Reconsidering the Achievement Gap: An Interview with Monica Ellwood-Lowe
Matrix Podcast
English - October 11, 2022 18:26 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture sociology anthropology demography ethnicstudies genderandwomensstudies history matrix politicalscience psychology socialscience Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Monica Ellwood-Lowe is a PhD candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology whose research focuses on differences between outcomes for students of different socioeconomic status, as well as the societal barriers that might hinder student success. Ellwood-Lowe tries to answer such questions as, what skills do children develop when they come from socioeconomically disadvantaged homes, even in the face of societal barriers to success? Do children’s brains simply adapt to their respective environments?
Ellwood-Lowe is co-mentored by Professors Mahesh Srinivasan and Silvia Bunge. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. Her work is supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship, and the Greater Good Science Center.
For this episode of the Matrix podcast, Matrix Content Curator Julia Sizek spoke with Ellwood-Lowe about her recent research on the topic of children’s cognitive performance, and how we might think about removing barriers to children’s success.