Alison C. Koenka, Ph.D.
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Dr. Alison Koenka (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She specializes in research on motivation, study strategies, and STEM learning for K–12 students. She earned her Ph.D. from Duke University in 2015.
Dr. Koenka investigates feedback in many forms, including spontaneous interactions occurring between teachers and students, grades and written feedback, and implicit, enduring feedback that often occurs at curriculum and/or policy levels. She also conducts work on the motivational experiences of youth from understudied and historically marginalized populations. Dr. Koenka and her colleagues aim to promote more equitable experiences and outcomes for these youth.
Dr. Koenka teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in human development and motivation. Her research has been funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, the American Educational Research Association, and the American Psychological Association. She received the Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award from APA Division 15 (Educational Psychology) in 2017 and the Distinguished Junior Faculty Award from the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2021.
Recommended research publication: Dent, A. L., & Koenka, A. C. (2016). The relation between self-regulated learning and academic achievement across childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 28(3), 425-474.
