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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Educational Psychology and Counseling


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Jeff Cochran, Department Head
Mitsunori Misawa, Associate Head and Director of Graduate Studies
Casey Barrio, Associate Head

Professors
Barrio Minton, C., PhD – North Carolina (Greensboro)
Cochran, J., PhD – Virginia Tech
Gibbons, M., PhD – North Carolina (Greensboro)
McCallum, R.S., PhD – Georgia
McCurdy, M., PhD – Mississippi State
Skinner, C., PhD – Lehigh
Williams, R., PhD – George Peabody
Yamagata-Lynch, L., PhD – Indiana

Associate Professors
Diambra, J., EdD – William & Mary
Dunn, K., PhD – Memphis
Misawa, M., PhD - Georgia
Morrow, J.A., PhD – Rhode Island
Skolits, G., EdD – East Tennessee State
Spurgeon, S., PhD – North Carolina (Greensboro)
Sun, Q., EdD – Northern Illinois

Assistant Professors
Cain, L., PhD – South Carolina
Howard, C., PhD – Indiana
Rocconi, L., PhD - Memphis
Wheat, L., PhD – Virginia

Clinical Professor
Wilhoit, B., PhD – Tennessee

Clinical Associate Professor
Hammon, M.C., PhD – Tennessee

Clinical Assistant Professor
Bruner, S., PhD – Tennessee
 

Majors, Degrees
Counseling Major, MS   
    Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentration
  School Counseling Concentration
Counselor Education Major, PhD     
Education Major, MS    
  Instructional Technology Concentration
Education Major, EdS    
  School Psychology Concentration
Education Major, PhD     
  Learning, Design, and Technology Concentration
  Learning Environments and Educational Studies Concentration
Educational Psychology Major, MS    
  Adult Education Concentration
  Applied Educational Psychology Concentration
Educational Psychology and Research Major, PhD   
  Adult Learning Concentration
  Applied Educational Psychology Concentration
  Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology Concentration
School Psychology Major, PhD   
Graduate Certificates
  Adult Learning in Professional Settings Graduate Certificate  
  Evaluation, Statistics, and Measurement Graduate Certificate   
  Grief, Loss, and Trauma Graduate Certificate   
  Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate   
  Qualitative Research Methods in Education Graduate Certificate   

The majors offered by the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling prepare graduates to work in schools, higher education, mental health agencies, and business and industry. The seven degree areas include three Master of Science degrees with a major in Counseling, Education, or Educational Psychology; one Specialist in Education degree with a major in Education, and four doctoral majors: Counselor Education, Education, Educational Psychology and Research, and School Psychology. All master’s degree majors have concentrations and two doctoral major have concentrations. Graduate certificates are also available. 

All degree programs in the department that can be accredited are accredited: two doctoral majors operate under the supervision of national accrediting agencies. Counselor Education is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), and the School Psychology PhD program is accredited/approved by American Psychological Association (APA), the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Two master’s concentrations, Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling, are also accredited by CACREP.

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