AI, Algorithms, and Accountability in Education, YEDI-affiliated
Eos Trinidad, Professor
Education
Applications for Fall 2025 are closed for this project.
This research focuses on how Generative AI, predictive algorithms, and school accountability (i.e., AAA) are transforming instruction, student engagement, and interpersonal relationships in higher education. Using in-depth longitudinal interviews of undergraduate and graduate students, the study attempts to understand not just how technologies affect humans, but also how technologies are shifting and co-evolving through human interventions. A team of undergraduate research apprentices will collaborate and be closely mentored by the Principal Investigator to study the innovations, adaptations, and potential inequities with AAA in education.
YEDI:
If you are selected for this research project, you will also be invited to join the Youth Equity Discovery Initiative (YEDI) Program, a research mentorship program that aims to build supportive pathways into research careers, service, and leadership addressing adolescent wellbeing. The year-long program provides weekly skill-building workshops, cascading mentorship, and professional development training to a cohort of 20-30 undergraduate scholars working on faculty-led youth equity research projects (like this one). Past scholars have benefitted from YEDI’s mentorship and professional development opportunities (including faculty and graduate student speakers). The program culminates in an end-of-year research poster symposium. The 2025-2026 YEDI cohort will meet in BOTH fall and spring. For the Fall, the workshops will take place on Tuesdays, 2:00pm-3:30pm starting September 30th. In order to take part in the YEDI program, you MUST be able to attend the workshops at this time. As a YEDI scholar, you will sign up for a PH198 class and receive 1 unit. This is in addition to the units you receive for your URAP research project. For any questions about YEDI, please contact YEDI’s Director Marieka Schotland (mschotland@berkeley.edu) or visit our website here. Participation in the YEDI Program is not required for this research project, but is strongly encouraged.
Role: Students are tasked to (1) learn and devise questions for interviews, (2) conduct in-depth interviews, (3) transcribe and analyze the data, and (4) participate in weekly meetings.
At the end of the semester, the student will have learned the following skills: (a) analysis of research data, (b) critical assessment of research literature, and (c) writing skills for social scientific research.
Qualifications: Students should be interested in social science research, invested in education improvement, able to work in a group, and be open to reaching out and interviewing undergraduate students.
Hours: to be negotiated
Off-Campus Research Site: The work will have a hybrid set-up, where we can have both Zoom and in-person meetings (at our new building on 2121 Berkeley Way).
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology