Carlton J. Fong

Two people are sitting at a small restaurant table with a platter of assorted barbecue dishes, including smoked meats, sides, and bread, placed between them. Each person has a drink with ice and a plate with utensils. The setting has a casual, modern vibe with dark walls, visible fire alarm boxes, and natural daylight coming in from the left. One person is wearing a black collared shirt, and the other is wearing a light gray T-shirt with a black shoulder strap.

Had an amazing lunch at Leroy and Lewis Barbecue with @carltonfong.bsky.social! It was my first time at a Michelin ⭐️ restaurant and I already can’t wait to come again. Truly grateful for such a delicious meal with my advisor!

Yeah I feel like it’s at least a day earlier this time? Anywhos, time to close my computer and jump into the pool haha 🤣

#AERA26 EXTENSION!

You got your wish @drrobmoore.bsky.social LOL

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Dinner is on all the Canadians, right?

As many work to finish up #AERA26 submissions, @agustingarcia.bsky.social just told me that #AERA27 is going to be in Toronto, Canada! 🇨🇦

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No clear signs yet

🛑🛑🛑 and read this free open access paper introducing the Brilliance-Belonging Model, which shows how cultural beliefs about ability lead to inequitable outcomes in education through perceptions of belonging and other downstream psychological mechanisms!

Our special issue keeps growing with @cabauer.bsky.social et al’s paper on the Brilliance-Belonging Model, illuminating how beliefs about ability create inequities through their impact on students' belonging

@andreicimpian.bsky.social @aashnap.bsky.social

Open-access here:
doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Our special issue keeps growing with @cabauer.bsky.social et al’s paper on the Brilliance-Belonging Model, illuminating how beliefs about ability create inequities through their impact on students' belonging

@andreicimpian.bsky.social @aashnap.bsky.social

Open-access here:
doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Congrats @katiekroe.bsky.social again on the brilliant paper and the beautiful baby! 🥰

Article titled “Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus,” published in Educational Psychology Review (2025). Abstract: Over a dozen rigorous randomized-controlled trials show that recognizing worries about belonging in a new school as normal and as improving with time can help students stay engaged, build relationships, and succeed. Such “social-belonging” interventions can help students take advantage of opportunities available to them to develop their belonging in college—yet what is the institutional role? Drawing on past literature, and reporting novel data from the College Transition Collaborative’s massive trial of the social-belonging intervention (N = 15,143 control-condition students in 374 “local-identity” groups across 22 representative colleges and universities; Walton et al., 2023), we explore who gets to belong in college and what institutional leaders can do to expand these opportunities. First, we find that opportunities for belonging (i.e., “belonging affordances”) vary widely, both across institutions and systematically across groups. Notably, Black, Asian, and first-generation college student groups are each less likely than other groups to have minimally adequate opportunities for belonging. Second, all institutions are serving some student groups well, but all can improve: none provides adequate belonging affordances for all groups. Third, four classes of institutional factors predict belonging affordances at the identity-group level: (1) greater in-group representation, (2) more inclusive cultures, (3) greater opportunities for strong relationships, and (4) greater opportunities for productive learning. We conclude by discussing how institutions can learn for whom they are creating opportunities for belonging and for whom they are not, and how institutions can expand opportunities for belonging for groups that are not yet well served.

Although this isn’t exactly new news, I wanted to share more about a paper that came out while I was on maternity leave: “Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus,” published in Educational Psychology Review. 🧵

Congrats!!!!! 🎉🎈🍾🎊

Who's the most famous person you went to high school with? I'll go first. This fellow here. Congrats, Darren Criss, on your #TonyAward!

We sung together in our high school a cappella group together...

Ok that makes sense! I was wondering if you knew some cog psych trick for this! Like a version of primacy and recency effect haha?

I’m more intrigued that the class meets on Mondays and Fridays 🤔

Excited to share the next session in the APA Division 15 Public Scholarship Series with you. I will be moderating this timely conversation hosted by the Div 15 Early Career Educational Psychologists (ECEP) Committee.

Right, there is a virtual submission but I assume those are not that robust at all…ie, just the iposter gallery….

What are some ways we can make hybrid options work?

I guess allowing zoom presentations would be a start…but the draw of conferences is the networking and connecting, right?

Understanding the Nature and Correlates of Students’ Heterogeneous Perceptions of Opportunities for Deeper Learning - Kristy A. Robinson, 2025 Opportunities in school provide important building blocks for students to develop three essential competencies for academic success: confidence, value for acade...

Happy to share that my study funded by the AERA Fellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning is now published (open access) in AERA Open! Includes insights abt structure, common patterns, & correlates of heterogeneous perceptions of school opportunities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I'm thrilled to share that as of May 21, 2025, I officially graduated with my PhD in Postsecondary Student Success from @txst.edu!

Thank you to my family, my faculty, and all my colleagues who supported me along my doctoral journey!

#PHinisheD #FirstGenPhD #StudentSuccess #HigherEd #TXST

We had a blast during our 3rd annual #LONESTAR gathering here @txst.edu. It was a generative & fun time discussing real world challenges and research-driven solutions for enhancing student learning and motivation, including a fun field trip to the glass-bottom boats 🐢⛴️. See you all next year!

Such a wonderful space to discuss ideas & ponder philosophical questions about education research (e.g., "What is the point of college?"). Thanks so much to @carltonfong.bsky.social for his leadership! 🤗

Loved the extended time connecting with @veronicayan.bsky.social @drmuenks.bsky.social @soyeonlee.bsky.social @lisalimeri.bsky.social @pedram-zarei.bsky.social @zachbaquet.bsky.social @summerrobinson.bsky.social and many others!

We had a blast during our 3rd annual #LONESTAR gathering here @txst.edu. It was a generative & fun time discussing real world challenges and research-driven solutions for enhancing student learning and motivation, including a fun field trip to the glass-bottom boats 🐢⛴️. See you all next year!

We missed you!

🚨 One issue in school belonging research is we don't have a good definition for it yet! It is MUCH MORE than just positive relationships. This MUST READ paper puts forth a much needed framework for defining school belonging with important implications for research & practice bsky.app/profile/alex...