David W. Johnson, professor of Educational Psychology, was awarded the Jeffrey Rubin Theory to Practice Award, which is cosponsored by the International Association for Conflict Management and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. It is given to unique individuals whose professional contributions demonstrate a strong competence in (a) theory development and empirical research, (b) ability to move effectively and skillfully between theory and practice in their professional activities, (c) history of conducting rigorous research that has important practical implications, and (d) history of translating findings in a manner that makes them accessible to students and practitioners. Prof. Johnson's nomination was described as "an exemplar of the best the field has to offer in terms of theory, practice, and their intersection." The award will be presented at the association's annual conference in Boston in June 2010.

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Michael Goh, associate professor in Educational Psychology, along with Monica Froman, Lidan Gu, Ian MacFarlane, Morgan Paldron, Anna Roth, Adam Sumner, and Erin VandenLangenberg (all Educational Psychology/Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology Ph.D. students) were discussion facilitators at the seventh annual It's Time To Talk Forums on Race, November 10, 2009. Over 1000 community members gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center to discuss race as part of the YWCA's on-going mission to foster cross-cultural understanding and strengthen our communities' commitment to work against racism.

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The October issue of Multivariate Behavioral Research contains three articles by faculty, graduate students, and alumni of Educational Psychology's Quantitative Methods in Education (QME) track: one on a logistic regression analysis of growth/change by alumnus Jeffrey Harring (now at the University of Maryland), one on a hierarchical regression analysis of patterns in test item responses by alumnus Steve Culpepper (now at theUniversity of Colorado, Denver), and one on structural equation modeling of multivariate score patterns by Professor Mark L. Davison, alumnus Se-Kang Kim (now at Fordham University) and graduate student Catherine Close.

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Governor Tim Pawlenty, has proclaimed the week of October 17-24, 2009 to be Gifted and Talented Youth Week in the State of Minnesota, according to Professor Bill Bart, Educational Psychology. The Minnesota State Government recognizes the importance of gifted and talented Minnesota youth and their education for the economic well-being and the cultural vitality of the State of Minnesota.

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Michelle Everson, Ph.D., lecturer in Educational Psychology, recently published an article, Understanding the Instructor's Role in Facilitating Online Discussions in Faculty Focus.

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Educational Psychology is pleased to announce that Professors Asha Jitendra and Jennifer McComas were awarded an NIH stimulus grant to fund their study on improving problem-solving performance of students with mathematics difficulties. This two-year project will test the efficacy of a fully developed intervention (Schema-Based Instruction, SBI) with approximately 260 third graders in the Twin Cities.

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Michelle Everson, Ph.D., lecturer in Educational Psychology, recently published an article, "10 Things I've Learned about Teaching Online" in eLearn Magazine.

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Daniel Hess, graduate of the doctoral program in Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology program in Educational Psychology, won two Outstanding Graduate Student Research Awards at the 117th American Psychological Association Annual Convention in Toronto, Canada, August 7, 2009. APA Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and Division 52 (International Psychology) both awarded Dan separately for his dissertation research titled: "The Mental Health Sequelae and Treatment of Massive Community Violence in West Africa".

Dan's dissertation was advised by Michael Goh, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, and co-advised by Jon Hubbard, an alum of the Institute of Child Development. Dan just completed a post-doc at University of California Berkeley Counseling and Psychological Services.

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Matthew Burns, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, was recently inducted into the Society for the Study of School Psychology. SSSP's mission is to promote and recognize scholarship and research in school psychology.

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Ernest Davenport, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, contributed toward a recent story on the achievement gap between black and white students in Minnesota on Minnesota Public Radio .

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Former CEHD Dean Steve Yussen, professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Institute of Child Development, has been named editor of AERA's flagship journal, Educational Researcher. Deborah Dillon, Guy Bond Chair in Reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and educational psychology professor Michael Harwell join Yussen as associate editors.

Yussen brings more than 35 years of scholarly experience to this new endeavor. In the past he has served as associate editor of Child Development and the Journal of Educational Psychology, as a reviewer for numerous scholarly journals, and as an editorial advisory board member. His own research, which centers on cognitive development, instructional psychology, memory, learning, and reading comprehension in school-age children, has been widely published.

