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Combined Program in Education and Psychology

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The Combined Program offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Education and Psychology. Through coursework in education, psychology and methodology, you will build the knowledge base to apply in research apprenticeships with diverse faculty across areas of theory and practice.

Doctor of Philosophy in Education and Psychology

This full time, interdisciplinary doctoral program will train you as a scholar in the creation and implementation of psychological research designed to build understanding and address educational issues relevant to learning and development in the context of schools, families, and communities.

Our program follows an apprenticeship model of graduate training and mentoring. Within this model, students are matched with faculty advisors based on complementary research interests and work closely with their advisors to refine their scholarly interests and research capabilities. Because of our program's interdisciplinary focus, students often have the opportunity to work with different faculty members during their graduate careers. In addition, students take a sequence of courses in both psychology and education during the first two to three years of the program. The courses are intended to provide theoretical foundations in psychology and education, as well as grounding in research methodology. Students work with their advisors to customize their coursework to best meet their professional goals.

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Welcome

CPEP is an interdisciplinary program known for its scholarship focusing on how social contexts (such as schools and classrooms) interact and affect the developmental trajectories of student identity, cognition, motivation, and well-being. The program has a strong national reputation (e.g., CPEP currently is ranked #1 in the U.S. News and World Report).We recognize the importance of considering, both conceptually and methodologically, the interplay between individual (e.g., social and cognitive) attributes, and classrooms, schools, families, communities, contexts, cultures, and racial/ethnic histories– within the United States and internationally. This approach allows us to continue to be at the forefront in the field in advancing understanding of variation in learning, achievement, and adaptation across and within different racial, ethnic, social and cultural groups as well as to identify practices and strategies for improving learning and developmental outcomes for all students.

Our students are trained to think analytically and to excel at scholarship and research that has important educational implications. As part of an interdisciplinary unit, our doctoral students have access to an integrated set of resources in education and psychology. Our unique and interdisciplinary structure allows for an exciting synergy of conceptual and methodological perspectives and approaches among our faculty and students.

I am excited that you are interested in our program and hope you find our online home informative about what we have to offer!

Matthew A. Diemer
Chair, Combined Program in Education and Psychology; Professor

An Exceptional Program

Currently ranked #2 by U.S. News and World Report, the Combined Program in Education and Psychology is an interdisciplinary unit within the university's Horace B. Rackham Graduate School, supported and co-sponsored through a collaboration between the Department of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the Marsal Family School of Education. The program has been known in the past two decades for its focus on scholarship exploring how the social context (schools and classrooms) interacts and affects the developmental trajectories of student identity, cognition, and motivation.

Combine diverse disciplines

Our unique structure allows for an exciting synergy of conceptual and methodological perspectives and approaches among our faculty and students—the ways our faculty connect across disciplines and deploy shared ideas and resources have allowed us to make a remarkably large impact on the field.

Advance equity and inclusion

Research conducted by program faculty with diverse ethnic, racial, and social class groups has yielded new theories and methods for articulating how individuals form social identities, navigate social marginalization, and challenge inequitable social structures.

Make research matter

We nurture translational and applied research through curricular design and operational practices that provide bridges for applying educational and psychological research dedicated to the improvement of student learning and performance in K-12 and higher educational contexts.

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Your support can help us create transformative leaders and educators who have the theoretical framework and practical skills to address the many urgent challenges in education.

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Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
734.936.6049
Associate Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
(734) 647-9572
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; By Courtesy Assistant Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
(734) 763-2225
Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Director, National Center for Institutional Diversity; Associate Vice President for Research; By Courtesy Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
(734) 764-6497
Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; By Courtesy Assistant Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
Chair of the Combined Program in Education and Psychology; Professor, Marsal Family School of Education; Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research
(734) 647-7369
Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
(734) 764-8448
Chair, Learning, Equity, and Problem Solving for the Public Good; Professor, Marsal Family School of Education; Professor, School of Information
(734) 647-8027
Lecturer II in Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
(734) 936-3278
Associate Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
(734) 764-3966
Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Professor of Social Work
(734) 936-9124
Program Coordinator, Combined Program in Education and Psychology
(734) 763-0680
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
(734) 615-4992
Director, Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences; Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar Endowed Professor of the Learning Sciences, Marsal Family School of Education
Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
(734) 764-0353
Associate Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
Professor, Marsal Family School of Education; Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research
(734) 615-1800
Dean, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education and Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Marsal Family School of Education; Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research; Faculty Affiliate in Latino/a Studies, College of LSA
(734) 647-0621
University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Marsal Family School of Education; Director of Academic Programs, Wolverine Pathways
(734) 647-0606
Associate Dean
Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Equity, Marsal Family School of Education; Stephanie J. Rowley Collegiate Professor; Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
(734) 647-0614
Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
(734) 647-0597
Professor of Romance Linguistics, Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
(734) 647-2332
Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Professor, School of Information; By Courtesy Professor, Marsal Family School of Education; Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
(734) 764-8360
Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
(734) 615-1530
Marshall H Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health; Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
(734) 764-2443
Dunn Family Endowed Professor of Psychometrics and Test Development, Marsal Family School of Education

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Contact

(734) 763-0680
[email protected]

Location

610 E. University Avenue
Room 1413
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259

Office Hours

Monday–Friday
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.