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Faculty in the Educational Psychology and Research Program and their research interests include the following:
Kakali Bhattacharya, Ph.D., University of Georgia (2005). Globalization of higher education; De/colonizing qualitative research methodologies; Transnational feminism; Design of learning environments.
Corinna Ethington, Ph.D., Virginia Tech (1985). Statistics and research methods; Women in quantitative fields; College effects on students. Coordinator, Educational Research.
Forooz Faghihi, Ph.D., University of Memphis (1998). Educational Research; School reform and student learning; Higher education and graduate student retention; Cross cultural study of aging.
Yeh Hsueh, Ed.D., Harvard University (1997). Development of children; Cross-cultural study of preschool; Development of developmental psychology; Instructional media.
Terry Ishitani, Ph.D., University of Iowa (2000). Policy analysis in higher education; institutional research; college success; longitudinal research designs.
Martin H. Jones, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington (2007). Learning and cognition, academic motivation, self-regulated learning, peer and social influences on motivation, and social functioning of students with learning disabilities.
Susan Magun-Jackson, Ph.D., University of Memphis (1996). Retention/attrition in higher education; Life-span development; At-risk college students; Instructional design and technology. Coordinator of Educational Psychology
Dianne D. Morgan, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2004). Child development; Communities of Practice and teaching; Culture, language, and learning.
Christian E. Mueller, Ph.D., The University of Kentucky (2006). Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development and Cognitive Processes, Giftedness and Talent Development, Motivation.
Ernest A. Rakow, Ph.D., University of Chicago (1974). Teacher evaluation; Innovative uses of statistics. Associate Dean of the College of Education.
Steven M. Ross, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (1974). Educational research and student learning; School reform; At-risk learning; Instructional technology. Executive Director of the Center for Research in Educational Policy; Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in Urban Education. Vita
John Smart, Ph.D., University of Kentucky (1971). Higher education; Institutional research; College environments.
Karen Weddle-West, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (1982). Cultural diversity; Minority teachers; Child psychology; Infant development; Adolescent pregnancy; At-risk children. Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Studies.
M. Anne White, Ph.D., University of Memphis (2001). Life-span development; College student development.
Yonghong Jade Xu, Ph. D., The University of Arizona (2003). Statistics and quantitative research methods; Large-scale data analysis with statistical and data mining approaches; Comparison of different data analysis methods.
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