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Michelle Everson, Ph.D., lecturer in Educational Psychology, received the 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Education and Human Development. The Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes outstanding contributions by a college faculty member who enhances learning through classroom and/or field-based teaching, student advising and academic innovations.

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The Department of Educational Psychology is proud to announce that it has received 3 of the 5 top ten U.S. News & World Report rankings with which CEHD was honored in 2009. Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology received a ranking of 6th. Educational Psychology received a ranking of 7th. Special Education received a ranking of 8th.

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Stacy Danov, doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology, has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School for 2009-2010. These prestigious fellowships allow a select number of students to devote full-time effort to their dissertations during their final year of study.

Danov's studies focus on how neuroleptic medication affects positively and negatively reinforced severe problem behavior in children with developmental disabilities. Frank Symons, Ph.D., serves as her adviser.

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William Bart, Ph.D., professorin Educational Psychology, has had a third entry accepted for publication in the SAGE Reference work, Encyclopedia of Research Design. The reference is the following:

Bart, W. M., & Bart, T. (in press). Markov Chains. In N. Salkind(Ed.), Encyclopedia of research design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

This entry is 16 pages in length. Thomas Bart, co-author, is the son of William Bart.

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All seven Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology Program students (Educational Psychology) successfully matched with American Psychological Association (APA) accredited pre-doctoral internships around the country for 2009-2010. The process was exceptionally competitive this year with a record 3,825 applicants and an eventual 846 students who did not match. Congratulations to the following (internship sites in parenthesis):

Julia Conkel-Ziebell (University of Minnesota Medical School-Neuropsychology-Pediatric Psychology)

JuiHsien Kao (University of Minnesota Counseling and Consulting Services)

Jason Netland (Hazelden Foundation)

Sandra Sanger (University of St. Thomas Counseling Center)

Michael Starkey (University of Maine Counseling Center)

Chia-Chen Tu (University of New Hampshire Counseling Center)

A Yang (Ohio State University Counseling and Consultation Service)

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Michael Goh, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, has been appointed faculty mentor for the 2009 American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Institute (PSI). PSI provides educational, professional development, and mentoring experiences to advanced doctoral students of psychology and psychologists who are in the early stage of their careers. Participants from across the United States are guided toward developing a grant proposal, postdoctoral fellowship, dissertation, treatment program, publication, or program evaluation project. All projects focus on issues affecting ethnic minority communities.

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William Bart, Ph.D., professor, and Kentaro Kato, graduate student, both in Educational Psychology, have had two entries accepted for publication in the SAGE Reference work, Encyclopedia of Research Design:

Kato, K., & Bart, W. M. (in press). Bernoulli distribution. In N.Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of research design. ThousandOaks, CA: Sage.

Kato, K., & Bart, W. M. (in press). Poisson distribution. In N.Salkind (Ed.),Encyclopedia of research design.ThousandOaks, CA: Sage.

Kentaro Kato is a graduate advisee of William Bart and Ernest Davenport.

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In addition to being honored as a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association at its recent annual meeting in San Diego, California, April, 2009, William Bart, Ph.D., professor in Educational Psychology, presented two papers co-authored by former advisees at the meeting.

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William Bart, Ph.D., professor of Educational Psychology, was honored as a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) at its recent annual meeting in San Diego, California, April, 2009, in “recognition of sustained achievement in education research.”
Bart joins five other CEHD faculty as Fellows of AERA: Robert Bruininks, Mark Davison, Joan Garfield, David W. Johnson, and Geoffrey Maruyama.

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Jennifer McComas, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, was awarded a $778,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for Leadership Training to Promote Students' Academic and Behavioral Success.

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Ted Christ, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, was recently awarded a Steppingstones for Technology Award from the Office of Special Education Programming (US Department of Education). This two-year, $400,000 award will provide ongoing funding for the Computer-Based Assessment Systems for Reading project, which is designed to develop and evaluate a computer adaptive test to assess skill development across the primary grades.

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Michael Rodriguez, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, received a 2009 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education. This award is sponsored by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Rodriguez and other recipients will be honored at an April 27 reception.

