Research

The Department of Educational Psychology is currently ranked ninth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This ranking reflects the quality research conducted by our faculty and graduate students. Our department is home to several nationally recognized research centers and grant-funded initiatives and has consistently averaged research expenditures between $2-5 million per year. 

This success is due to the work of several research labs and facilities aimed at promoting and understanding learning, mental health and school success. Research in our department is funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, the National Institutes of Health and many foundation and corporate funders. This page highlights some of the many research accomplishments and opportunities in our department.

National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes

The NDC is a technical assistance and dissemination center that supports postsecondary outcomes for individuals who are deaf, deafblind, deafdisabled, hard of hearing or late deafened. This center draws from evidence-based strategies to educate and engage with stakeholders across the nation.
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Leveraging Evidence and Advancing Practice for Youth Mental Health Services

We examine the factors that promote and support the effective use of empirically supported mental health interventions for youth, evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of interventions in low-resource settings, and emphasize research-practice partnerships.

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Labs and Research Areas

Explores the intersection of health, psychology and education by researching how to promote wellness and productivity in educational settings.

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Examines factors that promote and support effective use of empirically supported mental health interventions for youth, evaluates the effectiveness and acceptability of interventions in low-resource settings, and emphasizes research-practice partnerships.

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Supports postsecondary outcomes for individuals who are deaf, deafblind, deafdisabled, hard of hearing, or late deafened by drawing on evidence-based strategies to educate and engage with stakeholders across the nation.

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Studies family, linguistic and sociocultural influences on children’s adaptation to stress and their mental and physical health outcomes.

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Serves as a training center for the graduate programs in counseling psychology and school psychology and a resource for people who are seeking assessment for possible learning difficulties or conditions that may affect learning.

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Explores how people can be empowered to become motivated and effective self-regulated learners through the combination of the right mindset and the right toolset.

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Utilizes media and qualitative methods in psychology as forms of scholarship, public engagement and social action.

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