College of Education and Human Development CEHD New

College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) New Faculty Orientation Overview of Department of Educational Psychology (EPSY), 2020

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Leadership Structure in EPSY • Interim DH: Fuhui Tong • Associate DH • Jeff Gagne (Research and Faculty Development) • Noelle Sweany (Academic Affairs) • Division leadership • Standing committee leadership

Divisions & Programs Six academic divisions • Research, Measurement, and Statistics (RMS) • Bilingual/ESL Education (BESL) • Special Education (SPED) • Learning Sciences (LS) • Counseling Psychology (CPSY) • School Psychology (SPSY)

Degree Programs • Undergraduate (n= 3), master’s (n= 7), and doctoral (n= 6) • Professional education programs(BIED & SPED) are approved and fully accredited by the State Board of Educator Certification and the Texas Education Agency • Two APA-accredited professional programs (Counseling Psychology and School Psychology)

Ranking (2021 U. S. News and World Report ) • #16: EPSY (The Best Graduate School overall) • #19: Special Education program (The Best Graduate School) • #4: SPED online master’s degree program • #6: LDT online master’s degree program

Certificate Programs • • Education and Social Sciences Advanced Research Methods (Graduate) Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate in Prevention Science Certificate in Latino Mental Health

Faculty, Staff, & Students • In 2018, 44 full-time faculty: tenured (n = 24), tenure-track (n = 11), and professional track (n=9) • 714 students: undergraduate (n = 309), graduate (n = 405) • University Distinguished Professor—Tim Elliot • Regents Professor— Rafael Lara-Alecio • Faculty recognized internally and externally • Experienced and dedicated staff

Research and Collaboration • EPSY faculty averaged $10. 1 million annually in new grant awards between 2015 -2017 • In 2018 EPSY faculty received $7. 4 million in new external awards

Research by the numbers EPSY 2019

Centers/Labs/Clinics • Center for Research and Development in Dual. Language and Literacy Acquisition (CRDLLA; $61. 2 million in extramural funding) • Center on Disability and Development (CDD; federally designated; $7. 19 million funding in 2016 -2017) • Telehealth Counseling Clinic (TCC) • Counseling and Assessment Clinic (CAC) • Neurobiological Lab for Learning and Development • Educational Research and Evaluation Laboratory (EREL)

Outreach • Aggie ACHIEVE • Youth Adventure Program • Autism - Coach 2 Communicate

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