As a former elementary school teacher, Dr. Sharon Zumbrunn’s broad research interests include understanding student learning and motivation, and the contexts that foster student success. Current projects include longitudinal, experimental and mixed method investigations that examine student belonging, motivation, and self-regulation across developmental levels (elementary through college). She also works with educators to understand the ways in which their beliefs, emotions and instructional practices influence student motivation, engagement and achievement.
Zumbrunn teaches courses in motivation, educational psychology, social processes in education, mixed methods, and teaching, learning and success in higher education.
