Student - College of Education

Yiqiu Yan, Ph.D., is a scholar in Educational Psychology whose work focuses on motivation, beliefs, and learning contexts. She earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was advised by Dr. Katherine Muenks.

Her research examines field-specific ability beliefs (FABs), perceived mindsets, lay theories of intelligence, cultural competence, and how these beliefs shape motivation and behavioral outcomes.

Katherine Muenks (Supervisor)
Student academic motivation; motivational beliefs about ability and effort; growth and fixed mindset; teacher, parent, and peer effects on student motivation; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) contexts

Mentor, Mentorship Committee, Society for Advancing Gender Equity in STEM at UT(2022)

Departmental Representative, Educational Psychology, Graduate Student Assembly(2021 - Present)

Curriculum Measurement Advisor, Student Advisory Board, The Collaborative for Access and Equity: Microsoft - UTexas Partnership(2021)

Graduate Student Ambassador, APA Division 15, The American Psychological Association(2021 - 2023)

Graduate Student Assembly Representative, C-12 Responsibilities, Rights, and Welfare of Graduate Student Academic Employees Committee, Faculty Council(2021 - Present)

Undergraduate Research Assistant Mentor, LAMB Lab, University of Texas at Austin(2020 - Present)

Alumna Advisor, National Retail Federation Student Association - Purdue Chapter, Purdue University(2020 - Present)

SPSP Writing Group Leader, Graduate Student Division, Society for Personality and Social Psychology(2020 - 2021)

Mentor; Group Leader, GirlStrong Mentorship Program, YouStrong Academy(2020 - 2021)

Officer, International Student Committee, Reformed University Fellowship(2020 - 2021)

Sievers, J., Mata, R., Cawthon, S., Vielma, A., Yan, Y., Lama, D., Ge, E., Ramesh, G. & Aldaco, S. (2024). Take a Deep Breath and Re-Center the Students Perspective: Partnering Instructors and Disabled Students for Accessible Teaching. Teaching of Psychology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241269435.

Muenks, K. & Yan, Y. (2024). Do my peers have a fixed or growth mindset? Exploring the behaviors associated with undergraduate STEM students perceptions of their peers mindsets about intelligence.. Motivation and Emotion, 48(1735). doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-023-10049-8.

Hutson, J., Jensen, A., Malloy, H., Yan, Y. & Figueroa, M. (2023). A Personalized Writing Experience for Middle School English Language Arts Teachers and Students: The Criterion Interactive Alpha v0 Study.. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Services. (View)

Yan, Y., Muenks, K., Mata, R. & Yang, Y. (2023). How do undergraduate students perceptions of professor cultural competence and growth mindset relate to motivation to engage in intercultural interactions?. Social Psychology of Education. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09840-9.

This study investigates the impact of social comparisons (deliberate and exposure) in different environments on college students self-esteem.

Space and place are crucial features of the postcolonial experience. As empires collapse, new nations are formed, and the experience for people occupying the land during these times of world-historical transition produces a wide range of literary response. Our project aims to collect and curate these depictions of space and place for scholars, students, and readers of the postcolonial novel.

Oliver H. Bown Endowed Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2022 - 2023)

College of Education Graduate Student Research Award, The University of Texas at Austin (2021 - 2021)

DDCE Graduate Student Professional Development Award, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin (2021)

Reimagining Professional Development Award, Texas Career Engagement (2021)

Texas New Scholar Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2020 - 2021)

Accelerated Graduation Award (Degree in 3 years), Purdue University (2017 - 2020)

Dean's List, Purdue University (2017 - 2020)

Perceptions of Professor Cultural Competence and Mindset Predict Students Belonging and Motivation for Cross-Cultural Interactions, American Educational Research Association 2022, San Diego, CA (2022)

Does Social Media Make Comparisons More Painful? Investigation of Comparisons Among College Students, American Psychological Association - Division 8, Virtual (2022)

Readiness for Team-Based Community Interventions: Preparing Learners Using an Interprofessional Virtual Simulation, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2022, Grapevine, Texas (2022)

Motivation, Mindsets, and Metacognition Seminar, College of Pharmacy: Fundamental of TA, Austin, TX (2021)

Women Engineering Graduate Students Sense of Belonging, Perceived Inclusiveness, and Self-efficacy: A Mediation Model, Harvard Women in Psychology, Virtual (2021)

Cultural Competency and Mindset Theory, Science of Learning and Metacognition Lab, AUSTIN, TX (2020)

Transculturation in Introductory Composition, Science of Learning and Metacognition Lab,, AUSTIN, TX (2020)

Mapping postcolonial literature. (Presentation & Poster), Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference & Poster Symposium, West Lafayette, IN (2020)

Linking A Corpus & Repository for Research, Teaching, & Professional Development. (Workshop.), Purdue Digital Futures Symposium, West Lafayette, IN (2020)

Transculturation in Introductory Composition. (Conference session), Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Baltimore, MD (2019)

Space and place are crucial features of the postcolonial experience. As empires collapse, new nations are formed, and the experience for people occupying the land during these times of world-historical transition produces a wide range of literary response. Our project aims to collect and curate these depictions of space and place for scholars, students, and readers of the postcolonial novel.