Dustin Thoman
Professor
Department of Psychology
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education
Primary Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax
Primary Phone: 619-594-2273
Building/Location
Life Science South - 170
6475 Alvarado Rd.
#135
San Diego,
CA
92120
Website Links
Bio
Dr. Dustin Thoman is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education at San Diego State University. He also serves as California Research Director for Motivate Lab. His scholarship is grounded in social psychology, diversity science, and a social contextual framework of motivation. He studies how motivation can be supported or disrupted by the social and cultural contexts in which interests are sparked, developed, and ultimately become (or not) lifelong pursuits.
He and his research teams have secured over $9M to support research on equity and inclusion in education, particularly broadening of participation in STEM education from NSF, NIH, and private foundations such as the College Futures Foundation. Through a wide range of program development, consulting, mentoring, and advisory board activities at SDSU and institutions/ organizations across the country, he utilizes insights from motivation science to identify and remove institutional and social-contextual barriers that impede the development of educational and career interests for students from marginalized and historically underrepresented backgrounds.
Areas of Specialization
Social identity, Social interactions, motivational experiences, self-regulation of motivation, participation and diversity in science education
Publications
For a list of Dr. Thoman's publications, please see his Google Scholar page.