In April Tom Skovholt, professor of counseling and student personnel psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology, was an invited speaker at the University of Washington Psychology Department and Counseling Center. He presented on: Counselor Development: Elevated Stressors of the Novice Practitioner; Portrait of the Master Therapist; and Competent Clinical Supervision at Varying Developmental Levels.
Educational Psychology Professor John Romano's article "Preserving Emotional Wellness" appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of the University's Wellness Works magazine. Download the entire issue [.pdf].
Professor Scott McConnell (Educational Psychology) has been named the 2008-09 holder of the University's Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs. Scott received the chair because of the work he's done over his career in early childhood education and development and his proposed project to extend this work to children living on Minneapolis's north side and to integrate the educational issues with health care concerns. Scott will be officially honored at a reception during the fall.
Congratulations, Scott!
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Professor Mark Davison (Educational Psychology) offers comment in an article on statewide school testing.
Statewide school testing starts today
MPR (MInn.) April 14, 2008
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Associate Professor Michael Goh (Educational Psychology) and community partners David McGraw Schuchman (People, Incorporated) and Kathryn McGraw Schuchman (Fraser Child and Family Center) presented a two-day workshop “Working with Immigrants and Refugees: Culture, Language, and Practice“ in Lincoln, Nebraska April 4-5, 2008. In the 1990s, Lincoln was selected by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement as a preferred community for newly arrived refugees. Now they are one of the top twenty cities in America for new arrivals from abroad, the story of which is the highlight of bestselling author Mary Pipher’s book The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community. The workshop was organized by the College of Education and Human Sciences and the Psychological Consultation Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Carolyn Schriver, a first year master’s student in the Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has just been chosen to receive the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) Advisor of the Year Award.
She received this award in honor of her work as Advisor to the Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC) Student Senate this academic year. Regarding her work Carolyn states, “The Senate has made large strides this year for the welfare of the student body at MCTC, and I have been privileged to be an integral part of this progress.” She will officially accept the award next Friday, April 18, at the MSCSA Spring General Assembly in Breezy Point, Minnesota.
Congratulations Carolyn!
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Associate Professor Frank Symons (Educational Psychology) was among the 2007-08 Minnesota Futures Grant Program awardees. As part of this award, Frank co-sponsored a symposium at the beginning of January titled “Pain in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Analgesic Failure and the Promise of Biomarkers” with Dr. Lois Kehl, D.D.S., Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, Department of Anesthesiology).
Frank's longstanding clinical interest in the assessment and treatment of severe self-injury among children and adults has led to the development of a program of translational research addressing the problem of pain in neurodevelopmental disorders. He is co-editor with Dr. Oberlander of the only book specific to pain and developmental disabilities and was recently awarded an NIH/NICHD Career Development Award (K02) to support his work.
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Professor David Johnson (Educational Psychology) has received the 2008 Distinguished Contributions to Education Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The award honors an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and success in education research. David was presented with the award on March 26 during AERA's 2008 Annual Meeting Awards Presentation and Presidential Address.
Congratulations, David!
Sandy Christenson, professor of educational psychology, received the Minnesota School Psychologists Association (MSPA) 2007-08 Ysseldyke Best Practices Award. This award is given in recognition of her principles, standards, and dedication that have enhanced the profession of School Psychology.
Congratulations, Sandy!
Michelle Trotter, a doctoral student in Educational Psychology studying counseling and student personnel psychology, has received a 2008 President's Student Leadership and Service Award. Michelle will receive the award from President Bruininks at the awards banquet in May. Michelle is being recognized for her many valuable contributions to the University and Twin Cities communities, including her pivotal role on the Stamp Out Stigma campaign.
Congratulations, Michelle!
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Professor John Romano (Eductional Psychology) and several of his colleagues were awarded the Best Major Contribution in Volume Award. The award recognizes the following paper by John and colleagues, which appeared in the Counseling Psychologist:
Hage, S. M., Romano, J. L., Conyne, R. K., Kenny. M., Matthews, C., Schwartz, J. P., & Waldo, M. (2007). Best practices guidelines on prevention practice, research, training, and social advocacy for psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist, 35, 493-566.
The award will be presented at the APA convention in August.
Congratulations, John and colleagues!
