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  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Judith M. Harackiewicz is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Education, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The scientist's work centers on topics such as Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, Career Development and Diversity, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Mentoring and Academic Development, Educational Strategies and Epistemologies, Cultural Differences and Values, and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods.

Judith M. Harackiewicz has published frequently in venues such as Motivation Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Educational Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, and UNC Libraries. Their recent papers include:

  • Open science, communal culture, and women's participation in the movement to improve science (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • College students' reasons for leaving biomedical fields: Disenchantment with biomedicine or attraction to other fields? (2020, Journal of Educational Psychology)
  • The role of utility value in promoting interest development (2020, Motivation Science)
  • Utility-value intervention promotes persistence and diversity in STEM (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Inside the STEM pipeline: Changes in students' biomedical career plans across the college years (2021, Science Advances)

Their frequent co-authors include Michael W. Asher, Cameron A. Hecht, Janet Shibley Hyde, Jessi L. Smith, and Dustin B. Thoman, with multiple collaborations reflecting sustained research partnerships.

Judith M. Harackiewicz has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association since 2016.

Best Publications

  • Approach and avoidance achievement goals and intrinsic motivation: A mediational analysis.

    Andrew J. Elliot;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Motivating the Academically Unmotivated: A Critical Issue for the 21st Century:

    Suzanne Hidi;Judith M Harackiewicz

  • Goal setting, achievement orientation, and intrinsic motivation: a mediational analysis.

    Andrew J. Elliot;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Revision of achievement goal theory: Necessary and illuminating.

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Kenneth E. Barron;Paul R. Pintrich;Andrew J. Elliot

  • A meta-analytic review of achievement goal measures: different labels for the same constructs or different constructs with similar labels?

    Chris S. Hulleman;Sheree M. Schrager;Shawn M. Bodmann;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Promoting Interest and Performance in High School Science Classes

    Chris S. Hulleman;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Achievement goals and optimal motivation: testing multiple goal models.

    Kenneth E. Barron;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Predicting Success in College: A Longitudinal Study of Achievement Goals and Ability Measures as Predictors of Interest and Performance From Freshman Year Through Graduation

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Kenneth E. Barron;John M. Tauer;Andrew J. Elliot

  • Short-term and long-term consequences of achievement goals: Predicting interest and performance over time.

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Kenneth E. Barron;John M. Tauer;Suzanne M. Carter

  • Rethinking achievement goals: When are they adaptive for college students and why?

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Kenneth E. Barron;Andrew J. Elliot

  • Predictors and Consequences of Achievement Goals in the College Classroom: Maintaining Interest and Making the Grade

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Kenneth E. Barron;Suzanne M. Carter;Alan T. Lehto

  • Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation : the search for optimal motivation and performance

    Carol Sansone;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Achievement Goal Theory at the Crossroads: Old Controversies, Current Challenges, and New Directions

    Corwin Senko;Chris S. Hulleman;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Enhancing interest and performance with a utility value intervention.

    Chris S. Hulleman;Olga Godes;Bryan L. Hendricks;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • The Role of Achievement Goals in the Development of Interest: Reciprocal Relations Between Achievement Goals, Interest, and Performance

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Amanda M. Durik;Kenneth E. Barron;Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia

  • Task values, achievement goals, and interest: An integrative analysis.

    Chris S. Hulleman;Amanda M. Durik;Shaun B. Schweigert;Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Helping Parents to Motivate Adolescents in Mathematics and Science An Experimental Test of a Utility-Value Intervention

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Christopher S. Rozek;Chris S. Hulleman;Janet S. Hyde

  • The effects of reward contingency and performance feedback on intrinsic motivation.

    Judith M. Harackiewicz

  • Achievement goals and intrinsic motivation.

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Andrew J. Elliot

  • Interest Matters: The Importance of Promoting Interest in Education

    Judith M. Harackiewicz;Jessi L. Smith;Stacy J. Priniski

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Shibley Hyde
Janet Shibley Hyde University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carol Sansone
Carol Sansone University of Utah
Andrew J. Elliot
Andrew J. Elliot University of Rochester
Fabrizio Butera
Fabrizio Butera University of Lausanne
Gabriel Mugny
Gabriel Mugny University of Geneva
Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia
Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia Michigan State University
Jessi L. Smith
Jessi L. Smith University of Colorado Colorado Springs
John F. Kihlstrom
John F. Kihlstrom University of California, Berkeley
W. Keith Campbell
W. Keith Campbell University of Georgia
Charles M. Judd
Charles M. Judd University of Colorado Boulder

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