Eva M. Pomerantz
Institutional Affiliation
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Interest Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology Personal Link Eva Marie Pomerantz | Psychology at Illinois |
The central question guiding Dr. Pomerantz's research is that of how to facilitate children's motivation and achievement in school. Dr. Pomerantz's research group focuses primarily on the role of parents, with a current study on how to support parents in optimizing children's learning in the area of math. A key theme of Dr. Pomerantz's research is understanding how the cultural context in which children and parents reside shapes children's motivation and achievement; to date, the focus has been on the United States and China.