Educational Psychology

Master of Arts
Master of Education
Doctor of Philosophy

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Campus address: George I. Sánchez Building (SZB) 504, phone (512) 471-4155, fax (512) 471-1288; campus mail code: D5800

Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program, Department of Educational Psychology, 1 University Station D5800, Austin TX 78712

E-mail: edpsych@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu

URL: http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/departments/edp/

Facilities for Graduate Work

Facilities for graduate study include an extensive library developed specifically for education and psychology; the College of Education’s Learning Technology Center; the Educational Psychology Training and Research Area; Counseling, Learning, and Career Services; and state and community institutions as well as agencies in Austin for training and research.

Areas of Study

Professional training in educational psychology relates human cognition affect and behavior to the educational process as it occurs in the home, in peer groups, in nursery school through graduate school, in professional education, in business and industry, in the military, and in other settings. In so doing, it includes study in the following areas: the biological bases of behavior; history and systems of psychology and of education; the psychological processes related to diversity and multicultural issues; the psychology of learning, motivation, cognition, and instruction; human development, culture, and learning sciences (developmental, social, and personality psychology); psychological and educational measurement, statistics, evaluation, and research methodology; and the professional areas of school psychology, counseling psychology, and counselor education, including clinical training in those areas.

Graduate Studies Committee

The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.

Ricardo C Ainslie Greg Allen Germine H Awad Keisha L Bentley-Edwards Susan N Beretvas Gary D Borich Cindy I Carlson Stephanie W Cawthon Kevin O Cokley Barbara G Dodd David J Drum Edmund T Emmer Toni L Falbo Timothy Z Keith Christopher J McCarthy

Kristin Neff Erika Alisha Patall Keenan A Pituch Aaron B Rochlen Stephanie S Rude Delida Sanchez Diane L Schallert Alissa R Sherry Kevin D Stark Marie-Anne P Suizzo Marilla D Svinicki Deborah J Tharinger Richard Valencia Claire Ellen Weinstein Tiffany A Whittaker