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Arunya Tuicomepee, assistant professor of Psychology at Chulalongkorn YUniversity, Bangkok, and John Romano, professor in Educational Psychology, were co-recipients of the American Counseling Association 2009 Research Award. The award, which was presented at the Association's annual convention, was given in recognition of the paper, ""Thai Adolescent Survivors 1 year after the 2004 Tsunami: A Mixed Methods Study"" which appeared in the July 2008, Journal of Counseling Psychology. This paper was based on Dr. Tuicomepee's doctoral dissertation under the direction of Romano.The University, CEHD, and Educational Psychology all have institutional partnerships with Chulalongkorn University.

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The 2009 MITER Lecture and MITER Brown Bag talk, on neuroimaging and reading research, given by Ken Pugh of Haskins Laboratories and Yale University on February 27, 2009, are now available on the MITER Program’s Events page.

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Tony Albano, doctoral student in Educational Psychology (Quantitative Methods in Education), has been awarded a summer internship at Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey. Tony will work with Dr. Jinghua Liu on a project investigating the Effects of Smoothing on Equating Functions in the Presence of Structurally Irregular Data. This is a great recognition of his work and preparedness and a very competitive award. Michael Rodriguez is Tony's adviser.

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The School Psychology program is hosting its annual Summer Institute on August 11, 2009. Jim Wright of Intervention Central will present: Instruction and Interventions within Response to Intervention. Please see the Summer Institute web page for more information and registration. The program will be held at the Radission Hotel in Rosevillle.

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Theodore J. Christ, Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, was recently awarded $1.6 million from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to fund the project entitled Formative Assessment Instrumentation and Procedures for Reading (FAIP-R). That project will fund activities to establish guidelines, procedures and instrumentation for collecting, interpreting, and using progress monitoring data to evaluate students’ reading growth in 1st through 5th grades. Researchers will translate their findings directly to practice with a set of interactive web-based materials to assist school personnel in the use of data for school-based decision-making. This is one of three federally funded projects for which Dr. Christ is principal or co-principal investigator.

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Jay Samuels, Ed.D., professor in Educational Psychology presented a symposium on "The Role of Practice in Learning" at the International Reading Association's national meeting in Phoenix in February.

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William Bart, Ph.D., professor in Educational Psychology, made two presentations at the 2009 Minnesota Educators for the Gifted and Talented Conference in Brainerd, Minnesota. Approximately 300 educators attended the conference.

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This year’s Minnesota Interdisciplinary Training in Education Research (MITER) Lecture will be given on February 27, 2009, by Dr. Ken Pugh (Haskins Laboratories and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut). The lecture, Neuroimaging Research and Phonological Interventions for Struggling Readers, is scheduled for 4:00 – 6:00 pm, 275 Nicholson Hall, 216 Pillsbury Dr. SE

For registration and further details, please contact Peggy Ferdinand, MITER Program Coordinator, at mlif@umn.edu.

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An article published in 1984 by Stan Deno, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Educational Psychology (special education), along with two of his students (Lynn Fuchs and Phyllis Mirkin), is the most frequently cited article in the field of educational research as reported by the American Educational Research Association. The Top-50 List of most frequently cited articles spans more than 50 years of research. Deno’s is first on the list.

Lynn S. Fuchs, Stanley L. Deno, Phyllis K. Mirkin (1984). The Effects of Frequent Curriculum-Based Measurement and Evaluation on Pedagogy, Student Achievement, and Student Awareness of Learning, Am Educ Res J , 21:449-460.

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Annie Hansen, Ph.D., lecturer in Educational Psychology, has been invited to participate in the 2009 School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference as an Early Career Scholar. The conference will be held in Toronto in August, 2009.

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Matthew Burns,Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology and co-director of the Minnesota Center for Reading Research, recently published two research articles that are referenced below:

Burns, M. K., Peters, R., & Noell, G. H. (2008). Using performance feedback to enhance the implementation integrity of the problem-solving team process. Journal of School Psychology, 46, 537-550.

