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Staff members with discipline Psychology, Educational

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

drs. E.C.I. (Esther) Arrindell
Contact
e.c.i.arrindell rug.nl
Function
Educational Advisor
Talent Development, Employability, Career Services
S.E. (Scholte) Boels, MSc
Contact
s.e.boels rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4864
Function
Trainer/Advisor FEB Career Services
Cognitive Engineering: Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors applied to Patient Safety; Human-Machine Interaction and Usability  (esp Medical Technology) ; Human-Robot Interaction; (Medical) Skill Acquisition Driving behaviour
dr. F. (Fokie) Cnossen
Contact
f.cnossen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36336
Function
Director of Education Ba/Ma Artificial Intelligence/Computational Cognitive Scienceo | Associate Professor Cognitive Engineering
No picture available
Contact
p.consiglio umcg.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
My background is in medical psychology, with a research focus on psychosocial oncology and burnout. My current interests include student engagement and development, skills training, and internationalization.
dr. S.M. (Stacey) Donofrio
Contact
s.m.donofrio rug.nl
+31 50 36 37034
Function
Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
X. (Xiangyuan) Feng, MA
Contact
xiangyuan.feng rug.nl
Function
PhD student, Researcher
learning and instruction in higher education, teacher motivation, teacher education, quality assurance, wellbeing and resilience
dr. M. (Marjon) Fokkens-Bruinsma
Contact
marjon.bruinsma rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4793
Function
Associate professor
B. (Bilge) Gençoglu, MA
Contact
b.gencoglu rug.nl
Function
PhD Student
Research interest include teaching skillfulness and wellbeing of beginning and pre-service teachers and effective interventions to promote professional development  and retention. In addition, she is driven by curiosity towards individual and management decision-making processes.
M. (Michelle) Helms-Lorenz, Dr
Contact
m.helms-lorenz rug.nl
+31 50 36 37244
Function
Associate professor, ius promovendi
education, human development, multimodal communication, gestures, interpersonal attunement of behavior, complex dynamical systems, coordination dynamics, ecological psychology
dr. L. (Lisette) de Jonge-Hoekstra
Contact
lisette.hoekstra rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
B. (Birte) Klusmann
Contact
b.klusmann rug.nl
Function
PhD Student
Self-regulated learning, executive functioning, eyetracking.
dr. D.D.N.M. (Danny) Kostons
Contact
d.d.n.m.kostons rug.nl
+31 50 36 39609
Function
Teacher/researcher
dr. S.J.M. (Sanne) Kuijper
Contact
s.j.m.kuijper rug.nl
+31 50 36 36681
Function
Teacher/Researcher
Cooperative robots - self driving vehicles
J. (Jorrit) Kuipers
Contact
jorrit.kuipers rug.nl
+31 6 5394 6943
Function
identity development, dynamic systems modeling, career choice development
No picture available
Contact
e.s.kunnen rug.nl
+31 50 000 0000
Function
Associate professor
Seconc Language Learning, Bilingualism and Multilingualism in (Primary) Education, Young Refugee Students, Well-being, Trauma
H. (Hanneke) Leeuwestein, MSc
Contact
h.leeuwestein rug.nl
Function
PhD Student Developmental Psychology
International students; College students' adjustment; Cultural Intelligence
E.D. (Elok) Malay
Contact
e.d.malay rug.nl
Function
Ph.D. student
classroom interactions, learning and instruction, learning opportunities in the classroom, diversity and inclusion, microanalytic research, process research, educational equity
M.N. (Mayra) Mascareño Lara, Dr
Contact
m.n.mascareno.lara rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Lifelong learning and vocational education
dr. M. (Marco) Mazereeuw
Contact
m.mazereeuw rug.nl
Function
Researcher in the domain of Lifelong learning
Motivation and academic emotions, social-emotional learning, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, towards inclusive and equitable quality education, innovation, implementation and transformation in... read more
prof. dr. A.E.M.G. (Alexander) Minnaert
Contact
a.e.m.g.minnaert rug.nl
+31 50 36 36495
Function
Professor Inclusion and Special Needs Education & Clinical Educational Sciences / Research project leader Learning and educational problems
Data Science
Learning Analytics
Educational Data
AI in Education
VR/AR in Education
Assessment (Resit Exams)
Cognitive (Neuro)science
dr. R. (Rob) Nijenkamp
Contact
r.nijenkamp rug.nl
Function
Educational Data Scientist
Motivation, well-being, Self-Determination Theory, special education, qualitative research, student voice.
No picture available
Contact
w.a.j.norder rug.nl
Function
PhD student
With a background in developmental psychology, my research concerns the developmental processes of self and identity as situated in time and context. The contexts that I am primarily interested in are family and educational interactions. In much of my... read more
N.M.P. (Naomi) de Ruiter, Dr
Contact
n.m.p.de.ruiter-wilcox rug.nl
+31 50 36 33023
Function
Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent 1)
animal-assisted therapy and interventions, micro-developmental research, observational research, child-adult interactions, child-animal interactions, time-serial coding and analysis, dynamic systems theory, cross-recurrence quantification analysis, autism... read more
dr. S. (Steffie) van der Steen, PhD
Contact
s.van.der.steen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36303
Function
associate professor
dyadic interaction in educational contexts and play contexts
children's talented behavior and how it can be stimulated
process analyses in studying the effects of educational interventions
dr. H.W. (Henderien) Steenbeek
Contact
h.w.steenbeek rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Assessment and Feedback; Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL); (Computer-Supported) Collaborative Learning (CS)CL; Peer assessment; Peer feedback; Feedback dialogues; Communities of learners/communities of practice; Instructional design; Analysis methods for... read more
prof. dr. J.W. (Jan-Willem) Strijbos
Contact
j.w.strijbos rug.nl
+31 50 36 36658
Function
Full professor
Social scientific Research
dr. C.J.M. (Cor) Suhre
Contact
c.j.m.suhre rug.nl
+31 50 36 36604
Function
Research Associate
- Staff development 
- (Inter)active education
- Continuous Professional Development
- Effects of teacher development programmes
- International Classroom 
E. (Esther) Visscher, MSc
Contact
esther.visscher rug.nl
Function
Educational advisor & trainer
Educational effectiveness, learning and instruction, motivation,personality, social relations, citizenship and social cohesion
prof. dr. M.P.C. (Greetje) van der Werf
Contact
m.p.c.van.der.werf rug.nl
+31 50 36 36631
Function
Emeritus Professor (Honorair) Teaching and Learning
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