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Focuses on biomechanic analysis and instruction, and neurological correlation to fine motor skills.

Research interests include relationship building among bilingual Latinx elementary students, their families, and their teachers.

Research interests focus on inequities in early schooling and the intersection of immigration, race and early childhood.

Explores the intersection of psychology and culture through such topics as the psychological experience of immigration, ethnic conflicts and the impact of violence within communities, and the relationship between individual and collective identity.

Manages and coordinates multiple research and evaluation grants and contracts for the Educational Research Center.

Focuses research on student success and graduation initiatives, including innovative college readiness assignments, student success programs and understanding the completion agenda.

Works in public health and health promotion with a focus on capacity building, innovation and evaluation of health care systems.

Studies the effects that acculturation and identity have on discrimination, specifically in those of Arab/Middle Eastern descent and African Americans.

Investigates the nature of STEM interests and interest-driven participation and learning, foundations of cognition in STEM disciplines, and learning out of schools.

Researches the effect of exercise on mental health to improve mood and reduce stress.

Research focuses on the dissemination and implementation of empirically supported practices (ESPs) for children with disruptive behavior, trauma, anxiety and depression in community settings.

Teaches courses focusing on physical and strength training as well as sport history and culture.

Interested in statistical models with a focus on deriving and evaluating multilevel model extensions and meta-analysis models for educational, behavioral, social and medical science data.

Research interests center on student success at community colleges and the effects of enrollment status and developmental education on persistence and completion.

Studies engineering and STEM higher education, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduates.

Examines the management of systems for athlete development, including how different sport settings influence performance and participation over the lifespan.

Focuses on historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.

Centers research on how early childhood stakeholders respond to and conceptualize policies affecting the education of children

Creates scholarship based around teacher education, especially relating to race and culture.

Focuses on predicting sexual health outcomes, such as unintended pregnancy, among adolescents and young adults using structural equation or hierarchical linear modeling and large longitudinal data sets.

Research interests include college student mental health and suicide prevention, collaborative care models of behavioral health in primary care, and the intersection of mental health and academic success.

Teaches courses focused on human sexuality, intimacy, and relationships.

Researches instructional strategies and assistive technology adaptations for students with learning disabilities, specifically in Mathematics.

Specializes in adapted physical education and working with children with disabilities by providing sensory and motor integration training.

Focuses on issues that affect underrepresented students and faculty related to identity intersectionality and performativity, particularly critical theories and constructs of gender, sexuality, race, and class.

Research interests include immigrant bilinguals' transition from adolescence to young adulthood, as well as their associated educational processes.

A member of the UT Proyecto Maestría Collaborative, she is a leader in Bilingual and Bicultural Education.

Coordinates learning objectives, knowledge development, and practical experiences through internships that contribute to a cohesive, high quality education in administration.

Teaches topics in civil rights and the intersection of law and policy in education; served as assistant secretary of education for Civil Rights during the Clinton administration.

Active in current healthcare reform endeavors, studies integrated behavioral health, attachment theory, and consultation theories and processes such as home-school partnership and family-centered treatment. Cindy Carlson is not currently accepting new graduate students.

Supports the clinical training of graduate students in the Counselor Education program, teaches courses related to counselor skill development primarily in educational settings, and supervises students in their practicum experiences.

Studies the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance in children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

Explores individual, school, community, and system level factors that affect education, employment, and quality of life outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

Examines collaborative approaches involving community organizations and stakeholders that improve academic achievement and reduce opportunity gaps for students.

Interests include the development and dissemination of computerized adaptive testing applications in educational and psychological testing and patient-reported outcome measurements.

Works to improve interventions for students with significant reading difficulties (including dyslexia), and seeks to improve educators' ability to assess reading skills and make data-based decisions.

Researches themes related to understanding the psychological and environmental factors that impact African American student achievement, and the impact of the impostor phenomenon in academic and mental health outcomes.

