Review of One Classroom at a Time: How Better Teaching Can Make College More Equitable by David Gooblar

Yingyuan Sun is a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work explores how mentorship, institutional structures, and generative AI shape students’ academic identity trajectories and identity development. Since 2021, she has served as a graduate research assistant, administrative associate, and co-coordinator of the Youth Board at the Center of Racial Justice and Youth-engaged Research, UMass Amherst, co-creating a youth-centered space with/for high school students in Western Massachusetts and neighboring areas. Her current research examines youth leadership development, youth participatory action research 2.0, and the publication-socialization experiences of international doctoral students. Her work has been presented at the American Educational Research Association and the Comparative and International Education Society. She serves as chair of publicity and communications for the Journal of Equity & Excellence in Education, and as an executive member of the AERA Division G graduate committee. She is also a Co-PI for the SUMERU: One Thought, One Thousand Worlds, an interdisciplinary, education- and research-oriented transmedia interactive narrative and serious game project with Northeastern University.