Joseph Rios, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education program, has been awarded $10,000 to study if instructor and course evaluations can predict whether or not science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students continue with their academic major.

Rios received the funding from Bluenotes Group to support his research. The funding will be used to support data collection from January 2020 to May/June 2020. Rios will present his findings at the Bluenotes Group Global 2020 conference in Chicago, August 2 through 5, 2020.