https://www.brianpdon.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1755483520927-K56LS7DGHBJT16ILG71Q/unsplash-image-HWN1xeXOziM.jpg Home Welcome to the Relationships, Affect, Motivation, and Parenthood (RAMP) Lab, directed by Dr. Brian Don, in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. You can view our ongoing work by reading about our research, viewing our publications page, or by visiting these Google Scholar or ResearchGate links. Thanks for stopping by! https://www.brianpdon.com/research daily 0.75 2025-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1750830503104-9XQ4VDDEDXNJ7MRVW7PN/unsplash-image-jCXU0qdPouc.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1750831598305-IEX29CEFK87X0A5Z0FEG/unsplash-image-pRd_w_ThLrk.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1750832951984-ABWP0IZSKKEFZ7T102GZ/unsplash-image-oU2VYjcpWRg.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1750834002640-7K0610N1L427S2438Z7V/unsplash-image-nizUHtSIrKM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1750834311196-B0VC0T12617IRSRLOU4T/unsplash-image-ORtqjxOUQdE.jpg https://www.brianpdon.com/teaching daily 0.75 2023-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1604672600848-ECKN3T7YTBZXDD3TX508/image-asset.jpeg Teaching - Science, self-determination, and equity in the classroom. I relish the opportunity to engage students via the vehicle of psychological science. Throughout my 8 years in the classroom, I have taught a wide variety of courses, including Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Health Psychology, and Quantitative Methods. Having taught in a diverse range of environments, cultural-responsiveness, equity, and anti-racism are critical components of my pedagogical approach, and I make efforts to ensure every aspect of my syllabus, course delivery, and assignments are equitable and inclusive. Finally, as a motivation researcher, I draw on insights from self-determination theory to try to foster student autonomous motivation, and support their needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness in the classroom. https://www.brianpdon.com/take-action daily 0.75 2020-01-13 https://www.brianpdon.com/new-page daily 0.75 2020-01-13 https://www.brianpdon.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-01-14 https://www.brianpdon.com/contact-3 daily 0.75 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/1755739869938-VTMMHNXN8ZWETND25POE/unsplash-image-HCcmfL-l08I.jpg Contact - Contact us brian.don@austin.utexas.edu Department of Human Development and Family Sciences The University of Texas at Austin https://www.brianpdon.com/read-me daily 0.75 2020-03-24 https://www.brianpdon.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://www.brianpdon.com/people daily 0.75 2023-06-11 https://www.brianpdon.com/people1 daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/3236b6c9-5344-4154-86f0-4d25673424bc/IMG_1137.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/bd790bef-2b6a-4233-b3c4-4619cc69845d/IMG_2330.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/345eefdd-c907-4ee3-8b9a-542154a27b88/IMG_2323.jpg https://www.brianpdon.com/ipst daily 0.75 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/b7195495-949c-4ee6-ae24-1198e5ce9bd7/Screen+Shot+2023-12-01+at+1.35.35+PM.png Interparental Positivity Spillover Theory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1be07345243a129ecbe757/9bc85d81-7352-488d-ba6b-3fa40dcf0cc1/Screen+Shot+2023-12-01+at+1.45.47+PM.png Interparental Positivity Spillover Theory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.brianpdon.com/getinvolved daily 0.75 2026-02-24