Explores how family background, culture, and school contextual factors influence decisions and trajectory outcomes within special education.

Investigates metabolic and cardiovascular factors that limit exercise performance.

Directs the department's Nutrition & Development program.

Experienced swimming and diving coach and water safety expert who teaches courses related to swimming.

Leverages the state's vast data resources to inform higher education policy and improve student success and educational equity in Texas with her team.

Studies community-based early literacy education programs for ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse groups of children.

Examines effects of race, class and capital in schools and society; investigates and extends traditions of critical pedagogy and philosophy.

Focuses on urban school and district leadership, inclusive practices for students with disabilities, and school improvement with an emphasis on addressing inequities in classrooms, schools, and communities.

Focuses on the instructional design and efficacy testing of early mathematics and science interventions for at-risk learners.

Focuses on preparing school professionals to address legal issues they will be required to consider as administrators based on her significant experience advising and representing public school officials and administrators in legal matters.

Researches and teaches social dances from the 19th century to the present.

Starting with work at the Kamehameha Schools in the early 1970's, Toni Falbo has continued to identify strategies to assist at-risk Latinx students in graduating high school, and the promotion of parental and school strategies to assist students making the transition from middle to high school. Falbo has also conducted research about school choice, and the benefits of Mayan education for adolescents in Guatemala. Falbo is a leading expert on only children, having conducted empirical research on their outcomes compared to those of other birth orders and sibship sizes for more than 40 years. Falbo has been engaged in collecting data about only children as schoolchildren or college students in China, and has conducted meta-analyses of only-child research published in the U.S. and China. Currently, Falbo is using Add Health to investigate sibling effects on obesity in adolescents and emerging adults.

Focuses primarily on the assessment and treatment of severe challenging behavior displayed by individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Serves as Director of the Athletic Training Education Program and specializes in sports medicine, training athletes, athletic injuries, strength and conditioning, and sports rehabilitation.

Studies muscle physiology and adaptability across the life span in response to exercise training and injury.

Curriculum history; oral history; social studies curriculum and teaching; childrens thinking and historical thinking; teachers as school leaders; teacher preparation

Focuses on managerial mobility and retention, gender equity and personnel management issues in sport law, and effective marketing of participant focused sports.

Interests include family literacy, specifically family writing and practices for Latina mothers and daughters, as a springboard for advocacy and empowerment of families and teachers.

Works with culturally diverse individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders to assess and treat challenging behavior.

Examines ethnographic language and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms, specifically focusing on how Latinx critical race theory explains the relationship between heritage language and culture and the evolving identities of future teachers.

Expertise on the intersection of law and educational policies focused on access, diversity and equity; use and influence of research in law.

Oversees the Center's community college relations and serves as a point of contact for state leaders, funders and national higher education organizations.

Serves as Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Senior Associate Dean of Students, and teaches courses related to on-campus culture in higher education.

Interests include technology in education, applied learning, cognition, and factors affecting classroom instruction

Focuses on policies, practices, and interventions that promote social mobility and reduce socioeconomic stratification in K12 and higher education.

Develops school leaders with the knowledge, skill, and disposition to foster collaborative instructional systems to produce high levels of adult engagement in their unique school environments to assure every student learns well and thrives, with a focus on equity and continuous improvement.

Please note: as an Emeritus faculty member, Lucia Gilbert does not actively teach or supervise students for the Educational Psychology department, but welcomes inquiries about past and current work. Lucia Gilbert's research interests center on women's career development in male-dominated fields and the influence of gender processes on career trajectories and work-family balance. Her current research focuses on the experiences and career paths of women in the wine industry.

Specializes in behavior, sports performance, and decision making in golf; teaches golf and courses need to be certified in physical education.

