Accomplishments: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning) and Kenneth Varner (Education; Academic Programs and Initiatives), published the article "Co-Designing Teacher Leadership Course Content: The Experiences of Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators," in the Journal of…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored an article titled, "The Importance of Relationships in Effectively Leading Schools: Using Corpus Linguistic Analysis to Identify the Essential Work of Educational Leadership from the Perspective of Recently Retired School Administrators," in the journal…
Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Stefan Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), and Petros Pashiardis (Open University of Cyprus) co-authored a chapter titled Leading in the Time of Instantaneity and Unpredictability: The Urgent Call to Develop and Empower School Leaders to Be…
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), with an international team, published a short version of our child-birth related PTSD scale in BMJ: Global Health. Our original scale (Ayers, Wright & Thornton, 2018) has been translated into over 30 languages and is used as a screening device in several countries.…
Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) has been appointed as editor-in-chief for the Higher Education Section of the Journal Education Sciences (IF: 2.6, Q1). Watson has served as a reviewer and section editor for the journal over the last four years.
Sarah M. Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with colleagues from the University of Iowa and University of Washington and the Pablove Foundation, published an article in the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing examining the impact of a virtual photography program on quality of life among children…
Sarah Wolff and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a paper in Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling evaluating a method for using response times to improve the reliability of performance estimates for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the Nation's Report Card). As they…
Dana Roseman (Executive Educational Leadership), a doctoral candidate, and Maria B. Roberts (Educational Policy and Leadership) delivered a scholarly presentation and participated in panel discussions at the July 28-30, 2025 International Conference for Professors of Educational Leadership. Their presentation, entitled "Telling Herstory: The…
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Lucas Graff (Ph.D. '23), a graduate of the doctoral program in Higher Education, were awarded a research grant from The Spencer Foundation. Their project draws upon administrative data from a large statewide system of higher education to examine fairness and inequitable…
Beth Barrie (SVPAA) and Jon Hilpert (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the UPCEA (online and professional education association) 2025 Summit for Online Leadership and Administration (SOLAR) Conference. Their presentation, "Same Strategy, Different Tactics: How Do Learning Analytic Dashboards Differ…
Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored a paper in Innovative Higher Education titled, "A Mixed-Methods Study of Students of Color with Foster Care Experience Navigating a Syndemic," the paper explored how the intersection of COVID-19 and racial violence impacted them. Findings revealed that…
Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has received a $40,000 grant from the Transition-Age Youth Research & Evaluation Hub (TAY-Hub) to do a "Socio-ecological Examination of the Educational and Life Trajectories of Young Men of Color (YMOC) with Foster Care Experience." This study will further our…