Welcome Back Fall 2015!

Orientation

To kick off the 2015-2016 school year, students and faculty attended the Educational Psychology and Methodology Division Orientation.  We welcomed new students and faculty, shared our accomplishments, and discussed our goals for the future. To learn more about each other, we formed small groups and answered questions to win prizes. We then worked together in our groups to complete an activity in which we tried to build the tallest tower using only note cards.

A huge thank you to Holly for taking such great pictures! :)

2015-2016 Ed Psych RGSO

The results are in!  Congratulations to the new E-Board Members!!

President: David Franklin
Vice President: David Bogin
Treasurer: Tom Robertson
Secretary: Wenqian Wang
Representative: Hirah Mir and Emily Rodabaugh
ListServ Manager: Yi He

Future Events

Be sure to follow the EdPsy Student Facebook page for info about future events.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Vote for Nan Qiu for GSO's MCAA!

Our very own Nan Qiu has been nominated for GSO's Multicultural Affirmative Action (MCAA) Chair!

Let's spread our ed psych talents into the Graduate Assistant Organization and help Nan gain this position. Voting begins at midnight on 4/16 and will end at 11:59pm on 4/17.

Click here for more information!

Ed Psy Facebook Page!

Hello All,

We have a facebook page! A more convenient way to get updates on events and activities, but more importantly, a place to ask questions, share information and provide/receive support.

Please go ahead and add yourself to the group: Ed Psy Students @ UAlbany. We are aiming to populate the group with n=100 by the end of this week!

Our Division RGSO's Newly Elected Officers!

Introducing the new officers of our division's RGSO for the 2011-2012 academic year!

Mary Beth Arcidiacono

(President)

Fei Chen

(Vice-President)

Jenna McLean

(Treasurer/Secretary)

Christopher Valle

(Listserv)

Angela Lui

(Website)

Quan Chen

Shuyi Guan

Stella Xian Li

Shufen Wang

(Representatives)

Thank you and congratulations to these individuals!

Vellutino Named Distinguished Professor

On June 3, 2011, Dr. Frank Vellutino was awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor by the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees. The Distinguished Professorship is a system-wide recognition of the scholarship of SUNY's most exceptional and accomplished faculty. It is bestowed upon those who have achieved national or international distinction and a prominent reputation within a chosen field. Congratulations Dr. Vellutino!

For UAlbany's complete news release, click here

Hall of Fame

Division faculty Professor Frank R. Vellutino will be inducted into the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame at the forthcoming IRA Annual Conference. The IRA Reading Hall of Fame consists of nationally and internationally prominent reading researchers who are recognized as having made extraordinary contributions to theory and research in the study of literacy acquisition.

Grant News

Division faculty Professors Dianna L. Newman and Deborah Kundert were featured in a news item by the UAlbany School of Education for their evaluation grant.

Dianna Newman and Deborah Kundert received $1.3 million for a four-year Evaluation of the Striving Readers project for the New York State Education Department. This money was provided from the U.S. Department of Education through a grant from the NYS Education Department. The NYS Education Department and the New York City Department of Education Striving Readers Program will provide explicit, targeted and engaging supplemental instruction in vocabulary, comprehension strategies, writing, fluency and word analysis to sixth and seventh grade students who are struggling readers in nine New York City Public Middle Schools. The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the supplemental literacy intervention program on student achievement in literacy as measured by the NYS English Language Arts (ELA) assessment and the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Assessment.

Distinguished Alumnus

Richard Lehrer, an EdPsych alumnus who is currently a professor of science education at Vanderbilt University Peabody College, has been selected to receive American Psychological Association's 2009 Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training during APA's annual convention in Toronto, Canada.

A 1983 graduate of the division, Professor Lehrer is a faculty member at the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt. His research is focused on children's mathematical and scientific reasoning in the context of schooling and student inquiry and the semiotics of inscription.

Professor Lehrer's award will be presented at 4 pm on August 7, in the Concert Hall of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

Dr. Dai News Feature

Dr. David Yun Dai, a division faculty, is featured at the home page of UAlbany Web site for his study in China as a Fullbright Scholar.

The UAlbany news story states that "Dr. Dai is conducting teacher surveys on inquiry-based learning in China as part of the country's educational reform efforts. Dai, an associate professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, will meet with more than 50 senior high school principals who are pioneering a new round of curriculum reform in China. Dai will share his experiences and perspectives on U.S. education reform, as well as discuss implementation, obstacles and other potential issues."

Full story can be found at http://www.albany.edu/news/release_4973.php?WT.svl=image

GSO Awards EdPsy Students

UAlbany Graduate Student Organization (GSO) awarded Educational Psychology Students with the "2008 GSO Most Professionally Enriching RGSO Award" for organizing various educational and academic events, collaborating with various GSO committees and university offices to improve programming capacity and quality, and utilizing creative ways of outreach and advertising.

EdPsy RGSO president Tony Leonardi (R) and vice president Kristina Mycek (L) received the award from Dr. Ray Bromley, Director of the Office of International Education, at the GSO End-of-Year Gala and Award Ceremony held at a cruise on Hudson River on Sunday afternoon of May 4th, 2008.

EdPsy RGSO thanks GSO and the award committee for their decision and looks forward to organizing more activities to contribute to UAlbany community.

Alumna Faculty

After successful completion of her PhD in educational psychology, former EdPsy Students president (06-07) Kristie Asaro is appointed as a visiting assistant professor in the Division of Special Education within the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology starting Spring 2008 semester.

Dr. Asaro’s research looks at students with autism spectrum disorders and strategy instruction. Classes she teaches are ESPE 560 Introduction to Human Exceptionality, ESPE 564 Participation in and Study of English Language Arts and Social Studies Program, ESPE 565 Participation in and Study of Math, Science and Technology Programs, ESPE 580 Practicum: Teaching Students with Disabilities, ESPE 650 Educational Environments for Preparing Students with Disabilities to Meet the Learning Standards: Childhood and Middle Childhood Levels, and ESPE 680 Internship: Teaching Students with Disabilities at the Childhood and Middle Childhood Levels.

PhD Program in Top 10

Educational Psychology PhD program is ranked as the top 10th Educational Evaluation & Research program in the United States at the 2006-2007 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index top performing individual programs list prepared by Academic Analytics.

According to a news story by UAlbany School of Education, "rankings were based on the index for ranking doctoral programs launched by Academic Analytics last year. The index evaluates over 7,400 doctoral programs in 172 disciplines in 375 institutions. It also ranks institutions in broader categories, such as humanities and biological sciences, as well as institutions as a whole. Index findings were released in the Nov. 16 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education."