Combined Program in Education and Psychology
Congrats, CPEP Grads
Congratulations CPEP graduates!
We are so proud of your many accomplishments. It took a lot of hard work to reach this goal. You have completed your classes, written your papers, conducted your research, presented at conferences, and taught students. And bravo – you defended your dissertation! You’ve merged psychology and education in your unique way to provide new insights to our field. Now, you are ready to take your expertise and make an impact on the world. You are needed now more than ever as we are truly at unprecedented times for not just education, but all aspects of our lives.
You all were important members of our community and we will miss you but we know you will go on to do amazing things. We wish you all the best.
Go Blue!
Allison Ryan
2020 CPEP Graduates
Reading of CPEP Graduate Names
Doctor of Philosophy in Education and Psychology
May 2020
Omari Walter Keeles
Bachelor of Science, Howard University; Master of Science, University of Michigan
Class Matters: Social Class Identity Profiles of Black Students and Implications for Psychological Adjustment to Predominantly White Institutions
Co-chairs: Phillip Bowman and Matt Diemer
Michael Alan Medina
Bachelor of Science, Brown University; Master of Science, University of Michigan
Ethnic-Racial Identity and Academic Adjustment among Adolescents: The Role of Friendship as a Social Context
Chair: Deborah Rivas-Drake
Han Zhang
Bachelor of Science, Beijing Normal University; Master of Science, University of Michigan
Mind-wandering: What Can We Learn From Eye-Movements?
Chair: Kevin Miller
Alexa Ellis
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan; Master of Science, University of Michigan
The Role of Formal Schooling on Early Number Skills
Chair: Pamela Davis-Kean
August 2020
Casta Guillaume
Bachelor of Arts, University of Miami; Master of Science, University of Michigan
The Influence of Family Life on Young Women of Colors' Understandings of Oppression and Imaginings of Liberation
Chair: Jacqueline Mattis