Dr. Juan C. Gonzalez is Clinical Professor in the College of Education within the Program in Higher Education Leadership (PHEL). His expertise in student affairs leadership and administration, improving the college student experience, and expanding access to higher education for first-generation college students. Dr. Gonzalez served as the Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs at UC San Diego from 2014 till the end of 2017. González has served as vice president for Student Affairs at a number of prestigious universities spanning a 25-year period. Prior to his tenure at UC San Diego, he held the vice president position at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that, he served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Arizona State University; Georgetown University; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; and California State University, San Bernardino.

Explores the intersections of teaching and learning science with bilingualism development, with a focus on supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students' engagement in science practices.

Supports the clinical training of doctoral students, teaches clinically-focused courses and prepares students for psychology internship training.

Examines principals and school-community engagement/community development, and issues of educational equity and opportunity.

Investigates neuromuscular control mechanisms during fatigue, training, rehabiltiation and aging with single-motor unit recording, and designs electrical stimulation protocols for individuals with paralysis.

Interests include curriculum and instruction, educational administration, bilingual/bicultural education, principalship preparation, and public school executive leadership.

Explores ethical campus leadership and factors that lead to successful leadership of educators.

Studies how to optimize early interventions for young children with challenging behavior and communication delays including those with autism.

Prepares students in athletic training and studies the role strain and preparedness of athletic trainers in academic roles.

Explores issues in race and culture in physical activity and sport as well as identity development patterns of African Americans.

Research focuses on biomarkers underlying lifestyle behaviors, metabolic health, and chronic disease in at-risk populations.

Studies the historical, philosophical, sociocultural, and political dimensions of sport and physical culture.

Focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy with an emphasis on school reform, equity and diversity in schools.

Studies language acquisition from the perspective of second language learners, and how they affect the learning process.

Studies the biomechanical and neuromuscular control mechanisms of human movement and translates this knowledge into practical solutions that reduce walking-related disability.

Studies how teachers and K-12 students integrate technologies in-and-outside the classroom for subject area learning.

Examines the intersection of sport and international political history.

Research interests focus on using Bayesian statistical methods to employ hierarchical linear modeling, specifically working with longitudinal and mediation data.

Examines the social and political dimensions of market-based reforms and privatization in education, including school choice and decision-making in K-12 and higher education contexts.

Studies biomechanics and changes in motor competencies across a lifetime with an emphasis on posture and locomotor control including populations of autism and cerebral palsy.

Studies school and community-based interventions regarding physical activity, healthy eating, and the prevention of chronic disease.

Bringing the experience of 28 years as dean of the College of Education, Justiz shares his expertise in topics of public policy, the politics of education, and providing equal access for minorities in education.

Interests include academic administration, faculty in higher education, and college student development with research on college teaching and minorities in higher education.

Studies statistical methods related to psychometrics, such as item response theory, response time modeling, diagnostic classification modeling, and stochastic test design.

Researches fitness education, physical activity promotion among k-16 students, and technologies related to physical education teacher education.

Focuses on the nature and measurement of intelligence, including the validity of tests of intelligence, and understanding variables that influence school learning and academic achievement.

Brings her experience in literacy education to UT with a specialization in preparing secondary teachers to work in urban schools.

Studies literacy, language, and multicultural education, especially involving new media and globalization.

Focuses on creating positive learning communities via social and emotional learning, organization/management, and differentiating instruction.

Teaches courses that examine the intersectionality of culture, organizations, and systems of privilege, power, and difference in higher education.

Evaluates popular educational practices to identify moderators of effectiveness; studies evidence-based practices in an effort to improve efficiency including methods for identifying students needing additional support and interventions targeting students' academic and social-behavioral outcomes.

Studies student engagement in mathematical practices related to algebraic reasoning and mathematical argumentation.

Specializes in public health, epidemiology and the study and promotion of physical activity for health.

Neural development; magnetic resonance imaging; paraneoplastic syndromes; biological sensors; neuropathology

Studies the limiting factors to exercise capacity in healthy individuals and clinical populations.

Mental health and stress reduction Tobacco prevention among college students

Executive Director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, a consortium of community and technical colleges that share a philosophical commitment to support excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership.

