Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

The Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education provides instruction in, and the delivery of innovative research, to inform the educational process from early childhood through higher education. Our mission is accomplished through:

Preparing graduates for leadership positions in diverse settings and roles, including faculty in colleges and universities, student services in higher education, measurement and evaluation specialists in public and private settings, school psychology practitioners at local, state, national, and international levels, and licensed administrators for PK-12 schools.
Providing foundational support for programs across the university including core content in the psychology of learning, motivation, cognition, problem solving, instruction, human development, and psychological and educational measurement, statistics, evaluation, and research methodology.
Investigating educational policy and informing practice in PK-12 and higher education institutions.

Steven Nelson, Chair
Frederick Ngo, Ph.D., Graduate Coordinator
Michael Nussbaum, Ph.D., Graduate Coordinator
Maria Roberts, Ed.D., Graduate Coordinator
Nancy Lough, Ed.D., Graduate Coordinator