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The Division of Psychological Studies in Education has sixteen faculty members associated with it at the present time. Ten are associated with the division full-time and are regarded as core faculty members. Three are emeriti, but they remain active in the division. Three are regarded as affiliated faculty members and split their time between Psychological Studies in Education and another division in the Department of Education or another department in UCLA. All teach courses that students in our division are likely to take, and all are available to serve as advisors and dissertation chairs. The following information about each Psychological Studies in Education faculty member should help you identify those with whom you share common interests.
Alison Bailey, Associate Professor
Office: 3131 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-1731
E-Mail: abailey@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests are in language and cognitive development, acquisition of literacy, bilingualism, atypical language development, narrative analysis and research design and methods. Research interests include children's early linguistic expression of a theory of mind, the development of narrative and theory of mind skills in children with autism, the development of ethnic identity, language assessment, metacognitive skills and bilingualism/biliteracy in school-age children, and parent facilitation of narrative development: specifically looking at dyads of parents and children with language impairments at risk for literacy acquisition.(Ed.M. in Acquisition of Language and Culture, Harvard University, 1991; Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1995.)
Eva L. Baker, Professor
GSE&IS Building; Office Phone Number 310-206-1530
E-Mail: eva@ucla.edu
Teaching interests include instructional design, measurement, evaluation, computer-based systems, and national research and development policy. Research areas involve the fit between instruction and evaluation in educational programs, achievement testing of students and teachers, particularly in writing, reading, and computer literacy. Another focus is in information science, explicitly the development of expert systems and the educational applications of artificial intelligence both nationally and internationally. (B.A. in English, UCLA, 1963; M.A. and Ed.D. in Education, UCLA, 1965 and 1967.)
Nicholas Blurton Jones, Professor Emeritus
Office Phone Number 310-825-9260
E-Mail: blurtonjones@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching and research interests include human etiology, cultural ecology, evolutionary theory and cross-cultural patterns of mother-infant interaction, perinatal problems and newborn behavior, and practical issues concerning the effects of parental behavior on child development. (D. Phil. in Animal Behavior, University of Oxford, 1964.)
Aimée Dorr, Professor and GSE&IS Dean
Office: 2320 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-8308
E-Mail: dorr@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests are in young people's engagement with electronic media, the design of educational materials, and personality and social development in education. Research focuses on the factors promoting intelligent engagement with media and technology in formal and informal learning environments. (B.S. in Mathematics, Stanford, 1964; M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology, Stanford, 1966 and 1970.)
Noel Enyedy, Assistant Professor
Office: 2341 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-206-6271
E-mail: enyedy@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests include cognitive and social processes in development and learning, classroom discourse, collaborative learning, the role of representations in learning mathematics, and the design of computer-mediated learning environments. Research focuses on the design of collaborative learning environments for mathematics classrooms and close interactional studies of student, teacher and classroom discourse and the development of representational practices. (B.S. in Cognitive Science, UCSD, 1992; Ph.D. in Education, UCB, 2000.)
Norma D. Feshbach, Professor Emeritus
Office: 3132 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-8338
E-Mail: feshbach@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching and research interests bridge the disciplines of developmental and clinical psychology with early childhood development. One major focus is on the development, measurement, and training of empathy in normal and clinical samples of preschool and elementary-age children. A related series of studies are children's emotional development and adjustment in relation to school achievement. A second line of research, stemming from early cross-national studies on mothers' and preschool children's teaching styles, is concerned with chronic parental stress and its relationship to other parental personality variables such as empathy, and the implication of this research for parent training programs. Another broad interest is in issues relevant to the interface between child development and social policy, including children's rights, child advocacy, child abuse, and corporal punishment in schools. (Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1956.)
Megan L. Franke, Associate Professor,Urban Schooling
Affiliated Faculty in Our Division
Office: 2335 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-206-3511
E-Mail: franke@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching and research interests focus on understanding the role of teacher knowledge in the teaching of elementary school mathematics. Specifically of interest is understanding the relationship between teacher knowledge and classroom practice for teachers attempting to change their mathematics teaching. (B.A. in Psychology, UC Santa Cruz, 1982; M.A. in Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988; Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1990.)
Ronald G. Gallimore, Professor in Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science
Affiliated Faculty in Our Division
Office: C8-885 NPI; Office Phone Number 310-825-0203
E-Mail: ronaldg@ucla.edu
Teaching and research interests are in unpacking elements of culture which affect learning and adaptation, developing instructional accommodations to significant cultural processes, and establishing general models of teaching, literacy, and schooling based on cross culturally valid theories of human development and socialization which can be applied to both natal and school settings and to both children and adults. (B.A., 1960, University of Arizona; M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology, Northwestern University, 1963 and 1964.)
