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The COVID-19 pandemic has led young children and their parents to spend more time together engaged in unstructured play, including in outdoor settings. “Decades of research documents the value of these experiences along a number of dimensions, and yet much less research focuses on the texture of parent-child conversations in these settings, in particular moment-by-moment, […]

Michael Rodriguez—associate dean, incoming interim dean, and Campbell Leadership Chair in the College of Education and Human Development and professor in the Department of Educational Psychology—talks with former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Patrice Relerford. Rybak is now president and CEO and Releford is director of impact strategy—both at the Minneapolis Foundation. Rodriguez serves on […]

Reese Butterfuss, a PhD graduate student in the psychological foundations of education program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been awarded the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (JAOYSA) for his dissertation on “Revising Misconceptions with Multiple Documents.” According to the Society of Text and Discourse webpage, The JAOYSA honors the memory of Jason Albrecht, a […]

Dr. Steven R. Yussen is retiring after a 48 year career as a faculty member and dean at multiple institutions. He is widely known for his research on children’s learning and cognitive development and for his work on reading comprehension and memory. He began his training at the University of Minnesota, as a graduate student […]

Three papers and five posters by researchers in the Department of Educational Psychology’s psychological foundations of education and quantitative methods in education programs were accepted for presentation at the annual meetings of the International Conference on Cognitive Modelling (ICCM), Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), and the Cognitive Science Society (CSS). Due to COVID-19, the […]

Warren Shaffer, PhD, passed away on April 12 in Mesa, Arizona at age 83. Shaffer was a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and a core faculty member in the counseling and student personnel psychology program until his retirement in the 1990s. Shaffer also maintained a private practice of psychology in St. Paul, Minnesota. […]

As we all practice social distancing during COVID-19, many of us are looking for ways to entertain and improve ourselves, connect with others, and help our children continue to learn. According to William Bart, professor of educational psychology in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development, online chess training may be just the mental challenge and […]

The Department of Educational Psychology’s students and faculty had 23 presentations accepted at this year’s American Educational Research Association (AERA) and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) annual meetings, which have been cancelled due to COVID-19. The following is a listing of the accepted presentations: *Chavez, C., Rodriguez, M. C., *Nickodem, K., *Vue, K., […]

Dr. Kay Herting Wahl passed away after a courageous battle with lung cancer on December 24, 2019. Dr. Herting Wahl was an emeritus professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s counseling and student personnel psychology program. Prior to her retirement, she served as the Director of School Counseling. Dr. Herting Wahl was named the American […]

John L. Romano, professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology’s counseling and student personnel psychology program, has been selected by the University of Minnesota Retirees Association (UMRA) to receive a 2020-21 Professional Development Grant for Retirees (PDGR) award for his project entitled “Prevention Science Counseling Psychology: 20 Years of Exceptional Growth.” Romano’s award was […]