Lia Daniels, PhD

About

Dr. Daniels came to the University of Alberta in 2008 after completing her PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Manitoba. She is an avid supporter of graduate students. She was the 2017 recipient of the GSA Graduate Student Supervisor Award for the Social Sciences and the 2018 Faculty of Education Graduate Student Teaching Award winner. Dr. Daniels directs the Alberta Consortium for Motivation and Emotion (ACME) and as the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME). Dr. Daniels was named a McCalla Professor for the 2025-2026 academic year. She is serving a 3-year term as a Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Scholar focused on assessment and well-being. 

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Research

Dr. Daniels’ SSHRC-funded research focuses on the experience of motivation and emotions, their antecedents, and their impact across a variety of achievement contexts. She is primarily a quantitative researcher who works from a variety of theoretical lenses including the Control-Value Theory of Emotions, Attribution Theory, Achievement Goal Theory, and Self-Determination Theory. Her overarching objective is to better understand how to support adaptive motivation and emotions thereby contributing to favourable outcomes in school, work, and therapeutic settings. Her current program of research brings motivation frameworks to bear on assessment practices in higher education.

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Teaching

EDPY 601 Advanced Doctoral Research Seminar

EDPY 616 Achievement Motivation

EDPY 517 Child and Adolescent Development

EDPY 501 Introduction to Educational Research

EDPY 304 Adolescent Development and Learning

EDPY 303 Classroom Assessment

Dr. Daniels is not accepting MEd or PhD students for Fall 2026. 

EDPY 501 - Introduction to Methods of Educational Research

This course introduces students to fundamental concepts, principles, and techniques employed in educational and psychological research. Priority given to graduate students in Educational Psychology.

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EDPY 597 - Special Topics in Educational Psychology

Content varies from year to year. Topics announced prior to registration period. The student's transcript carries a title descriptive of content. May be repeated.

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EDPY 599 - Individual Directed Reading and Research in Educational Psychology

Students will develop and complete an individual study plan under the guidance of an instructor. Prerequisite: consent of the program.

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EDPY 616 - Achievement Motivation

This course provides a general overview of human motivation from a psychological perspective. Students may not receive credit for both EDPY 616 and EDPY 597/697 topic of Academic Motivation.

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Browse more courses taught by Lia Daniels

LM Daniels, D Rorem, D Chazan, BS Dueck, D Plesuk, J Pei

Journal of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. 2023 July;

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AI Radil, LD Goegan, LM Daniels

Frontiers in Education. 2023 July;

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Lia M Daniels, Lauren D Goegan, Patti C Parker

Social Psychology of Education. 2021 February; 24 10.1007/s11218-021-09612-3

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Anne C Frenzel, Lia Daniels, Irena Burić

Educational Psychologist. 2021 January; 56 (4):250-264 10.1080/00461520.2021.1985501

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Daniels, LM, Goegan, LD, Radil, AI, & Dueck, B. S

British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2020 January;

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Daniels, L M

The Journal of Experimental Education. 2019 January; (88):578-594

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Daniels, L. M., Poth, C. A. & Goegan, L. D.

Frontiers: Educational Psychology. 2018 January;

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Daniels, L. M. & Poth, C. A

Educational Psychology. 2017 January; (37):835-853

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Daniels, L. M., Radil, A., & Wagner, A.

Journal of Experimental Education. 2016 January; (84):529-553

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Daniels, L. M.

Educational Psychology. 2015 January; (35):984-1005

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Daniels, L. M., Frenzel, A., Stupnisky, R. H., Stewart, T. L., & Perry, R. P.

British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2013 January;

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Daniels, L. M., Haynes, T. L., Stupnisky, R. H., Perry, R. P., Newall, N., & Pekrun, R

Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2008 January; (33):584-608