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UW-Whitewater Psychology Department

This is the official page for the Psychology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

This page was developed to share highlights about the department and information about the field of psychology.

06/08/2026

A huge congratulations to our MSE and EdS graduates from our school psychology graduate program! Our Master's students have completed their first year of class and are off to practicum in the fall. Our Education Specialist Degree students have successfully completed the school psychology program and are off to make a difference in students' lives.

05/15/2026

Congratulations, students, on finishing your final exams and projects! Have a wonderful summer!! ☀️

05/11/2026

Congratulations to all of our graduating psychology majors, especially those who have been Hired Before Graduation! We look forward to watching you walk across the stage this weekend as you begin the next chapter of your lives! We are especially thrilled that our own Cade Stowe will be delivering this year’s student commencement speech!! Congrats to all - we will miss you! 🎓🎉

04/30/2026

Wonderful job to the students representing the psychology department at the Spring 2026 URiCA Spring Symposium last week! They have been working hard all year with their faculty research mentors on a range of topics within the fields of experimental, cognitive, and developmental psychology, and they did a fantastic job sharing their research with the university community! Congratulations, students! 🎉

04/28/2026

A round of applause for senior psychology major, Emma Carlson, who presented Applied Health Psychology Lab research at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference in Chicago with her faculty mentor, Dr. Sasha Karnes. Great work! 🎉

04/23/2026

Congratulations to our school psychology graduate students who were also honored at the Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Celebration! We are always grateful for our donors who have made these important scholarships available to our students, and we are proud to be able to award these wonderful students who have continued to demonstrate their hard work and dedication to the field of school psychology!

We would also like to introduce our new Alice Schoof School Psychology scholarship in memory of Alice Schoof, who taught clinical psychology here at UWW. Congratulations once again to all recipients!

04/22/2026

Several psychology majors were honored earlier this week at the College of Letters and Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Celebration. We are grateful to our donors who have made these important scholarships available to our students, and we are proud to be able to award them to an amazing group of students who consistently demonstrate their hard work and passion for the field of psychology! Congratulations to all of our undergraduate scholarship recipients!! 🎉

03/30/2026

Megan Gleisner, a student in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's School Psychology EdS program and native of Jefferson, WI, has earned the 2025 Outstanding Capstone Award from the university's School of Graduate Studies.

Gleisner's project, titled "The Sysetmic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words (SIPPS) Program Evaluation," examined SIPPS, a literacy program designed to target students' reading fluency by teaching decoding skills, word recognition, and spelling patterns. The paper measured the effectiveness of SIPPS by determining students' growth in Oral Reading Fluency, comparing fall and spring benchmarks.

As part of UW-Whitewater's school psychology program, Gleisner earned an MSE in school psychology in 2024 and is on track to earn her Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S) in May 2026. She supported her education by winning the Barbara Ann Hersko Scholarship for a first-year psychology graduate student at the university in 2023.

Gleisner also earned her undergraduate degree at UW-Whitewater, receiving her BSE in special education in May 2023.

Each of UW-Whitewater's graduate programs nominate student capstone projects completed between fall 2024 and summer 2025 for consideration for the award. Nominated capstone projects were assessed on the following criteria: analysis, evaluation, explanation, perspective taking, and synthesis.

UW-Whitewater's School of Graduate Studies provides numerous opportunities to grow student expertise, expand career options, and increase lifetime earning potential at an affordable cost. Opportunities include master's programs, graduate certificates, and a doctoral degree program.

03/17/2026

Psychology majors - are you hoping to take one of your advanced 400-level PSYCH classes in Fall 2026? The graphic below displays the advanced courses we will be offering next semester. These courses can fill up quickly, so don't delay in signing up once you are able to in April!

Some important information to keep in mind regarding 400-level courses:
✨Because these are upper-level courses, they have specific prerequisites. Be sure to check that you have the required prerequisite courses before planning to enroll.
✨PSYCH 487 (Field Training in Psychology) has an application process. Please contact Dr. Niemeier to learn more.

03/13/2026

A round of applause for School Psychology Program instructor, Amanda Kidwell, Ed.S., for being an opening keynote speaker for the Alverno College Mental Health Summit 2026. The Summit is an event that brings together mental health practitioners, community leaders, and students to explore a relevant topic in the field of mental health.

This year’s Mental Health Summit was titled "Connected Care: Transforming Mental Health Through Technology," and focused on innovative ways that technology can transform mental health care across schools, communities and healthcare systems, with a focus on improving access, equity and outcomes for diverse populations.

Congratulations Amanda!!!

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