Brendan A. Schuetze, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Utah
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Spring 2026 Update
I am recruiting graduate students to the Learning Sciences Program within Utah's Educational Psychology department to work on research projects that push the boundaries of educational psychology through the use of advanced statistical and computational methods. I am also interested in recruiting undergraduate research assistants. Email me to learn more!
I will be presenting my work this Spring at AERA 2026. If you're attending, please reach out if you'd like to grab coffee!
Howdy, I'm Brendan. đź¤
I'm a learning scientist, using formal modeling, experiments (in-lab and in the classroom), and survey data to better understand how and why we learn.
My ongoing research has focused on using computational models to better anticipate where, when, and how learning strategy and motivational interventions might be tailored for different individual, technological, and school contexts.
Through these efforts, I aim to develop the contextually rich intervention theory needed to support the creation of effective and equitable educational environments.
Here are some of my recent papers to get a sense of this work:
Schuetze, B. A. (2025, July). The self-regulated learning paradox: Or, one reason why educational interventions might fail. In D. Barner, N. R. Bramley, A. Ruggeri, & C. M. Walker (Eds.), Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3156–3163). Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2ms8v453
Schuetze, B. A. & Yan, V. X. (2025). Choosing what to study: Do internal judgments predict study-time allocation intentions over and above external agendas? Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000989von Hippel, P. T. & Schuetze, B. A. (2025). How not to fool ourselves about heterogeneity of treatment effects. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241304347
Schuetze, B. A. (2024). A computational model of school achievement. Educational Psychology Review 36, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09853-6
* Editor's Choice * Yan, V. X., & Schuetze, B. A. (2023). What is meant by “growth mindset”? Current theory, measurement practices, and empirical results leave much open to interpretation: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette et al. (2023). Psychological Bulletin, 149(3-4), 206–219. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000370
In my free time, you can find me drawing up plans for the heterogeneity revolution. I grew up primarily in Lancaster (PA), but have called many places home including Hanover (NH), Austin (TX), and Potsdam, Germany.