University of Iowa Psych & Quant Foundations Dept

The UI Department of Psychological & Quantitative Foundations involves the psychological & quantitative foundations of education and has five graduate programs.

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Faculty @drkreedfitzke workshop proposal on leveraging person-centered analyses to bolster systemic research was accepted to the upcoming Intervention Research in Systemic Family Therapy Annual Conference. Congrats!

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LGBTQ mental health and affirmative practice, especially in rural and international settings; prevention in school settings; and microaffirmation. (2/2)

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Please welcome Julie Koch, PhD, Licensed Psychologist, who is a Professor of Counseling Psychology. Dr. Koch’s interests include training and development of faculty and counseling psychologists; human rights and social justice; (1/2)

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Please welcome Kay Ramey, PhD who is an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Psychology. Her research focuses on interest-driven learning and spatial thinking and learning in makerspaces and other STEAM learning environments, both in and outside of schools.

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LGBTQ Counseling Clinic Director Jacob Priest was recently interviewed on Des Moines’ Local 5 news station We Are Iowa regarding the need for gender affirming health services in Iowa. Check it out here! https://t.co/4CoZDogpTH

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Check out faculty @drkreedfitzke's ‘research in action’ article on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and military families in Military REACH’s latest newsletter https://t.co/MTg7ThAYNm

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Student @deborah_koons has provided volunteer service w Riverview Center on the hospital response sexual assault victim advocacy team since 2019. Are you interested? There are many ways to volunteer. Go to https://t.co/WDYNSvKxnE for information on how you can make a difference.

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Counseling Psychology’s Alissa Doobay was featured in the Press Citizen about the acitivites of the @iowa_csmh over the past year. Check it out here! https://t.co/mnEuWZDCBA

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You can now access @drkreedfitzke and colleagues’ (@DocFerraro @Dr_Jimmy_Dash) recent publication “A person-centered approach to identifying at-risk U.S. army soldiers-in-training based on adverse childhood experiences” in Traumatology here https://t.co/NCONDOkIz8

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School psychology’s @YanchenZhangPhD is one of the investigators who received funding!

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4️⃣ #SchoolMentalHealth research projects awarded grant funding! Each project received $250,000 and will support interventions to improve social, emotional, behavioral, or psychological outcomes in Iowa’s PreK-12 schools.

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At the 2022 @APAconvention, School Psychology's @YanchenZhangPhD will present on an International Positive Psychological Program for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities. Congratulations, Yanchen!

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Doctoral candidate Alexus Hamilton's solo authored paper “Examining Same-Race Dyads: Black Therapists' Experiences With Their Black Clients” was accepted as a Poster to the @ncfr conference in the Fall. Stay tuned for more details!

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Counseling Psychology's Stacey McElroy-Heltzel and her team were awarded a grant from the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. They will facilitate a series of community dialogues as an intervention to decrease polarization and increase intellectual humility. Congrats!

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School Psychology's @YanchenZhangPhD and his SP students Alex Pauls and Sabrina Kelbe will present "Happy Together": Multilevel Associations between Teachers' and Students' Subjective Wellbeing" at the 2022 @APAconvention. Congrats!

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Amanda Goslin and Deborah Koons-Beauchamp’s article we shared was accepted last month, is now published in The Family Journal and available to read. Check it out here! https://t.co/zfFPzrlA30

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Counseling Psychology Stacey McElroy-Heltzel & several CP students had a poster “Intellectual Humility, Meaning, and Activist Identity: Implications for Political Engagement and Well-Being During the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election” accepted for the 2022 @APAconvention. Congrats!

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@UIowaEducation alumnus, H. Dee Hoover, was honored as one of the Eight over 80 award winners in the inaugural celebration organized by the UI Center for Advancement. Read more here https://t.co/4M8Mf55p2g

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Several of our students received Graduate Certificates in either College Teaching or Online Teaching from @UIowaEducation this Spring. Congrats to Mary Ball, Amanda Goslin, Alexus Hamilton, Deborah Koons-Beauchamp, and Kalen Leake!

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Counseling Psychology’s Stacey McElroy-Heltzel was recently on @IowaPublicRadio discussing “What does it take to rekindle a friendship? And should you?” You can listen to Stacey’s interview here: https://t.co/4FIg5w9fH0

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@YanchenZhangPhD was nominated as an AAPI leader in research, teaching, and service in school psychology by the Social Justice Committee members and Advisory Panel members. He & other leaders' contributions will be featured in a flyer disseminated in the field. Congrats!