Franchesca Maria Lyra is a fifth-year Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education doctoral student. She is a quantitative researcher who currently examines high school math course-taking patterns as a predictor of post-secondary and economic outcomes.
Catherine Riegle-Crumb (Co-supervisor)Focuses on the social construction of gender and racial/ethnic inequality in educational opportunities and experiences in STEM fields from a sociological perspective. Methodological expertise in quantitative research methods and analyses of large scale datasets.
Matt S Giani (Co-supervisor)Focuses on policies, practices, and interventions that promote social mobility and reduce socioeconomic stratification in K12 and higher education.
Rutten, L., Zengilowsk, A., Lyra, F., Woznick, N. & Muenks, K. (2024). Only some can succeed here: A mixed methods study of how faculty unproductive mindsets relate to gender, racial, and first-gen representation in higher education..
Contemporary Educational Psychology,
79(102319).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361476X2400064X.
Limeri, L., Carter, N., Lyra, F., Mastronardo, H., Patel, J. & Dolan, E. (2022). Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities: Mindset, universality, and brilliance beliefs uniquely predict undergraduate educational outcomes.
Lyra, F. (2021). What Does My Professor Think of Me? Demographic Diversity in Relation to Professor Mindset Beliefs. The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Research Journal, 133.
Texas New Scholars Continuing Fellowship, College of Education (2025 - 2026)
Addison E. Lee Research Support Fellowship, College of Education (2025)
Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education, College of Education (2024 - 2025)
McNair Doctoral Fellow, McNair Scholars (2021 - 2022)
