Educational Psychology faculty, students present research at APA 2025

August 18, 2025

Jenny Feng discusses her research poster at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention
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More than 30 students and faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Sciences presented their research at the recent American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention. 

In total, the department accounted for 21 research presentations at the conference held Aug. 7-9 in Denver. The presentations included:

  • Achingale, O. M., & Swearer, S. M. (2025, August). Bullying support and mental health: Exploring gender differences in depression among students. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Achingale, O. M., Feng, J., Barrett, A., & Swearer, S. (2025, August). Teacher perceptions of bullying: Comparing immigrant and non-immigrant students. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Bovaird, J. A. (2025, August). Sequential designs in the social sciences: Evidence from cluster randomized control trials. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
  • Bovaird, J. A. (2025, August). Severely Unbalanced Cluster Sample Sizes in MLM: Application to Schools within Districts. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
  • Bryson, G. D., Abbott, D. M. (2025, August 7). Social class, religion and sexual attitudes in young adults AFAB [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States.
  • Daydreamer, D., Meunier, J., & Chin, M. Y. (2025, August). A grounded theory study of U.S. mental health practitioners’ financial stress and work satisfaction [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States. 
  • Feng, J., Achingale, O. M., Kesselring, S., & Swearer, S., (2025, August). Ecological trends in bullying perspectives: Insights from parents, teachers, and students. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Galles, J. L., Petsche, T. E., Barrett, A., Wrobel, A., Marron, C., & Swearer, S. (2025, August). Examining the interplay between cognitive components of empathy and cognitive distortions. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Gormley, M., Stadheim, J., Reeble, C., & Vana, N. (2025, August). Substance Use and Academic Outcomes of College Students with ADHD in Two- and Four-Year Institutions. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Huang, L.J, Cavalhieri, K. E., Kim, S. Y., & Chin, M. Y. (2025, August). Assessing critical consciousness and self-compassion as buffers of classism among people of color [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States. 
  • Javaid, D., & Wang, Y. (2025, August). Inhibition-related Executive Functioning and Reading Development in Children: a fMRI Study. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
  • Jeffries, J., Barrett, A. R., Willis, M. C., & Bovaird, J. A. (2025, August). Adverse Childhood Experiences: Bridging Reflective and Formative Psychometrics. American Psychological Association Annual Conference. Division 5: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Denver, CO.
  • Johnson, K., Holmes, B., Chin, M.Y., Deters, J., & Koziol, N. (2025, August 9). Systemic inequity, cultural wealth, and academic and mental Health outcomes for engineering students [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States.
  • Jones, M & Kang, S. (2025, August). Fostering partnerships with African American community: An inclusive autism spectrum disorder camp. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Noetzel, J., & Barrett, A. (2025, August). Teacher response to race-based bullying: Insights for supporting ethnically minoritized students. In Cixin Wang’s Symposium titled, Supporting Asian American Students: Addressing Bullying Across School and Community Contexts. Susan Swearer as Discussant. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 
  • Nguyen, R., & Abbott, D. M. (2025, August). The bloodless period: A transfeminine experience [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States. 
  • Nguyen, R., & Abbott, D. M. (2025, August). Tools for talking sexual pleasure in health service psychology [Skill building session]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, United States.
  • Riley, J. H. (2025, August). Cognitive interviewing in psychometrics: A systematic review of the practices and pitfalls [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. United States. 
  • Thomas, W. P., Hammami, S., Wheeler, J., Bovaird, J. A., & Madison, M. J. (2025, August). The Effects of Q-matrix Design in an LCDM: A Simulation. American Psychological Assocation Annual Convention, Denver CO.
  • Willis, M. C. & Noetzel, J. S. (2025, August). Student advocacy in pediatric school psychology: Paving a path for graduate training programs. [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Conference. Division 54: Society of Pediatric Psychology. Denver, CO. 
  • Witte, A. L., Sheridan, S. M., Mims, P., Hale, K., & Yoon, H. (2025, August). Technology-Delivered Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Improving Rural Student Behavioral Outcomes. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

 

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