Assistant Professors Kaylin Ratner, Jessica Gladstone, Aixa Marchand, and doctoral student Hou Xie, all of Educational Psychology, recently had their paper selected for publication in The Journal of Experimental Education.
The paper introduces eudaimonic utility (EU): the perception that an environment can help someone become the person they are meant to be. An environment with a high EU is seen as a place where one can pursue one's purpose in life, grow, bring out one's best, and live authentically.
Ratner credits her participation in the College's Public Engagement Faculty Fellows program, where the research began, and her long-time research-practitioner partners at GripTape.
