Florida State University Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Educational Psychology Program Specialization in Learning and Cognition Fall 2009

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The NEW Stone Building at Florida State University In Fall 2008, an entire new wing was added to the Stone Building and the original structure has undergone significant renovations. In February 2009, the Stone Building was awarded a 2008 Chapter Design Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Ms. Peggy Lollie, Program Assistant Department of  Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Stone Building Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-4453 Voice: (850) 644-4592 FAX:   (850) 644-8776   lollie@mail.coe.fsu.edu

Our students come to us from seven different countries and from several different original majors: Psychology, Education, Sociology, Political Science, Management, Information Studies, and Linguistics, to name just a few. They share a passion for learning and for educational improvement using the tools of cognitive, behavioral, and social sciences. In 2008 two of our students earned their master's degree, and six students earned their doctorates during the 2007-2008 academic year. Our students present their research at diverse regional, national and international conferences and publish it in peer-reviewed journals. They teach educational psychology, classroom assessment, and human relations and assist in statistics, assessment, research methods lifespan development, and social psychology courses. They serve as representatives to the FSU Program in Instructional Excellence and help coordinate our department's orientation for new graduate students.

We consider our students to be among our program's very top resources!
 

Jeff Bray With a master's concentration in Human Geography, Jeff joined our doctoral program in Fall 2008. He's interested in motivation and the cultural context of learning. Jeff is a Program Assistant in the Classics Department at FSU.		Eric Christesen Eric joined us in our Master's Program Fall 2007 from Virginia, where he earned his bachelor's degree at James Madison University. Eric clerked for a legal firm for two years before coming to FSU.		Garrett Ellanson Garrett began his MS studies with us this past Fall 2008. A "Georgian", he originally comes from South West Georgia with a baccalaureate in Psychology.
Katie Ganson Katie received her BA in Social Studies Education and joined our Master's program in Fall 2006. She has served as a teaching assistant for our Assessment course and is currently a Project Manager for the Florida Center for Reading Research. Katie will complete her Master's this semester.		.Joel Goodin Joel joined our doctoral program in Fall 2006 after receiving a degree in Counseling from FSU. Originally from Arkansas, Joel has been a teaching assistant for our Lifespan Development course and for Research Methods, and is now teach Educational Psychology. He is serving as president of the Educational Psychology Student Association and coordinated EPLS Student Orientation in Fall 2008. Joel is currently writing his doctoral prelims.		**Ying Guo** Ying arrived from China in May 2004. She taught English in China for several years and has won awards for her essays. Ying defended her master's thesis in Summer 2006 and received her doctorate in 2008. She has taught the Educational Psychology course and is currently a post-doc at Ohio State University.
Jumi Lee Jumi comes to our doctoral program this Fall from South Korea--by way of San Diego, California. Jumi has taught a section of the Communications and Human Relations course, been a research assistant for the Florida Center for Reading Research, and this semester is a teaching assistant for the Classroom Assessment class.		Erika East Morse Ericka joined us in Fall 2007 with graduate work in Political Science and Educational Leadership. Her B.A. is from University of Florida (shhh! like Ryan, she's a Gator too.) She's in our MS program and working as a Research Assistant with Dr. Roehrig.		Kyontha Nelson  Kyontha earned her baccalaurate in Business from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She joined our MS program this Fall 2007. Kyontha currently works as an accountant at the FSU Mag Lab.
Rose Njoroge Rose entered our Master's Program after earning a BA in Psychology and English from the University of Texas. Born in Kenya, Rose earned her MS in our department and is now completing her doctorate about science inquiry knowledge..		Brandon Nzekwe Brandon earned a B.A. in Information Management in the College of Business and a Master's from the College of Information, both at Florida State, before entering the Learning and Cognition Doctoral Program in Fall 2007.		Michael Quinn Quinn arrived at our doctoral program in Fall 2006, after receiving his MS from Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and teaching high school in both Michigan and south Florida.He is currently a research assistant for Dr. Losh, has taught the Communications and Human Relations course, and is currently an instructor for Classroom Assessment. Quinn is our current representative to the Program in Instructional Excellence.