Teaches handball and racquetball classes at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Designs and researches interactive learner-centered environments for all age levels with new media and emerging technologies.

Focuses on adolescent and young adult problem behavior development, and tobacco use and cessation.

Explores equity-focused STEM teaching and learning with an emphasis on elementary science education in urban contexts.

Examines literacy teacher preparation, specifically the role of coaching and mentoring that occurs inside programs.

Teaches yoga classes as both a physical practice and educational experience.

Teaches courses for pre-service in STEM subjects and explores student understanding of mathematical and physical models.

Focuses on identifying factors that hinder or promote the success of children and families from vulnerable and underserved populations.

Researches and develops programs in adolescent health promotion, primarily substance abuse and pregnancy prevention.

Studies stress and coping as it relates to professionals in educational settings, health and wellness, and the identification of psychological resources that can help prevent stress.

Teaches courses in weight training, conditioning, and aerobic activities.

Studies managerial economics in sport relating to the market power of pro sports leagues under three primary branches: industrial organization, labor markets, and public policy and economic development.

Interested in human development and the role that therapy plays in enhancing development with a focus on the study of comparative approaches to counseling interventions.

Focuses on motivation and how individual beliefs and social-contextual factors influence students' achievement and academic behaviors.

Coordinates the placement of teachers in field experiences and prepares students for ESL education.

Researches the psychological health benefits of self-compassion, drawing from fields of social and personality psychology, developmental psychology, and clinical psychology. Kristin Neff is not currently accepting new graduate students.

Serves as Program Manager of Special Projects for the Center for Community College Student Engagement, teaches courses focused on community colleges.

Focuses research on reducing sexual health risk behaviors in women with multiple vulnerabilities, ethnic minorities, and illicit drug users.

Supports the clinical training of MA/SSP students, teaches clinically-focused courses, provides supervision for students, and prepares students for MA/SPP internship.

Assesses and supports individuals with intellectual disabilities and develops social skill/communication interventions for children with ASD.

Advocates for social justice and equal educational opportunities for all students, and stresses the importance of teachers in education and principals as a key to school effectiveness.

Scholarly work has concentrated on understanding the processes related to the supervision of instruction, as well as on instructional leadership.

Studies the historical, philosophical, sociocultural, and political dimensions of sport and physical culture.

Focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and behavioral health in topics of men's health, gender roles, and muscularity; conducts outreach with gender and sexual minority communities; development of mobile health interventions.

Examines the relation between media influence on adolescent risk behavior such as substance use, nutrition, sleep and energy drink consumption.

Focuses on adults with disabilities and their participation in higher education, study skills, instruction, and interaction with the criminal justice system.

Interests focus on civic education, democratic education, and teacher education within elementary and early childhood settings.

Focuses on embedding high-level cognitive skills training into academic instructions for children with severe learning disabilities that address the cognitive impairments underlying those disabilities.

Focuses on how migration-related factors contribute to health disparities related to substance abuse, HIV risk, and related harms among Latino populations in the United States and Mexico. 

Develops and tests interventions for students with mathematics difficulties, emphasizing word-problem solving, mathematics writing, and the vocabulary within math.

Researches racial literacy, antiracist education, teacher identity, and teacher agency.

Interests include meta-analysis, causal inference, robust inference, statistical methods for of single-case research designs, experimental design, and statistical models for behavioral data.

Prepares students to become educators in bilingual and ESL education and mentors novice bilingual educators.

Karen Rayne's research is focused on the efficacy of different kinds of sexuality education programs. These different approaches are often based in belief structures rather than scientific evidence. For example, the differences between comprehensive, abstinence only, and abstinence plus programs are often disputed based on religious affiliation. Similarly, the differences between evidence-informed and evidence-based programs and the differences between teaching and facilitating within a sex ed context are substantial and often left undiscussed. Teacher preparation for the sexuality education classroom is another element of her work.

