Graduate School of Education
Fordham University
Division of Psychological & Educational Services 
School Psychology Program
113 West 60th Street, Room 1008J
New York, New York 10023

Dr. Zusho is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. She received her B.A. and M.A in psychology as well as her Ph.D. in education and psychology all from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on examining the intersection of culture, achievement motivation, and self-regulation. The overarching goal of her research is to develop informed, less prescriptive, culturally sensitive theories of motivation and self-regulated learning that take into consideration the academic and motivational processes of urban youth from culturally-diverse backgrounds.

B.A.,1996 Major in Psychology  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A.,1999Developmental Psychology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D.,2003 Education & PsychologyUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Achievement Motivation
Self-regulated learning/Metacognition
Technology and learning
Acculturation/Biculturalis

• Zusho, A., & Barnett, P.A. (2011). Personal and contextual determinants of ethnically diverse female high school students' patterns of academic help seeking and help avoidance in English and mathematics. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36, 156-164.
• Zusho, A.,& Clayton, K. (2011). Culturalizing achievement goal theory and research. Educational Psychologist, 46, 239-260.
• Zusho, A., & Edwards, K. (2011). Self-regulation and achievement goals in the college classroom.New Directions of Teaching and Learning, 126, 21-33. 
•  Maehr, M.L. & Zusho, A. (2009). Achievement Goal Theory: The past, present, and future. In K Wentzel & A. Wigfield (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation in School (p. 77-104).  New York: Routledge.
• Zusho, A. (2008). Cultural variation in the motivational standards of self-enhancement and self-criticism among Bicultural Asian American and Anglo American students. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 904-911. 
• Zusho, A., & Njoku, H. (2007). Culture and motivation to learn: Exploring the generalizability of achievement goal theory. Manuscript to be published in F. Salili & R. Hoosain (Eds.) Culture, motivation, and learning: A multicultural perspective. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. 
• Zusho, A., Karabenick, S., Sims, B.C., & Rhee, C.K. (2007). Learning and motivation in college classrooms. In R. Perry & J. Smart (Eds.) Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Springer Publishers. 
• Pintrich, P.R., & Zusho, A. (2007) . Motivation and self-regulated learning in the college classroom. In R. Perry & J. Smart (Eds.) Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Springer Publishers. 
• Wigfield, A., Zusho, A., & De Groot, E. (2005). Paul R. Pintrich’s contributions to Educational Psychology: An enduring legacy. Educational Psychologist. 40(2), 67-74.

Child and Adolescent Learning and Development
Cognition and Instruction
Correlational Design
Psychology of Motivation
Media and Technology
Design of Interactive Learning System