Executive Officer: Professor Joan Lucariello

The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Email: edpsych@gc.cuny.edu

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/EducationalPsychology

FACULTY

Daisuke Akiba, Eleanor Armour-Thomas, Alpana Bhattacharya, Patricia Brooks, Sophia Catsambis, Peggy Chen, Yung Chi Chen, Colette Daiute, Linnea Ehri, Howard Everson, Shirley Feldmann, Marian Fish, Bert Flugman, Alan Gross, Steven Holochwost, Bruce Homer, Helen Leos Epstein Johnson, Mario Kelly, Mary Kopala, Anastasiya Lipnevich, Joan Lucariello, Keith Markus, Katharine Miles, John Pellitteri, David Rindskopf, Charles Scherbaum, Irvin Schonfeld, Carol Tittle, Georgiana Tryon, Jay Verkuilen, Barry Zimmerman

THE PROGRAM

The Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology is designed to educate students to conduct basic and applied research, to analyze critically the process of education, to develop and evaluate instructional methods and techniques, and to formulate educational policies and programs.

The program prepares students for teaching, research, and consultative positions in higher education, as well as for positions in city, state, and national departments of education, in curriculum development programs, and in research development centers in education. Major areas are offered in Learning, Development, and Instruction; Quantitative Methods in Educational and Psychological Research: Statistics, Measurement, Evaluation, and Policy Analysis; and School Psychology.

The area of Quantitative Methods in Educational and Psychological Research trains students in the area of quantitative research methodology, emphasizing quantitative approaches to solving research problems in educational psychology and in the behavioral sciences generally. Courses encompass research design, statistics, measurement, evaluation, and policy analysis. Courses include psychometrics, regression analysis, Bayesian statistics, structural equation models, categorical data analysis, hierarchical linear models, program evaluation, educational policy analysis, and the use of the statistical software for data analyses. The program prepares students to work as researchers in educational and business settings.

Students can focus their coursework on statistics, measurement, evaluation or policy analysis by choosing relevant courses within the elective course offerings.

The School Psychology specialization, in conjunction with Queens College, leads to the Ph.D. in Educational Psychology–Area: School Psychology and to New York State Certification in School Psychology. The School Psychology specialization is accredited by the American Psychological Association.

Students in the program are expected to demonstrate knowledge of the basic fields of educational psychology (and of related areas in psychology and education) through written examinations, to demonstrate research ability by independently planning and conducting investigations, and to show mastery of the particular methods, principles, and procedures in their selected major area. In addition, School Psychology students must complete an approved one-year internship.

Special research and training facilities are located at the Graduate Center, including the Center for Advanced Study in Education, which provides financial support to many students through its research facilities. A variety of basic and applied projects in education provide students with a wide range of work experience. Students in the program also have the opportunity to work with the diverse student population of the New York City public schools.

Name	Degree	Type	NYSED Code	HEGIS Code	CIP Code
Educational Psychology - General	MPHIL - Master of Philosophy	Major	83259 - EPSG-MPHIL	0822.00	42.2806
Educational Psychology - General	PHD - Doctor of Philosophy	Major	80112 - EPSY-G-PHD	0822.00	42.2806
Educational Psychology - School	PHD - Doctor of Philosophy	Major	92060 - EPSY-S-PHD	0822.00	42.2806

Department: Education Psychology