School and Applied Child Psychology Academics & Research Expertise

Jac Andrews - Specialization Chair
- Collaborative and expanding role of school psychologists
- Developmental psychopathology
- Diversity
- Educating exceptional children
- Educational psychology

Emma Climie - Director of Training, Director of Internships
- Developmental psychopathology: AD/HD and disruptive disorders of childhood
- Resilience
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- School-based prevention programs
- Treatment of childhood disorders

Michelle Drefs
- Early childhood education
- Intergenerational studies
- Bereavement
- Interprofessional practice
- Early mathematics development

Erica Makarenko
- Developmental psychopathology
- Educating exceptional children
- Educational psychology
- Psycho-educational assessment
- Cognitive developmental psychology

Adam McCrimmon
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Collaborative, school-based research
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- Educating exceptional children
- Educational psychology

Carly McMorris
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Child and youth mental health
- Child development
- Risk and protective factors
- Developmental psychopathology

David Nordstokke
- Educational and psychological measurement
- Validity theory and test validation
- Applied statistical methods
- Statistical simulation
- Resilience

Meadow Schroeder - Graduate Program Director
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- Post-secondary student learning and development
- Psychological assessment and diagnosis
- Student experience in higher education

Kelly Dean Schwartz
- Adolescent development
- Child development
- International community development
- Family psychology
- Social development

Gabrielle Wilcox
- Intellectual disabilities
- Stress and stress control
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- Reading and writing assessment and intervention
- Psycho-educational assessment