In collaboration with her postdoc adviser Dr. Marilyne Stains (University of Virginia) and her colleagues Lu Shi (University of Virginia), Dr. Jordan Harshman (Auburn University), and Annika Kraft (University of Virginia), Dr. Popova published a paper in CERP titled “Untangling a complex relationship: Teaching beliefs and instructional practices of assistant professors at research-intensive institutions.” One of the unique features of this work, is the use of cluster analysis as an exploratory tool to support the identification of associations within qualitative data.