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Educational Psychology

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Educational Psychology
#9 Ranked Program by U.S. News & World Report

Leadership in Science and Practice

Our department is dedicated to advancing knowledge of human behavior as it relates to education. We train our students to work as teachers, counselors, evaluators, and researchers in educational environments. Students develop skills in the areas of human development and behavior, psychology of education, learning theory, and research and evaluation methods. This year, U.S. News and World Report ranked our department seventh among public institutions and ninth overall.

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Graduate Programs

Our master’s and doctoral programs explore theory through research and apply data driven approaches in a wide variety of settings. Students gain the skills necessary to make significant impacts in research and education.
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Undergraduate Minor

Our department offers a minor in Educational Psychology. Undergraduate students have the opportunity to take our courses as electives, minor in Educational Psychology, and/or participate in EDP research.
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Featured Research

Faculty and students conduct research that is aimed at promoting and understanding learning, mental health, and school success. We have several labs and centers dedicated to examining cognition, culture, and coping and stress.

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Features

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Trauma, Teacher Stress, and Covid-19

One graduate student’s research sheds light on the pandemic’s impact on teachers.

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Whole Communities Whole Health

We’re meeting families in their homes and neighborhoods. We’re welcoming them as engaged, contributing community scientists—finding answers to their questions and sharing results with them in real time.

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A Conversation with Elizabeth Minne, Virtual Vida for Austin ISD Students

When EDP alumna Elizabeth Minne, Ph.D. ‘06, founder of the Vida Clinics, learned that Austin Independent School District was closing schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her team quickly made plans to pivot from in-person counseling to online services.