Sandra Graham, Professor and Division Head
Office: 2127 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-206-1205
E-Mail: shgraham@ucla.edu
Teaching interests include motivation, the social psychology of learning and instruction, and issues in the education of minority children. Research interests are in the areas of attribution theory, the relationship between cognition and emotion, the development of achievement-related affect, and motivational processes in minority populations. (B.A. in History, Barnard, 1969; M.A. in History, Columbia, 1970; Ph.D. in Education, UCLA, 1982.)
Carollee Howes, Professor
Office: 3302A Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-8336
E-Mail: howes@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching and research interests are in the area of social development. One line of research is on development of peer social interaction skills and friendships. Recent studies concern the formation and maintenance of friendships in children under three years and the development of the ability to communicate with friends about pretend play. A second line of research is on the long-term effects of infant and toddler day care. (Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Boston University, 1978.)
Yasmin Kafai, Associate Professor
Office: 2331 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-206-8150
E-Mail: kafai@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests include cognitive processes in learning and design, knowledge construction, theories of computers in education, collaborative learning, and epistemology of mathematical concepts. Research focuses on the design of interdisciplinary learning environments and computational media to support children in their learning and thinking, children's use of interactive technologies in entertainment and education, and learning styles. (Master in Cognitive Psychology, Technische Universitaet Berlin, 1987; Ed.M. in Interactive Technology and Education, Harvard University, 1990; Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1993.)
Connie Kasari, Professor
Office: 3132B Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-8342
E-Mail: kasari@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching and research interests center on social and emotional characteristics of atypically developing children. Recent work has focused on both intervention and experimental studies of early social communication skills and peer and friendship relationships of children with autism or Down syndrome. (B.S. in Education, Oregon State University, 1976; M.A. in Special Education, Peabody College, 1977; Ph.D. in Special Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985.)
Rashmita Mistry, Assistant Professor
Office: 3302C Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-6569
E-Mail: mistry@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests include social development, parenting (families) as a context for development, children and poverty, children and social policies, and topics in applied developmental psychology. Research interests are in the areas of poverty and social policies as they affect families and children. Focus on how child and parental attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors affect children's development in the midst of poverty; examination of how social policies targeted toward low-income families influence the adaptability and sustainability of families and children; exploration of how children's media informs understanding of economic mobility and social status. (B.A. & M.A. in Psychology, San Jose State University; Ph.D. in Child Development and Family Relationships, University of Texas at Austin, 1999; NICHD-supported Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999-2002.)
William Sandoval, Associate Professor
Office: 2339 Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-794-5431
E-Mail: sandoval@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests include the development of scientific reasoning, epistemologies of science and their effects on learning and teaching, technological supports for science inquiry, and technology as a transformative tool for instructional practice. Research interests focus on the development of scientific reasoning and inquiry skills, the design of technology-supported learning environments to support inquiry, and understanding and supporting effective inquiry teaching strategies. (B.S. in Computer Science, University of New Mexico, 1986; Ph.D. in Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, 1998.)
Noreen M. Webb, Professor, Social
Research Methodology Division
Affiliated Faculty in Our Division
Office: 2019C Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-1897
E-Mail: webb@gseis.ucla.edu
Teaching interests include research methodology and statistics, measurement and scaling, and human abilities. Research interests include classroom processes related to learning, instructional grouping, aptitude-treatment interaction research, and generalizability theory. (B.A. in Mathematics, Swarthmore, 1973; M.S. in Statistics, Stanford , 1977; Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Stanford, 1977.)
Merlin C. Wittrock, Professor Emeritus
Office: 3022B Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-8329
E-Mail: wittrock@ucla.edu
Teaching interests include cognitive processes in learning, knowledge acquisition, comprehension, creativity, instruction and teaching, and theories of learning and instruction. Research interests include human cognition, reading comprehension, instruction, and teaching in schools, especially teaching of reading, science, and mathematics. (B.S. in Biology, University of Missouri, 1953; M.Ed. in Educational Psychology, University of Missouri, 1956; Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, 1960.)
Jeff Wood, Assistant Professor
Office: 3132A Moore Hall; Office Phone Number 310-825-7292
E-Mail: jeffwood@ucla.edu
Current teaching/research interests include school-based interventions for children with disabilities, the effects of anxiety disorders on children's adaptation to school, caregiver-child relationships, and child abuse. (B.A. in Psychology, UC Berkeley, 1995; Ph.D. in Psychology, UCLA, 2003.)