Shares her expertise in higher education policy, administration and finance, strategic planning, and leadership development as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students.

Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.

Examines how integrating technology into the classroom can be a catalyst for systemic change in the teaching-learning process.

Focuses on school conditions that foster high academic success for children of poverty, stratification of learning opportunities for children of color, and on state policy that facilitates student success across the education pipeline.

Prepares school district executives to lead socially just and equitable learning centers focused on academic excellence for all students.

Studies the culture of youth sports through elementary and secondary physical education curricula, and teacher education.

Focuses on gender and racial/ethnic inequality in educational experiences and student achievement in STEM fields.

Research focuses on men and traditional masculinity, with a particular emphasis on men's mental health, depression, help-seeking patterns, and their underutilization of counseling services.

Prepares students to become educators in bilingual and ESL education and mentors novice bilingual educators.

Studies family, linguistic, and sociocultural influences on children's adaptation to stress, to better understand how family coping, language and communication, and sociocultural context impact children's mental and physical health outcomes.

Engages in training and supervision of clinicians to support individuals with challenging behavior and difficulty transitioning between activities, particularly for students with autism spectrum disorders.

Examines critical leadership development in postsecondary educational settings; dynamics of dialogical relationships; critical pedagogy; and the lived leadership experiences of historically minoritized persons.

Leads the Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success Initiative focused on Latino males in education; seeks to advance research-informed policy solutions that enhance educational outcomes for underserved students in secondary and post-secondary education.

Research focuses on bilingual and ESL education, high-stakes social studies testing, and activism in education.

Research interests include biomechanics, falls, exercise, aging, and public health with a focus on wearable technology and human hydration.

Studies the ways people use disciplinary core ideas and practices of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to explain phenomena or to solve problems that are meaningful and consequential to them.

Supports school leaders in their efforts to implement continuous improvement strategies that promote growth for self, staff, students, and community in his role as an external campus intervention team member, professional service provider and effective school framework facilitator.

Interested in teaching and research in the area of multicultural counseling, exploring ethnic and racial identity development, and mental health outcomes among Black and Latino adolescents.

Researches factors that influence language acquisition for children with autism by analyzing naturalistic language samples and neural measures of speech processing. Uses meta-analysis to examine intervention effects for children with autism. Contributes to investigations that use generalizability theory to examine factors that influence scores of reading and writing.

Physical performance parameters, movement pedagogy, motor skill acquisition, and maximizing learning environments.

Investigates issues in social justice and rehabilitation systems in relation to gender, race, and disability, and transition into employment from special education.

Investigates the interface between language and learning, socio-functional descriptions of both oral and written language use, how students learn from classroom interactions especially those that occur online, and affective factors that influence learning.

Designs higher education innovation strategy. Teaches graduate courses on technology, innovation, and problems of college teaching and learning including related interventions.

Studies the impact of educational policies and practices on college student outcomes using quantitative methods.

Scholarly interests include organizational theory and behavior as applied to universities, educational politics and policy, and the interaction and alignment of P-20 educational systems.

Cohort coordinator for the Department of Special Education's undergraduate teaching program.

Focuses on secondary English and literacy education in urban contexts, including among transnational youth.

Serves as the Title IX Coordinator and Associate Vice President of University Compliance Services to ensure the university holds high levels of integrity and ethical standards.

Teaches preservice K-12 teachers how to teach meaningful STEM content in innovative, student- and community-centered ways.

Serves as a faculty affiliate in Women's and Gender Studies and Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies. Researches topics such as campus safety, higher education law, academic freedom, and higher education in Brazil.

Explores topics in ethnically diverse students with disabilities, veteran students with resulting trauma issues, and professional development for disabled students.

Focuses on the development of sport policies and the ways in which professional sport teams can be leveraged to generate economic, social, and tourism benefits for host communities.

Preschool children's media use, survey design, formative research and program development for low-literacy populations

Recognized health and fitness expert with a background in both exercise science and strategic health communication.

