Publications & External Citations
This preprint study, conducted in partnership with a professor at Johns Hopkins University, investigates the association between youth suicide rates and the implementation of GoGuardian Beacon.
Impact: The findings were distilled into a one-sentence research claim for external communications and the full paper is currently under journal review, with a formal presentation scheduled for November 2025 at the IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research.
My role: Project manager, writer, and consultant on analyses.
2022 State of Engagement Report with USC Rossier School of Education
A nationally representative survey of K12 teachers and their use of engaging instructional practices. Utilized confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) using maximum likelihood estimation with robust standard errors (MLR), raked Wald tests, and t-tests.
My role: Lead GoGuardian Researcher & Project Manager between GoGuardian, USC, and UT Austin researchers.
Conference Presentation
Patall, E. A., Vite, A., Lee, D., Zambrano, J., Janowicz, P., Aguilar, M., Ahrens, R., & Arkatov, A. (2023, April). The State of Teachers’ Use of Engaging Classroom Practices in 2022. Symposium session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Cited in the press
Associated Publication
Patall, E. A., Vite, A., Lee, D. J., & Zambrano, J. (2024). Teacher support for students’ psychological needs and student engagement: Differences across school levels based on a national teacher survey. Teaching and Teacher Education, 137, 104400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104400
(Contributor to the underlying research project led by Rachel Ahrens & Erika Patall; not listed as co-author)
2021 State of Engagement Report
Nationally representative survey of K12 teachers, utilizing a combination of both quantitative and qualitative survey data to provide a holistic view of the current state of student engagement.
My role: Second GoGuardian Researcher & Project Manager
Cited externally
Cited in report by Dr. Gloria Mark (UC Irvine) & Dr. P. Janowicz entitled “Enhancing K-5 Education Through Effective Edtech Design”
