Jennie Grammer
Associate Professor of Education; Faculty Director, UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity and Learning
Dr. Grammer studies how experiences in school shape students’ cognitive development and learning. Drawing on methods from developmental psychology, education, and neuroscience, she focuses on processes – including executive functions, self-regulation, attention, memory, and metacognition – that play an important role in academic growth and social interactions in school. For the past decade, Dr. Grammer has been conducting neuroscientific research directly in schools and classrooms to characterize the complex interactions between students and their environments that propel developmental change. In doing so, she works to identify classroom-based strategies that teachers can use to develop more equitable learning opportunities for their students.
Departments
Programs
Academic Advising Specializations
- Cognitive Development
- Disability/Special Education
- Human Development and Psychology
- Language, Literacy, and Learning
- Neuroscience and Education
Interests
Expertise
Education
- Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Concentration in Quantitative Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
- B.A. in Psychology, Minor Arts Studies, North Carolina State University, 2003
Select Publications
- Grammer, J. K. & Ahmed, S. F. (2023). Informing the Development of School-Based Strategies to Promote Children’s Executive Function Skills: Considerations, Challenges, and Future Directions. Mind, Brain, and Education.
- Isbell, E. & Grammer, J. G. (2022). ERP data quality in young children: Standardized measurement error of the ERN and Pe. Developmental Psychobiology. 64(4), e22245.
- Janssen, T., Grammer, J. K., Vatakis, A., Bulgarelli,C., Zion-Golumbic, E., Vassena, E., Davidesco, I., Jasińska, K. K., Bleichner, M. G., Siugzdaite, R., Dikker, S., & van Atteveldt, N. (2021). Opportunities and limitations of using portable brain technology in educational neuroscience. Mind, Brain, and Education, 15 (4), 354-370.
- Grammer, J. K., Xu, K., Lenartowicz, A. (2021). Effects of context on the neural correlates of attention in a college classroom. npj Science of Learning, 6, 15.
- Grammer, J. K. & *Torres, R. (2021). The socialization of cognition in the classroom: Future directions for understanding the role of instruction in brain and behavioral development. To appear in: Bjorklund, D. F., Baker-Ward, L., & Coffman, J. L. (Eds.), The development of children’s memory. Cambridge University Press.
- Morrison, F. J., Kim, M. H., Connor, C. M., & Grammer, J. K. (2019). The causal impact of schooling on children’s development: Lessons for developmental science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28(5), 441-449.