As the Executive Director of the Fitness Institute of Texas, trains students on the techniques of fitness assessment.

Focuses on how individuals successfully adapt to stress and build health resilience.

Studies the control of circulation during exercise, especially in those affected by diabetes.

Research interests center around how parent-child relationships, parental involvement, and child socialization shape children's and adolescents' development and learning across cultures and ethnic groups.

Please note: as an emeritus faculty member, Marilla Svinicki does not actively teach or supervise students for the Educational Psychology department, but welcomes inquiries about past and current work. Dr. Svinicki's primary areas of research and practice have been the application of principles of learning and motivation to instruction in higher education and the development of faculty and graduate students as teachers. Recent research centered on classroom community, individual and group goal orientation during group work, innovations in clinical education for medical students, and Teaching Assistant training. She is recognized as an expert in theory and research-based instructional design, an interest that is currently being shared through her affiliation with medical education at the Dell Medical School at UT Austin. Dr. Svinicki also has expertise in working with teachers to improve the learning in their classrooms and with students to help improve their strategies for learning. She has published widely about these topics, but her most well known book is McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers. Written in collaboration with Wilbert McKeachie, this book has been used around the world by university teachers interested in learning evidence-based practices in teaching. In addition, Dr. Svinicki has served as chief editor for the New Directions for Teaching and Learning, and writes a column in the National Teaching and Learning Forum, a newsletter for university faculty and is often invited to speak about these topics at other universities in the US and elsewhere.

Investigates the effects of infusing literacy, vocabulary and reading interventions into content area classes.

Event management professional who developed the X Games for ESPN. Teaches courses in event management and media relations.

Oversees the undergraduate program for Special Education, including internships, student teaching, coursework, as well as teaching at the graduate level.

Effects of vascular dysfunction due to aging, and the lifestyle habits that can prevent or reverse dysfunction. Role of peripheral vascular dysfunction in the pathogenesis of cognitive and cerebrovascular dysfunction Reduction in physiological functional capacity with advancing age Masters athletes as a model of successful aging

Focuses on university-wide campus climate initiatives including bias incident reporting and response as well as implementing best practices for inclusive classroom climates and faculty recruitment and retention.

Red sash (master level) martial arts instructor experienced in styles from all over the world and author of many articles on the relationship between traditional martial arts training and its place in the modern world.

Specializes in the history of strength and conditioning, doping, women and sport, and physical culture.

Focuses on effective interventions for students with and at-risk for reading disabilities, with a focus on motivational process and use of data to improve instructional decision making.

Introduces students to the sport of tennis and studies the history of sport, specifically the evolvement of sports in Eastern Europe since its beginning in ancient Greece and Thrace.

Follows trends around cultural and racial identities, agency, migration, and social movements in education.

Specializes in urban education from a sociological and multicultural perspective, with a focus on minority youth in schools, particularly at the K-12 level.

Investigates effective interventions for a diverse group of students with reading difficulties and students who are English language learners.

Serves as the Associate Director for Student Learning and Development and researches post-qualitative and post-structuralist methodologies, discourse analysis, and gender performance.

Directs operations at the Fitness Institute of Texas and manages undergraduate internships.

Focuses on how preservice teachers integrate critical literacy and culturally relevant practices into field-based literacy teaching.

Research focuses on the examination and demonstration of various procedures used to model the relationships among variables, such as structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and item response theory with an overarching focus on model specification.

Research focuses on preservice teacher education, critical literacy pedagogy, and restorative practices in education.

Expertise in Title IV policy and administration and higher education fundraising. Focused on issues of college affordability, under-represented student recruitment, and donor relations.

Teaches classes on literacy development, research, and pedogogy, with an interest in alternatives to ability grouping.

Studies the cognitive underpinnings of learning and instruction (memory & metacognition), integrated with social-psychological processes (motivation & mindset), in direct applications to classroom practices, online instruction, and self-regulated learning.