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Martin H. Jones, PhD (Associate Professor of Educational Psychology).

Dr. Jones serves as the head of SMAART. Dr. Jones is an internationally recognized expert on how social functioning and peer relationships in classrooms affects all students' learning experiences. To this end, he studies how peer relationships impact learners' social well-being, with a particular focus on students with special needs and ethnically diverse learners. Dr. Jones received his doctorate in educational psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington and has a bachelor’s degree in social studies education from Purdue University. He is an award-winning college teacher, Fulbright scholar, and serves on multiple editorial boards. martinjones@unm.edu

Students

Each school year, a limited number of graduate and undergraduate students take part in SMAART as team members.  These students get hands-on experiences collecting, analyzing, and writing up research. SMAART members work in a cooperative setting where the team helps each other succeed in their varying research projects. SMAART graduate students are usually majoring in educational psychology or related area, whereas undergraduates are often psychology or education majors.