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Elizabeth Fry, PhD, alumni of the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education (QME) program, did not enjoy the first statistics class she took in college. Fry double majored in math and French as an undergraduate student at Valparaiso University. While her introductory statistics class did not leave her wanting to learn more, the second […]

Early on, Kyle Nickodem, PhD, alumni of the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education (QME) program, became intrigued by a single number’s questionable ability to represent the complexity of the human mind. He stumbled across this realization during his work in a research lab during his undergraduate career, and was thereafter inspired to […]

Three Department of Educational Psychology researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.8 million Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant to scale up their ELCII (Early Language Comprehension Individualized Instruction) technology. Initially developed with IES funding and the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD’s) Educational Technology Innovations (ETI), ELCII provides supplemental early instruction in language […]

Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou, Guy Bond Chair in Reading in the Department of Educational Psychology’s psychological foundations of education program, and Danielle Dupuis, director of the Research Methodology Consulting Center, have been awarded a three-year, $1.9 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Led by Vasile Rus at the University of Memphis, their project […]

Robert (Bob) delMas, PhD, emeritus professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education (QME) program, recently was honored by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) with the George Cobb Lifetime Achievement Award in Statistics Education. Dr. delMas received his award from his former students and QME alumni Elizabeth […]

Norman Sprinthall, EdD, died on March 8, 2022 at 90 years-old. From 1971 to 1983, he was a professor and chair of the counseling and student personnel psychology program (now counselor education) in the Department of Educational Psychology. Along with his colleague Ralph Mosher, Sprinthall developed the Deliberate Psychological Education (DPE) model. In an article […]

Robert (Bob) delMas, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education program, has been honored by the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education (JSDSE) for his contributions to the field of statistics education in an article, “An Interview with Bob delMas.” Dr. delMas, who is retiring in May 2022, […]

Keisha Varma, associate vice provost of equity and diversity and associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, was recently honored with the 2022 President’s Award for Outstanding Service. This award recognizes exceptional service to the University, its schools, colleges, departments, and service units by an active or retired faculty or staff member. Recipients of […]

Corissa Rohloff, PhD student in the quantitative methods of education (QME) program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been awarded the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Educational Statisticians Special Interest Group (SIG) Best Graduate Student Paper Award for her paper, “The Impact of Functional Form Complexity on Model Overfitting for Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Models.” Rohloff’s […]

Kathy Seifert, PhD, director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Educational Psychology and senior lecturer in special education—has been honored by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association with a 2022-2023 Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. The Horace T. Morse Award reflects the University’s strong and enduring commitment to outstanding […]