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Vimal Rao, a dual master’s and doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology’s psychological foundations of education and quantitative methods in education programs, was selected as the winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award by the University of Minnesota. He is now progressing as the University’s nomination for the 2023 MAGS Excellence in Teaching […]

Associate Professor Faith Miller and Birkmaier Education Leadership Professor Amanda Sullivan, both faculty in the Department of Educational Psychology’s school psychology program, have been awarded a $5.9 million mental health demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Education to partner with Minneapolis Public Schools and South St. Paul School District to build capacity to support […]

Victoria Johnson— a PhD student in the psychological foundations of education program in the Department of Educational Psychology and a researcher in the Reading + Learning Lab— was featured in an American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) 2023 Trends Report for her research on who’s more likely to believe misinformation and why. “The results show that vaccine […]

Faculty and students from the Department of Educational Psychology’s counselor education program gave numerous presentations at the Minnesota School Counselor Association (MSCA) conference which took place November 5-7, 2022. The conference was attended by many school counselors across the state as well as many counselor education (formerly counseling and student personnel psychology) alumni and graduate […]

Tony Mills, a second year student in the Department of Educational Psychology’s counselor education program program, was recently recognized as the Potential School Counselor of the Year Award for 2022 by the Minnesota School Counselor Association (MSCA). Tony was nominated by his advisor Dr. Marguerite Ohrtman who presented the award to Mills at the MSCA Annual Conference on […]

Emma Shanahan, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology’s special education program, has accepted an invitation to join the 15th cohort of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s Division for Research Doctoral Student Scholars (DRDSS). Shanahan was selected as an outstanding doctoral special education student seeking a career in research through an internationally […]

Emma Worthley, a PhD student in the special education program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been awarded the 2023 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award in the social sciences category by the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota. Worthley’s winning thesis, “Sensory Responsivity as a Predictor of Adaptive Behavior Development in Toddlers At-Risk for Autism Spectrum […]

Vera Lois Erickson, PhD, was a professor emeritus and an alumni of the Department of Educational Psychology until her passing on September 25, 2022. She earned her BS degree, cum laude from the University of Minnesota – Duluth and completed her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. In 1976, […]

Corey Hughes, a fourth-year student in the special education program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been nominated as a candidate for the 2022 Best Buddies Minnesota Champion of the Year campaign. Best Buddies is an international organization advocating for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Specifically, Best Buddies creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, […]

Nidhi Kohli, PhD, American Guidance Service, Inc. and John P. Yackel Professor of Educational Measurement and Assessment in the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education program, and her colleagues in the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health (SPH) have received an over $2.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for their […]