Educational Psychology at University of Illinois
@epsyatillinois.bsky.social
The Department of Educational Psychology hosts a growing number of students, staff, and faculty committed to the advancement of mental health and education.
https://education.illinois.edu/edpsy
https://education.illinois.edu/edpsy
Thinking about #gradschool? 🎓 Join our #EducationalPsychology Virtual Info Session on Oct 27!
Learn more about our Educational Psychology programs here 👉 bit.ly/EPSYInfo
Register for the virtual info session 👉 bit.ly/EPSYRegister
#Illinois #EducationalPsychology #HigherEd #EdPsych
Learn more about our Educational Psychology programs here 👉 bit.ly/EPSYInfo
Register for the virtual info session 👉 bit.ly/EPSYRegister
#Illinois #EducationalPsychology #HigherEd #EdPsych
October 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thinking about #gradschool? 🎓 Join our #EducationalPsychology Virtual Info Session on Oct 27!
Learn more about our Educational Psychology programs here 👉 bit.ly/EPSYInfo
Register for the virtual info session 👉 bit.ly/EPSYRegister
#Illinois #EducationalPsychology #HigherEd #EdPsych
Learn more about our Educational Psychology programs here 👉 bit.ly/EPSYInfo
Register for the virtual info session 👉 bit.ly/EPSYRegister
#Illinois #EducationalPsychology #HigherEd #EdPsych
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Cherie M. Avent, recipient of the 2025 Marcia Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award from @AEA! We’re proud to see her justice-informed evaluation scholarship recognized. 🔶🔷📚 #Illinois #EducationalPsychology #Evaluation
October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Cherie M. Avent, recipient of the 2025 Marcia Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award from @AEA! We’re proud to see her justice-informed evaluation scholarship recognized. 🔶🔷📚 #Illinois #EducationalPsychology #Evaluation
#FacultySpotlight ☀️ Dr. Aixa D. Marchand, Asst. Prof. of #DevelopmentalPsychology and HDFS. how culture, society & family shape students’ experiences, focusing on #CriticalConsciousness & Black parent engagement. Read her latest article here: tinyurl.com/DrMarchand1
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#FacultySpotlight ☀️ Dr. Aixa D. Marchand, Asst. Prof. of #DevelopmentalPsychology and HDFS. how culture, society & family shape students’ experiences, focusing on #CriticalConsciousness & Black parent engagement. Read her latest article here: tinyurl.com/DrMarchand1
#FacultySpotlight ☀️
Dr. Melissa Morgan is a professor in #CounselingPsychology studying thriving, social justice, and immigration in #Latinx populations.
Check out her incredible book "Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systemic Oppression" here: tinyurl.com/DrMorgan1
Dr. Melissa Morgan is a professor in #CounselingPsychology studying thriving, social justice, and immigration in #Latinx populations.
Check out her incredible book "Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systemic Oppression" here: tinyurl.com/DrMorgan1
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#FacultySpotlight ☀️
Dr. Melissa Morgan is a professor in #CounselingPsychology studying thriving, social justice, and immigration in #Latinx populations.
Check out her incredible book "Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systemic Oppression" here: tinyurl.com/DrMorgan1
Dr. Melissa Morgan is a professor in #CounselingPsychology studying thriving, social justice, and immigration in #Latinx populations.
Check out her incredible book "Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systemic Oppression" here: tinyurl.com/DrMorgan1
#FacultySpotlight ☀️
Dr. Xu Li is an Associate Professor in #CounselingPsychology researching psychotherapy from multicultural contexts and using advanced quantitative methods in psychotherapy research.
Check out his two recent publications here:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi2
Dr. Xu Li is an Associate Professor in #CounselingPsychology researching psychotherapy from multicultural contexts and using advanced quantitative methods in psychotherapy research.
Check out his two recent publications here:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi2
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#FacultySpotlight ☀️
Dr. Xu Li is an Associate Professor in #CounselingPsychology researching psychotherapy from multicultural contexts and using advanced quantitative methods in psychotherapy research.
Check out his two recent publications here:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi2
Dr. Xu Li is an Associate Professor in #CounselingPsychology researching psychotherapy from multicultural contexts and using advanced quantitative methods in psychotherapy research.
Check out his two recent publications here:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrXuLi2
Kicking off the school year with a #FacultyHighlight! ☀️ Dr Kaylin Ratner @kratner.bsky.social Asst. Prof. in #EducationalPsychology & #HDFS, explores purpose & anxiety in youth in two new articles:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrRatner1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrRatner2
#EPSY #DevelopmentalPsychology #Illinois
(1) tinyurl.com/DrRatner1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrRatner2
#EPSY #DevelopmentalPsychology #Illinois
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Kicking off the school year with a #FacultyHighlight! ☀️ Dr Kaylin Ratner @kratner.bsky.social Asst. Prof. in #EducationalPsychology & #HDFS, explores purpose & anxiety in youth in two new articles:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrRatner1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrRatner2
#EPSY #DevelopmentalPsychology #Illinois
(1) tinyurl.com/DrRatner1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrRatner2
#EPSY #DevelopmentalPsychology #Illinois
On Friday, May 9, Dr. Michelle Perry was honored as the inaugural Richard C. Anderson Professor of Cognitive Science Teaching & Learning for a career of outstanding research, teaching, mentorship, and leadership.
May 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
On Friday, May 9, Dr. Michelle Perry was honored as the inaugural Richard C. Anderson Professor of Cognitive Science Teaching & Learning for a career of outstanding research, teaching, mentorship, and leadership.