Shiffany Broughton Rawls Shiffany joined our MA Program Spring 2005 after earning her BA in Psychology from FSU. She is interested in socio-cultural influences on student learning and achievement. Shiffany is a Personnel Representative with Human Resources at FSU. She was a featured FSU "Student Star" in May 2007.		**Keli Swearingen** Keli joined our doctoral program in Fall 2005, after earning a master's in Information Studies, and teaching in urban New Orleans as part of the Teach for America program for two years. She completed her doctorate in May 2009. Keli is interested in motivation in urban schools. She served as department representative to the FSU Program in Instructional Excellence. She is wrote her doctoral dissertation addressing Teach for America and serves as a consultant to them. Keli just became the Principal of a new charter school in Brownsville, New York.		Sam Tackett Sam enters our doctoral program in January 2009 with a Master's in Instructional Systems from FSU. She is interested in motivation.
Susan Thompson After earning an FSU BA in Psychology, Susan joined our master's program in Fall 2006. She is interested in extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Susan is an Academic Coordinator at FSU's new College of Medicine.		Kelly Moore Torres Kelly joined our master's program in Fall 2005 after receiving a BA in Psychology from FSU. She defended her Master's thesis in Summer 2007 on second language learning and continues with us for her doctorate on anxiety and second language learning. Kelly works for the Florida Department of Health and has taught the Educational Psychology course.		Gunes Ugras Gunes came to our doctoral program in Fall 2007 from Turkey--by way of Syracuse, New York. He has a strong background in math and is interested in applications of psychology to online instruction.
Lois Wise Lois earned her bachelor's in Psychology from Florida State University and began our Master's Program in Fall 2008. She is especially interested in learning and cognition in children and is currently working with Dr. Phillips at the Florida Center for Reading Research.		Feng Zhou (Zoe) Zoe arrived at FSU from China in January 2004. She has served as a translator in China (English, Italian, German) before majoring in Educational Psychology. She is now an Instructor for our undergraduate Assessment courses and completed her master's thesis in Spring 2007. Zoe is continuing with our doctoral program in Learning and Cognition.
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		SOME RECENT ALUMNI
Kyle Freedman A New York native, Kyle received his BA in Psychology from Florida Southern University, joinedour Master's Program Fall 2005 and completed his MS in 2007. Kyle was a Project Manager at the Florida Center for Reading Research, and currently is a trainer with the American Cancer Society in Atlanta. His thesis topic was about group decision making in grade retention decisions.		Hong Gao Hong transferred to our doctoral program in Spring 2005. From China, Hong is interested in group dynamics and concept mapping, and completed her doctorate in Fall 2007. Hong has been a statistician with the STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) Education program at FSU's Learning Systems Institute and is now an Associate at MGT-America.		Crissie Reisner Grove Crissie has a BA and an MA in Math.She came to Tallahassee from Texas in 2003 and joined our doctoral program in September 2004. Crissie taught middle school math in Tallahassee for three years, and has also taught Educational Psychology. She is the Director of Assessment at Thomas University just north of Tallahassee. Crissie completed her doctorate in 2008 and this academic year has a wonderful post-doc with the Association for Institutional Research. She has now presented her research at several national conferences and has articles in press!
Qun Guan (Connie) Connie has a B.A. in English Education and an M.A. in Linguistics. She arrived in Fall 2004 from Beijing, where she was a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Beijing Foreign Studies University and a consultant in Educational Research and Evaluation. She graduated with her doctorate in December 2007 and is completing a post-doc at the University of Pittsburgh.		Margareta Pop Margareta taught Special Education in  Roumania and the United States before joining our doctoral program in Fall 2004. Margareta has taught Educational Psychology and was our Program in Instructional Excellence Representative for two years. She completed her doctorate on motivations to become a teacher in 2008 and is now an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. Margareta has three co-authored articles in professional journals.		Ryan Wilke Ryan earned a BA in Sociology from the University of Florida (Gator!) and taught high school before entering the MS Program in 2001. He completed his thesis on planned pedagogic practices among preservice teachers and earned his doctorate in Summer 2008. After teaching Educational Psychology for several semesters, Ryan is now a Measurement and Evaluation Specialist at the Center for Interactive Media. He has presented his research at several major conferences, and is co-author of four journal articles.

Ms. Peggy Lollie, Program Assistant
Department of  Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
Stone Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4453
Voice: (850) 644-4592
FAX:   (850) 644-8776

lollie@mail.coe.fsu.edu

Always under construction as our new students enter the program!.
Thanks for your patience.