Szadokierski, I., & Burns, M. K. (2008). Analogue evaluation of the effects of opportunities to respond and ratios of known items within drill rehearsal of Esperanto words. Journal of School Psychology, 46, 593-609. (Co-author, Isadora Szadokierski, is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology.)

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Jim Ysseldyke is the recipient of the 2009 Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. This award speaks volumes for the persistent and outstanding contributions that Ysseldyke has made on behalf of exceptional children both nationwide and internationally. Previous recipients of this award include other Educational Psychology faculty: Maynard Reynolds, Evelyn Deno, and Frank Wood.

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Michael Rodriguez,Ph.D., associate professor in Educational Psychology, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME). The mission of the National Council on Measurement in Education includes (1) the encouragement of scholarly efforts to advance the science of measurement in the field of education; improve measurement instruments and procedures for their administration, scoring, interpretation, and use; and improve applications of measurement in assessment of individuals and evaluations of educational programs. (2) The dissemination of knowledge about theory, techniques, and instrumentation available for measurement of educationally relevant human, institutional, and social characteristics; procedures appropriate to the interpretation and use of such techniques and instruments; and applications of educational measurement in individual and group evaluation studies. Rodriguez is also currently serving as the coordinator for the Quantitative Methods in Education track in Educational Psychology, director for the Office of Research Consultation Services (ORCS), and PI for the McKnight Foundation funded Identifying Essential Element of Childcare Project (IEEoCC) .

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Professor William Bart (Department of Educational Psychology) and alum Seth Langley (Ph.D., educational psychology) have recently published a research article on self-regulation and academic achievement motivation among underprepared learners: Langley, S. R., & Bart, W. M. (2008). Examining self-regulatory factors that influence the academic achievement motivation of underprepared college students. Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 25(1), 10-22.

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Associate professor Michael Goh (Department Educational Psychology), teaching assistant Adam Sumner (Ph.D. student, Department of Educational Psychology) joined 36 educational psychology graduate students in the counseling and student personnel psychology program to partner with approximately 80 students of the entire senior class at Hmong Academy in St Paul to engage in career development conversations.

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Professor Scott McConnell (Department of Educational Psychology) and colleagues presented several papers and posters at the Division of Early Childhood Conference held in Minneapolis at the end of October, including the keynote address.

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Karen Cadigan, research fellow in the Center for Early Education Development (CEED) and doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology, received the J. David Sexton Doctoral Student Award at the International Division of Early Childhood (CED) conference at its October meeting.

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The recently formed Counseling and Student Personnel (CSPP) Alumni Council held its fall alumni event on October 23rd. The CSPP program is housed in the Department of Educational Psychology.

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The Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has awarded professor Scott McConnell (Department of Educational Psychology, Center for Early Education and Development) the 2008 Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award in recognition of his significant and lasting contributions to the fields of early intervention and early childhood special education.

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The Division for Research of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recently announced that Insoon Han, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology, was selected through a national competition to participate in the inaugural cohort of Doctoral Student Scholars in Special Education Research.

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Alum Eunju Yoon and Associate Professor Michael Goh (both from the Department of Educational Psychology) and Richard Lee (Department of Psychology) recently published a study.

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Alums Len Jennings and Vilma D’Rozario, Associate Professor Michael Goh, and Professor Tom Skovholt (all from the Department of Educational Psychology), along with Assistant Professor Ashley Sovereign of Argosy University, recently published a study.

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Associate Professor Michael Goh, alum Julie Koch, and Ph.D. student Sandra Sanger (all from the Department of Educational Psychology) recently published an invited book chapter.

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Bob Utke, Mary Lindell, Susan Hupp, and Kristen McMaster (all from the Department of Educational Psychology) recently gave a presentation entitled “Research on Quality Personnel Preparation for Inclusive Settings: Building the Evidence Base." The presentation was delivered at the Teacher Education Division Conference of the Council for Exceptional Children, held in Dallas, Texas on November 6.

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Professor Joan Garfield (Educational Psychology) has co-authored a new book.

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Postdoctoral Associate Charlie Miller (Curriculum and Instruction) and Associate Professor Sue Rose (Educational Psychology) have received a Phase I Department of Education Stepping Stones grant in the amount of $399,942 for the period October 2008 through September 2010 to develop a technology-based avenue for progress monitoring with deaf and hard of hearing students.

