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School Psychology

Graduate faculty

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Core School Psychology Faculty

Robert Dixon  Profile of Robert Dixon  Robert Dixon saysMeet with me

Associate Professor
160A Morris Hall
rdixon@uwlax.edu
608.785.6893

Specialty areas:

School Psychology, Response to Intervention (RtI), Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Online Service Delivery

To arrange a meeting, please use the following link

     Psychology Office Hours (349A GMH): LINK

Daniel Hyson  Profile of Daniel Hyson

Associate Professor
349A Graff Main Hall
dhyson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8444

Specialty areas:

Equity-Minded Teaching

School Psychology (especially Teacher-Student Relationships, Alternative Approaches to Working with Behaviorally Challenging Students, Systems-Level Data-Driven Decision Making)

Jocelyn Newton  Profile of Jocelyn Newton  Jocelyn Newton saysMeet with me

Professor
335A Graff Main Hall
jnewton@uwlax.edu
608.785.6889

Specialty areas:

School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology

Ruth Schumacher-Martinez  Profile of Ruth Schumacher-Martinez

Assistant Professor
341K Graff Main Hall
rschumacher-martinez@uwlax.edu
608.785.6904

Specialty areas:

Racial Justice

Disability Justice

Neurodiversity 

Autism

Special Education Law

Crisis Intervention

Counseling Individuals with Disabilities 

Social-Emotional-Behavioral Regulation and Coping Skill Development 

Affiliate Faculty

Ryan McKelley  Profile of Ryan McKelley  Ryan McKelley saysMeet with me

Psychology
Professor
341D Graff Main Hall
rmckelley@uwlax.edu
608.785.6879

Specialty areas:

Clinical/counseling psychology; men and masculinities; health psychology (stress, resilience; biofeedback; sleep); behavior modification; group counseling; psychopharmacology

Jessica Schweigert  Profile of Jessica Schweigert

Psychology
Assistant Teaching Professor
353 Graff Main Hall
jschweigert@uwlax.edu
608.785.5018

Suthakaran Veerasamy  Profile of Suthakaran Veerasamy

Psychology
Assistant Professor
331D Graff Main Hall
sveerasamy@uwlax.edu
608.785.6887

Specialty areas:

Counseling Psychology (racial identity, religious identity, multicultural education)

Program Assistant

Taylor Wirkus  Profile of Taylor Wirkus

Administrative Assistant II
347 Graff Main Hall
twirkus2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8441