School Psychology

Faculty

Dr. Robert J. Dixon: Director of the School Psychology Program at UW-L, joined the UW-L School Psychology faculty in 2001 after teaching in the UW-Superior School Psychology program for two years. Dr. Dixon, a licensed psychologist and school psychologist, spent several years working as a school psychologist before beginning university teaching. At UW-La Crosse he teaches courses in role and function, consultation, tests and measurement, and educational psychology. Dr. Dixon's research interests include crisis management, the personal effectiveness of school psychologists, and life satisfaction, hope, and optimism in children.

Dr. Betty DeBoer: joined the UW-L School Psychology faculty in 1997 after completing research and clinical fellowships at Washington University in St. Louis and at Johns Hopkins University's Kennedy Krieger Institute. She has presented her research nationally and internationally. Her most recent research interests relate to risk factors for alcohol and substance abuse in children. Dr. DeBoer is currently on the Wisconsin School Psychologists Association Board..

Dr. Joci Newton: completed her Ph.D. in school psychology in 2007 at Ball State University.  Previously, Dr. Newton completed a pre-doctoral internship and worked as a school psychologist within the Cobb County School District in Atlanta, Georgia for two years.  Her clinical and research interests are in gifted and preschool assessment, as well as the social and emotional development of preschool children.  Dr. Newton is excited to join the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and is looking forward to becoming involved in the regional and state school psychology associations. 

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