Education Psychology Faculty

Jan Armstrong

Professor
Office Location: Simpson Hall, Room 116
Phone: (505) 277-6427
Email: jka@unm.edu
Education: PhD from University of Minnesota in 1987

• Teaching, learning and development in the professions
• Professional knowledge transmission and acculturation
• Qualitative research methods in psychology and education
• Applied visual research

Terri Flowerday

Professor
Office Location: Simpson Hall, Room 113
Phone: (505) 277-3208
Email: tflower@unm.edu
Education: Ph. D. from the University of Nebraska in 2000.

• Motivation, cognition and instruction
• Human development
• Reading and literacy issues

Yu-Yu Hsiao

Assistant Professor
Office Location: Simpson Hall, Room 119
Phone: 505-277-7101
Email: yuyuhsiao@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2017

Research Interests:

• Structural Equation Modeling
• Multilevel Modeling
• Psychometric Theory

Carolyn J. Hushman

Assistant Professor
Office Location: Simpson Hall, Room 118
Phone: 505-277-9917
Email: ckimble@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2011

Research Interests:

• Using assessment to guide instructional decisions
• Cognition, expertise and teacher professional development
• Learning and cognition in pre-service education

Martin H. Jones - Program Coordinator

Associate Professor
Office Location: Simpson Hall, Room 117
Phone: 505-277-3164
Email: martinjones@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington 2007

Research Interests:

• Social influences on academic motivation and achievement
• Underrepresented students' academic experiences
• Learning, cognition, and social development

Jay Parkes

Professor
Office Location: Simpson Hall, Room 120
Phone: (505) 277-3320
Email: parkes@unm.edu
Education: Ph. D. in 1998 from the Pennsylvania State University

• Learning and Assessment
• Simulation and Feedback in Medical Education
• Dual Language Education Research

H. Lee Swanson

Research Professor
Email: hlswanson@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D. University of New Mexico 1976; Post-Doc University of California Los Angeles 1980

Research Interests: 

1. Cognitive processes underlying math and reading disabilities in monolingual and English language learners
2. Dynamic assessment and Meta-Analysis
3. Intellectual and Working Memory Development

M. Lee Van Horn

Professor
Director of the Methodology Group @ UNM
Office Location: Tech 274
Phone: (505) 277-4535
Email: mlvh@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2001.

Research Interests:  Lee’s research focuses on understanding statistical methods for assessing individual differences. His current research focuses on statistical and applied issues around regression mixture models and a recently funded study to develop methods for modeling individual differences in intervention effects. He has applied these methods to diverse areas around human development including academic performance for at-risk students, modeling causes of delinquency and drug use in adolescence, and promoting physical activity. He also specializes in statistical methods for group randomized trials.

Professors Emeritae

Andrea Frieder Vierra, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Professor Emerita

Mary B. Harris, Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor Emerita

Candace G. Schau, Ph.D., lowa State University
Professor Emerita