Want to Think Outside of the Box? Try Sniffing a Placebo   The placebo effect is best known in medicine for making people feel better when they are given sham treatments. Now there is growing interest in using placebos to boost athletic and cognitive abilities…     Professor James Kaufman was interviewed by New Scientist about nurturing […]

Congratulations to Our NAGC Book of the Year Award Winners   Curriculum Compacting: A Guide to Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction Through Enrichment and Acceleration (2nd ed.) Prufrock Press’sCurriculum Compacting andBreaking Through! have been announced as two of the 2017 National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Book of the Year Award winners. The books were named in the Practitioner […]

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Led by educational psychology professors in the Neag School of Education, two research projects have recently been awarded a total of nearly $5 million in federal funding. https://today.uconn.edu/school-stories/5m-federal-funding-support-educational-psychology-research/?utm_source=launchdistribution&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email

Staying in College to Help Others Graduate Mentors and guidance counselors helped Erik Hines, an assistant professor of educational psychology, find his path. Now he is paying it forward. http://magazine.uconn.edu/2017/09/26/staying-in-college-to-help-others-graduate/

Educational Psychology Prof. Sandra Chafouleas Quoted in Ed World on Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices. Click here for more.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $1.3 million in funding through its Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to the Neag School’s special education program for a project that will fully fund five doctoral students in the areas of literacy, positive behavioral supports, and transition, with four-year competitive fellowships for each student. Click here for details.

Educational Psychology welcomes new faculty member – Assistant Professor Dr. Clewiston Challenger Clewiston D. Challenger has been named an assistant professor of counseling in the Neag School, effective Aug. 23. Challenger most recently served as a graduate assistant, academic advisor, mentor, and tutor at Pennsylvania State University’s Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes. His research […]

  A study on gifted identification co-authored by Professor D. Betsy McCoach was featured in Education Week.