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Dr. Kevin McGrew, visiting professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, has recently published several articles and delivered a variety of presentations.

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Professor Joan Garfield and lecturers Michelle Everson and Andrew Zieffler (all in the the Department of Educational Psychology) recently published the lead article in Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers.

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Associate professor Matt Burns (Educational Psychology) comments in an article on the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) teaching approach.

Measure for measure, teaching approach gaining popularity
Star Tribune (Minn.) Sept. 7, 2008

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Ralph Anttonen (Ph.D., educational psychology) and his wife, Judy, have been named the 2008 grand marshals of Pennsylvania's Millersville Community Parade, chosen among 25 other nominees by the Millersville Community Parade Committee.

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Professor Emerita Sunny Hansen (Educational Psychology) recently launched a new international gender equity Web site called Born Free International.

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Associate Professor Sherri Turner (Educational Psychology) was recently voted Treasurer for the American Psychological Association's (APA) Society of Vocational Psychology (Division 17).

Congratulations Sherri!

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Associate professor Michael Goh (Educational Psychology) has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD). JMCD is a refereed quarterly journal of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), a member association of the American Counseling Association. The journal is concerned with research, theory, and program applications pertinent to multicultural and ethnic minority interests in all areas of counseling and human development. JMCD is ranked one of the top 5 journals most cited for multicultural psychology.

Congratulations Michael!

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Associate professor Michael Rodriguez (Educational Psychology) has been honored by the University of Minnesota - Morris Alumni Association (UMMAA) with the 2008 UMMAA Distinguished Alumni Award. Michael received the award for his scholarly and community efforts.

Congratulations Michael!

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Professor William Bart (Educational Psychology) has been named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association (AERA). AERA, founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

Congratulations, Bill!

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Alumna Mary Zabolio McGrath (M.A. '78, educational psychology; Ph.D. '88, educational policy and administration) recently published two books.

Ethical Dilemmas in Education: Standing Up for Honesty and Integrity
by Beverley H. Johns, Mary Z. McGrath, and Sarup R. Mathur
Rowman Education, 2008

Reaching Students with Diverse Disabilities: Cross Categorical Ideas and Activities
by Mary Z. McGrath and Beverley H. Johns
Rowman Education, 2008

Congratulations, Mary!

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Congratulations to Scott McConnell (Educational Psychology, CEED), who will oversee a component of the newly funded Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRIEC). This center is supported by a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences awarded to the University of Kansas, with subcontract collaborators here at the University of Minnesota, at The Ohio State University, and at Dynamic Measurement Group in Eugene, Oregon.

With an overall goal of reducing the number of children with reading problems by increasing the number of children entering school with knowledge and skill in early literacy and language, CRIEC will conduct research, development, and demonstration of procedures to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) models in early childhood programs.

Good luck to Scott and his colleagues!

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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.

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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].

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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 his co-authors received the 2007-08 Outstanding Contribution Award from Sage Publishing and the Society of Counseling Psychology at the American Psychological Association Convention. 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!

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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:

• Ling-Hsuan Tung (Boston Medical Center/Boston University Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology)


• Michelle Trotter (Montana State University, Bozeman Counseling and Psychological Services)


• Kimberly Zahm (Towson University Counseling Center)

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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

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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.

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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

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Professor Sandy Christenson is hosting two upcoming webinars.

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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

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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.

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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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Professor 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!

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Associate Professor Matt Burns (Educational Psychology) recently published the following book and articles.

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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!

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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."

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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.

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Several members of the College community received awards from the Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle (WPLC) this year:

• Faculty/Staff award: Michelle Everson, Educational Psychology
• Graduate student awards: Eva Lynn Boehm, Curriculum and Instruction; Julia Conkel, Educational Psychology; Kaoru Kinoshita, Educational Policy and Administration; and Kyoung-Ah Nam, Educational Policy and Administration.
• Rising Star awards: Kristen McMaster, Educational Psychology; and Karen Miksch, Post Secondary Teaching and Learning.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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