Sandra D. SimpkinsSandra D. Simpkins, PhD, is Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and Director of the UCI Center for Afterschool and Summer Excellence. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, she conducts research on positive youth developmental processes, the influence of families and organized activities on youth development, and how these processes vary by social-position factors (such as ethnicity and gender). Dr. Simpkins’s current projects focus on how organized afterschool activities support youths' positive adjustment into adulthood and how families help support adolescents’ STEM motivation, activities, and choices. |
All titles by Sandra D. Simpkins:
Motivation, Achievement, and Situated Expectancy-Value Theory: Making One’s Future
Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Allan Wigfield, Sandra D. Simpkins, and Fani Lauermann
Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Allan Wigfield, Sandra D. Simpkins, and Fani Lauermann