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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael C. Rodriguez as the new CEHD dean. A professor of educational psychology, Dr. Rodriguez has served as interim dean of the college since last August and previously was associate dean of undergraduate education, diversity, and international initiatives. He joined the University faculty in 1999 and […]

Alexandria (Muldrew) Robers, a student in both the PhD in school psychology and MA in special education with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis (ABA) programs in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been honored by the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) with an Innovative Student Research Grant in Diversity Equity and […]

Amanda Sullivan, PhD, Birkmaier Education Leadership Professor and school psychology program coordinator in the Department of Educational Psychology, was one of four national experts invited to speak at Columbia University’s Decolonizing Psychology conference on April 16. The goal of this full-day conference was to provide the 5,100 educators, supervisors, and students who registered with the needed resources to critically […]

The online ASD certificate program offers busy service and educational professionals—and current U of M students— more convenient, flexible training to support young people with ASD and their families. Approximately 1 out of 54 children in the U.S. has a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) according to the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network […]

U.S. News & World Report has, once again, ranked programs in the Department of Educational Psychology in the top 10 nationally. The department was ranked #10 for both educational psychology and special education on the 2022 list. These specialty program rankings are based on nominations by education school deans and deans of graduate studies at […]

The Department of Educational Psychology’s school psychology program recently received an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Graduate Program for 2020 National School Psychology Week (NSPW) from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). The University of Minnesota’s program was one of only three in North America to be honorably mentioned. The program was recognized for its […]

On March 1, Jennifer McComas, professor in the special education program in the Department of Educational Psychology, gave an invited presentation on “Assessment and Treatment of Severe Interfering Behavior via Telehealth,” at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Autism (ABAI AUTISM) conference. During the presentation, Professor McComas discussed tactics for addressing severe interfering behavior and […]

Faith Miller, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s school psychology program, has been recognized by the Minnesota School Psychology Association (MSPA) with an Innovative Program Award for 2020-2021. According to the MSPA, the purpose of the Innovative Program Award is to “identify and recognize a person, group, or district that exhibits innovative […]

Sunny Hansen, professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology’s counseling and student personnel psychology program (CSPP, now counselor education), died December 21, 2020. Professor Emeritus John Romano (her colleague from CSPP) provided the following tribute: “Sunny Hansen, a long-time leader in counseling and career development passed away on Dec 21, 2020, after a long period […]

The College of Education and Human Development and Department of Educational Psychology were deeply saddened to learn that our distinguished colleague S. Jay Samuels, passed away on December 12, 2020. Professor Samuels was highly regarded for his major theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of reading, including his seminal article “Toward a theory of […]