education policy analysis archives

Sharon L. Nichols
University of Texas-San Antonio
United States

Sharon L. Nichols is Professor of Educational Psychology at UTSA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in learning theory, motivation, and development. Dr. Nichols has authored over three dozen books, journal articles and book chapters related to youth development and motivation and educational policy. She is the editor of Educational Policies and Youth in the 21^st Century: Problems, Potential, and Progress (Information Age, 2016), and coauthor of Collateral Damage: How High-stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools (with D. C. Berliner, Harvard Education Press, 2007). Her current work focuses on the impact of test-based accountability on teachers, their instructional practices and adolescent motivation and development.

Shon Brewington
University of Texas at San Antonio

Shon Brewington is a graduate student who is currently pursuing a master’s degree in educational psychology and data analytics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Before these programs, he received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Texas at San Antonio and served in the United States Air Force for six years. His research interest is in student motivation, educational policy, STEM education, program evaluation, and quantitative research methods.