Department Chair

Randy J. Lennon

Several major events have set the tone for 2002 in the department of Educational Psychology. First, we underwent our program review process in the spring semester. This involved the entire department and we now are implementing some ideas raised in that process. Second we welcomed back two senior faculty who had been temporarily reassigned to administrative duties. Both faculty and students hailed their return. While the transition back to a professorial role is sometimes arduous you would never be able to tell it with these two. Drs. Cooney and McDevitt have made smooth transitions back to their roles and are quite happy to be active in teaching/advising students and doing research.
The third major event that shaped Educational Psychology in 2002 is that Early Childhood Education joined with us in September. In addition to two new faculty the department now has a number of students who have selected early childhood education as their minor.
In the fall we saw our conference room transformed into a comfortable and technologically sophisticated environment for advanced graduate education.

Our faculty continue to be productive in research. Dr. John Cooney was selected to join Secretary of Education Paige's committee on Educational Technology in Education. He also continues to serve as editor of the Journal of Individual Differences. Dr. McDevitt has finished her revision copy of her popular text due out in the fall. She also collaborated with Dr. Jane Downey on a new CD of children's reaction on educational and psychological issues. Drs. Lennon and Pulos have collaborated with Jeff Ellison and they have been busily finishing a group of studies examining the construct of shame. They await word on their publication. Dr. Kathy Cochran continues her fine work improving science education and serves as consultant to a National Science Foundation funded consortium of universities.

Our early childhood folks have also been diligently engaged in scholarship. Dr. Jennifer Geringer has had her first article published. As a new assistant professor this is a thrilling first step. She has been busily preparing a large proposal for the creation of a new major. Dr. Fong Yung Lee has also had a new publication. Both are settling in their new home.
Our students have shared in the departmental productivity. Many have presented studies at national and international conferences. This past year 17 papers were presented by Educational Psychology students at various discipline conferences.

As we anticipate the next few years we will be looking at new ways of presenting high quality instruction with reduced resources. We are tightening our belts but not our aspirations or performance

Educational Psychology Faculty

Listed by degree granting institution, rank, research/teaching areas and editorial board memberships

Kathryn Cochran, Ph.D., Purdue University
Professor of Educational Psychology

Educational psychology, teaching science, and individual differences in learning

Randy Lennon, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Professor of Educational Psychology

Developmental psychology, social development, affective development and social/cognitive development

Steven Pulos, Ph.D., York University
Professor of Educational Psychology

Cognition assessment, cognitive development, and theories of development/reasoning, and attention

John Cooney, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Professor of Educational Psychology and Assistant to the President

Cognitive science, human learning, and individual differences.

Editor, Learning and Individual Differences

Teresa McDevitt, Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor of Educational Psychology and Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School

Children's listening and communicative skills, child development, and psychological studies in social contexts of learning

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology

Learning and cognition, study strategies, pedagogy