Faculty Research Interests
Cognition, Learning & Development
Roger Bruning |
Reading, writing, belief and cognition, technology and education. |
Eric Buhs |
Peer rejection and school adjustment; peer relations in multicultural contexts. |
| Douglas Kauffman | Self regulated learning, motivation, cognitive allocation theory, metacognition |
Kenneth Kiewra |
Studying, prose processing, memory. |
David Moshman |
Development of reasoning, rationality, morality, and identity in adolescence and early adulthood, genocide and identity, academic freedom. |
Ian Newman |
Adolescent health related behavior; for example: Alcohol and tobacco use; cross cultural issues |
Counseling Psychology
| M. Meghan Davidson | Revention, Interpersonal relationship violence, Sexual assualt, Career development, Gender and multicultural issues; intersections of identitites, Social justice, Health promotion, and Interdisciplinary work within women's and gender studies, journalism, and law |
Neeta Kantamneni |
Career and minority issues. |
Michael Scheel |
Marriage and family therapy, counseling process, parenting and career development. |
Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometric Methods
Charles Ansorge |
Technology-based teaching tools for enhancing teaching and student learning. |
Jim Bovaird |
Multi-level and latent variable modeling |
John Creswell |
Survey and qualitative research methods in education, issues related to the American Professoriate. |
R. De Ayala |
Item response theory, hierarchical linear models, applied and theoretical psychometrics. |
Kurt Geisinger |
Testing and psychometric theory,Testing of individuals with disabilities and language minorities, High-stakes tests for admissions and personnel selection, Performance assessment, Legal issues in testing |
Ellen Weissinger |
Interdisciplinary in nature and focused on leisure and recreation, and especially boredom. |
School Psychology
Ed Daly |
Academic Interventions, Applied Analysis, Functional Analysis, Assessment |
Beth Doll |
Models of school mental health, Naturally-occurring supports for children’s mental health, and evaluations of the impact of mental health services. |
Merilee McCurdy |
Academic Interventions, specifically to improve student writing performance, Behavioral Pediatric Psychology, Response-to-Intervention |
Susan Sheridan |
Relationships and partnerships for children and youth: Family involvement and interventions; Home-school partnerships; Parent-teacher (conjoint) consultation; Social skills interventions |
Susan Swearer |
Cognitive-behavioral interventions for youth and families; Effective prevention and intervention for aggressive behavior in youth; Comorbidity of internalizing and externalizing problems in children and adolescents; Training issues for pre doctoral psychologists |