A nice note from Michael Goh, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology:
In the highly competitive national pre-doctoral internship competition for psychology doctoral students, all three doctoral students from the Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology Program (CSPP) in the Department of Educational Psychology who applied for internships were successfully matched.
Of the 3,492 internship applicants nationally, only 79% were matched to an internship site—for our Ph.D. students the match rate was 100%! Please join CSPP/Educational Psychology in congratulating these accomplished students who received internships from the following American Psychological Association-accredited sites:
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Professor Anthony Pellegrini's (Educational Psychology) research on play is mentioned in a BlueRidgeNow.com article.
Taking Play Seriously
BlueRidgeNow.com (N.C.) Feb. 18, 2008
Associate Professor Kay Herting Wahl (Educational Psychology) was part of a panel discussing the shortage of counselors in Minnesota schools. Don Shelby also reported on this issue in his evening news segment "In The Know."
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Associate professor Ernest Davenport in the Department of Educational Psychology recently received more than $23,000 to fund an ACT/SAT preparation course for at-risk students.
Lecturer Caroline Burke's (educational psychology) research on client fabrication and information witholding was referenced in the January 2008 issue of Monitor on Psychology.
An elephant in the office: Experts discuss why clients withhold truth, and what practitioners can do about it
Monitor on Psychology (D.C.) Jan. 2008
Professor Sandy Christenson is hosting two upcoming webinars.
Continue reading "Register for Christenson's upcoming webinars" »
Alumnus Bill Green (M.A., educational psychology; Ph.D., education), superintendent of Minneapolis public schools, will deliver a homily at Gustavus Adolphus College in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Mixed Blood Theatre to perform on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Gustavus News (Minn.) Jan. 11, 2007
Assistant Professor Tabitha Grier (postsecondary teaching and learning) and educational psychology doctoral students Nicole Skaar and Julia Conkel will present a paper at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) convention in February. The paper will cover their work at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis and an alternative school in Iowa.
Professor Anthony Pellegrini's (Educational Psychology) research on playground behavior is mentioned in a Modesto Bee editorial advocating unstructured games and play at school.
UPDATE: Anthony's research was mentioned again in this article in the Indianapolis Star.
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Sandy Christenson (Educational Psychology) received the American Psychological Association Division 16 (School Psychology) Senior Scientist Award, which is the highest honor that the division awards. She was also named a fellow of Division 16. Congratulations, Sandy!
Associate Professor Matt Burns (Educational Psychology) recently published the following book and articles.
Arunya Tuicomepee, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educational Psychology, has just received a third award to be presented at the American Psychological Association convention in August. This latest award is the Division 17 Graduate Student Award. Arunya has also been awarded the Division 52 Graduate Student Research Award and the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs' Outstanding Graduate Student Award. As her adviser Professor John Romano notes, "Arunya obviously is very deserving of these recognitions."
Congratulations Arunya!
Earlier this month, educational psychology professor Bill Bart delivered two lectures at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The lectures were entitled "Diagnostic Item Analysis: The Dense Item Perspective," and "Toward the Integration of Cognitive Diagnosis, Diagnostic Item Analysis, and Internet-Based Instruction." As Bill notes, "Japanese scholars are interested in advances in diagnostic testing."
David Johnson, professor of educational psychology and co-director of the Cooperative Learning Center, explains the benefits of cooperative learning in this Deseret News article.
Several members of the College community received awards from the Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle (WPLC) this year:
Professor Joan Garfield (educational psychology) received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE). The award was presented to her on May 18 at the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The award is for “timeless and continuing contributions to the improvement of statistics education.”
Sunny Hansen, professor emerita of educational psychology, was profiled in the spring 2007 issue of the Journal of Counseling and Development. Links to full-text copies of the article are available here for University users.
Associate professors Michael Goh and Kay Herting Wahl; graduate students Julie Koch and Annette Brisett; and alumna Eunju Yoon, all from the Department of Educational Psychology, published “Working with immigrant students in schools: The role of school counselors in building cross-cultural bridges” in the April 2007 issue of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 35, 66-79.
Associate Professor Michael Goh and graduate students Dan Hess and Pahoua Yang (all from the Department of Educational Psychology) presented a symposium entitled “Vim Dab Neeb Los Tshoj: Traditional and Non-Traditional Explanations of a Hmong-American Man in Distress” at the Annual Teachers’ College Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education.