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Amy Kunkel is a new assistant teaching professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s special education program. We talked with Dr. Kunkel, also a PhD alumni of the special education program, about the path to her current role at the University of Minnesota. How did you become interested in your area of expertise? As an […]

Özge Ersan Cinar, PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education program, has been been honored with the Covington Award from the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) for her research proposal titled, “A Review of Measurement Challenges in Technology-Enhanced Item Types in Licensure.” The Covington Award is given annually to […]

Professor Emeritus and Licensed Psychologist Tom Skovholt’s book, The Resilient Practitioner, Burnout Prevention and Self Care Strategies for Counselors, Therapists, Teachers, and Health Professionals, was named one of the top five counseling books for those entering the field by Wake Forest University (WFU). According to WFU, “Nothing damages a great counselor’s potential like a lack […]

In fall 2021, Feven Seifu started as an assistant teaching professor in the counselor education program in the Department of Educational Psychology. We asked Dr. Seifu what brought her into the field of counseling and the University of Minnesota. How did you become interested in your area of expertise? I am not one of those […]

Seth Christman is a new assistant teaching professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s counselor education program. To get to know Dr. Christman better, we asked him a few questions about his path to the field of counseling, the University of Minnesota, and Department of Educational Psychology. How did you become interested in your area […]

Caroline Roberts, PhD student in the Department of Educational Psychology’s special education program, has been awarded a 2022-23 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) by the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota. In her fellowship, Roberts plans to facilitate knowledge translation between the fields of special education and psychiatry related to the issue of self harm […]

The Twentieth Annual Educational Psychology Graduate Student Research Day (GSRD) was held virtually on February 4, 2022 to celebrate outstanding student accomplishments in research. GSRD provides an opportunity for graduate students to present their research and to be recognized by peers and faculty. The event took place via Zoom and featured 27 virtual presentations with […]

Jeanette Vyhanek, MA—alumni of the Department of Educational Psychology’s counselor education program (formerly counseling and student personnel psychology), now a school counselor at Anwatin Middle School in Minneapolis Public Schools—has been named Minnesota’s Middle School Counselor of the Year by the Minnesota School Counselor Association (MSCA). In addition to her work counseling middle schoolers, Jeannette […]

John L. Romano, professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology’s counseling and student personnel psychology (now counselor education) program, was honored at last year’s American Psychological Association (APA) Convention for the best paper published in 2020 in the Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion. As of mid-January 2022, his paper, “Politics of Prevention: Reflections […]

The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota aims to be a welcoming and affirming place where all students (and department members)—Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander students, Black students, Indigenous students, students of color, LGBTQI*A+ students, international students, students with disabilities, students with intersecting identities, and other students representing diverse groups—feel supported to […]