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Portrait of Madina Safdari

Education

  1. BA, Psychology and Education StudiesUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Staff Research Associate II

Madina Safdari

Madina Safdari is a Staff Research Associate II in the UC Irvine School of Education. She supports HERA research projects led by Di Xu and related collaborations on higher education, student success, and online learning.

Research interests

Higher educationStudent successOnline learningResearch operations

Projects

Online learning desk with a laptop, planning cards, and student progress materialsBehavioral Interventions & Student Success

Calbright Student Success

Active · 2022Open educational materials, tablet, books, and a blank price tag on a study tableInstitutional Policies & Student Outcomes

Zero-Textbook-Cost Degrees

Active · 2025Four study workspaces connected around a shared table for the PeerSpace projectBehavioral Interventions & Student Success

PeerSpace

Active · 2026