We 🧡 our graduate students! A few weeks ago, we celebrated graduate student appreciation week with a taco bar lunch🌮.
Thank you to our graduate students for making EPSY suc wonderful place!
Thank you to our graduate students for making EPSY suc wonderful place!
May 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We 🧡 our graduate students! A few weeks ago, we celebrated graduate student appreciation week with a taco bar lunch🌮.
Thank you to our graduate students for making EPSY suc wonderful place!
Thank you to our graduate students for making EPSY suc wonderful place!
Congratulations to our faculty and teaching assistants who made it onto the university list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students for the Fall of 2024!
April 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Congratulations to our faculty and teaching assistants who made it onto the university list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students for the Fall of 2024!
It's the most wonderful time of the year...defense season! This spring we are celebrating 4 new doctors: Dr. Destiny Williams-Dobosz, Dr. Giavanna McCall, Dr. Amos Jeng, and Dr. Shiyu Sun!
Help us congratulate them 🥳
Help us congratulate them 🥳
April 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year...defense season! This spring we are celebrating 4 new doctors: Dr. Destiny Williams-Dobosz, Dr. Giavanna McCall, Dr. Amos Jeng, and Dr. Shiyu Sun!
Help us congratulate them 🥳
Help us congratulate them 🥳
Congratulations to EPSY grad student, Jennie Lee, for winning the Design Award for the 2025 Research Live! Competition 👏🏾. We know who we're contacting to help us with our slides 😃
April 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congratulations to EPSY grad student, Jennie Lee, for winning the Design Award for the 2025 Research Live! Competition 👏🏾. We know who we're contacting to help us with our slides 😃
Congratulations to EPSY graduate student, Jennie Lee, for advancing to the final round of the 2025 Research Live! competition!
March 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congratulations to EPSY graduate student, Jennie Lee, for advancing to the final round of the 2025 Research Live! competition!
Spring Break may be next week, but the faculty are still in that semester grind!
March 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Spring Break may be next week, but the faculty are still in that semester grind!
This Thursday and Friday the College of Education is hosting the annual Graduate Student Conference, and we have plenty of EPSY students presenting. If you have time this week, we suggest stopping by and hearing about their amazing work!
March 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This Thursday and Friday the College of Education is hosting the annual Graduate Student Conference, and we have plenty of EPSY students presenting. If you have time this week, we suggest stopping by and hearing about their amazing work!
Today Assistant Professor, Cherie Avent, hosted a fireside chat for the College of Education (COE). The event was moderated by doctoral candidate, Taiylor Rayford.
Big thanks to COE Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Karla Möller, and Graduate Embassador, Itrat Sultan for planning the event
Big thanks to COE Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Karla Möller, and Graduate Embassador, Itrat Sultan for planning the event
February 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today Assistant Professor, Cherie Avent, hosted a fireside chat for the College of Education (COE). The event was moderated by doctoral candidate, Taiylor Rayford.
Big thanks to COE Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Karla Möller, and Graduate Embassador, Itrat Sultan for planning the event
Big thanks to COE Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Karla Möller, and Graduate Embassador, Itrat Sultan for planning the event
Happy Wednesday from our Counseling Psychology Division! Today we have 2 members from Dr. Neville's Liberation Lab, Whitney Clarke (left) and Cherese Waight (right)
February 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Happy Wednesday from our Counseling Psychology Division! Today we have 2 members from Dr. Neville's Liberation Lab, Whitney Clarke (left) and Cherese Waight (right)
Next, we have a project led by Assistant Professor Kaylin Ratner @kaylinratner . This project focuses on developing a scale that can capture a novel concept, Developmental anxiety, which is young people's worry about meeting adult milestones.
February 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Next, we have a project led by Assistant Professor Kaylin Ratner @kaylinratner . This project focuses on developing a scale that can capture a novel concept, Developmental anxiety, which is young people's worry about meeting adult milestones.
First, we have a project led by Professor Jennifer Cromley. This project focuses on conducting a writing experiment to document the effects of generative ai (like chatgpt) on the learning process and memory.
February 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
First, we have a project led by Professor Jennifer Cromley. This project focuses on conducting a writing experiment to document the effects of generative ai (like chatgpt) on the learning process and memory.
The results "suggest that semantic errors that produce undesired outputs in programming source code may influence early stages of processing, likely due to the largely top-down strategy employed by experienced programmers when reading source code"
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The results "suggest that semantic errors that produce undesired outputs in programming source code may influence early stages of processing, likely due to the largely top-down strategy employed by experienced programmers when reading source code"
The paper, titled "Eye-movement indices of reading while debugging Python source code" was recently published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The paper, titled "Eye-movement indices of reading while debugging Python source code" was recently published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology
New year, 🚨new publication alert🚨 from EPSY Alum Jack Dempsey, and EPSY faculty Nigel Bosch and Kiel Christianson.
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New year, 🚨new publication alert🚨 from EPSY Alum Jack Dempsey, and EPSY faculty Nigel Bosch and Kiel Christianson.
Happy first week back! We are all excited to be back in the office. Today we caught J.R. Walls with her first publication.
January 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy first week back! We are all excited to be back in the office. Today we caught J.R. Walls with her first publication.
Congratulations to Professor Helen Neville for being appointed as a permanent faculty member of The Center for Advanced Study (CAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!
December 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations to Professor Helen Neville for being appointed as a permanent faculty member of The Center for Advanced Study (CAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!