• Shengjie Lin
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Shengjie Lin

Shengjie Lin

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Shengjie Lin is an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of New Mexico. He adopts a social-contextual approach to examine the intersection of motivation, emotion, and creativity, primarily in STEM learning. In his main research line, Shengjie focuses on how students’ motivation is shaped by their own characteristics, cultural context, and the socializers (e.g., parents, siblings, teachers) around them. He also investigates the role of emotion and emotional beliefs in students’ motivation, creativity, and achievement. Moreover, he examines the effects of sibling status on students’ motivation and social-emotional development, with a particular focus on only children. Shengjie earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and completed postdoctoral training at the Center of Emotional Intelligence at Yale University.