I teach graduate students in the School Psychology program at Michigan State University, having started as an Assistant Professor in 2008. Our talented faculty includes Evelyn Oka, John Carlson, Sara Bolt, and Jana Aupperlee. The program has a long history of training outstanding students who practice as school psychologists, as well as those who go on to academic positions in excellent universities.

My specialties include educational and neuropsychological assessment and the biological bases of learning and behavior.

School Psychology Only

CEP 880 Cognitive Assessment – Students in this class learn how to administer and interpret standardized measures of cognitive functioning. Emphasis is on developing hypotheses, conducting thorough interviews, testing hypotheses by observing behaviors, and providing appropriate and therapeutic feedback to parents and teachers.

CEP 993K Fourth-year Practicum – This class is for fourth-year school psychology students who are engaging in an off-site practicum. The class provides supervisitory time for the students and additionally includes a focus on learning how to provide supervision to others.

CEP 973 Neuropsychological Assessment – School pyschology students who have successfully completed CEP 880 and CEP 972 are invited to take this class. Students will learn about the history of neuropsychology, how brain functioning can be observed through eliciting specific behaviors, and advanced individual assessment techniques. The neuropsychological assessment of specific neurodevelopmental disorders are covered as well.

Open Program-Graduate Level Only

CEP 972 Neurobiological Bases of Learning and Behavior – This course is intended to provide an intensive introduction to brain anatomy and function with particular emphasis on learning and behavior across the lifespan. The course provides background knowledge essential to the intelligent consumption of neuroscience research. It covers basic neuroanatomy, neural development, and childhood/adolescent neurodevelopmental disorders.