child Victims of Intra-familial Violence and Sexual Abuse.