• Who's Who
• Educational Psychology Overview
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Special Education Certification
• Certification for Elementary Teachers (Early Childhood - Grade Four)
• Department-Specific Course Listings:
  • Educational Psychology (EPSY)
  • Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS)

Who's Who

Chair:
Doris Prater

Professors:
Consuelo Arbona, John P. Gaa, Thomas Kubiszyn, Frederick Lopez, Robert H. McPherson, Amaury Nora, Doris Prater, Alexander Schilt, Yali Zou

Associate Professors:
Mary W. Armsworth, Patrick Ellis (Visiting), Ronald G. Frankiewicz, Dov (David B.) Liberman, Jonathan P. Schwartz, Christopher A. Wolters, Shirley Yu

Assistant Professors:
Andrea Burridge (Visiting), Madelyn N. Coleman, Weihua Fan, Catherine L. Horn, Sharon Johnson (Visiting), Judith Radigan (Visiting), George Schanding, Margit Wiesner

Educational Psychology Overview

The Department of Educational Psychology offers an undergraduate program in Human Development and Family Studies and coursework leading to certifications in Special Education.

Students in the Human Development and Family Studies Program may obtain certification in Early Childhood through fourth grade and American Humanics.

Students have the opportunity to train and conduct research at the Human Development Laboratory School.

Coursework trains students both to understand the conceptual base of theories, applied research, and methods of psychology and to apply those fields of study to the processes of education and human development in the Human Development Laboratory School and in local school districts in the Houston area.

The department emphasizes a prevention, intervention, and consultation approach that encourages prospective educators to develop skills that respond to the unique assessment, academic, and social needs of individuals in a variety of settings.