Graduate Assistants

Ana Katz

Ana Katz is a doctoral student at the University of Utah in the Department of Educational Psychology, Reading and Literacy. She earned her M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition from Brigham Young University and her B.A. in English and American History from the University of California, San Diego. She also works as adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University as a professor in Rhetoric and Composition, has taught Secondary English in West Valley City, Utah, and currently works with a Utah based non-profit on creating anti-racist literacy curriculum for local school districts.

Ashely Silcox

Ashley Silcox is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology, Reading and Literacy. She earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University and her M.Ed. in Reading and Literacy from the University of Utah. She has worked at public, charter, and online schools with students K-6, as well as in school administration, for 8 years. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two kids, reading, and eating chocolate.

Courtney Richardson

Courtney is a first-year doctoral student at the University of Utah in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology. Prior to moving to Salt Lake City, she earned her B.A. in Sport Management at the University of Michigan and her M.A. in Sport & Performance Psychology at the University of Denver’s School of Professional Psychology. She enjoys skiing, surfing, hiking, etc. Anything active and outdoors!