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Teachers College, Columbia University
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Columbia University
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Applied Educational Psychology

The programs offered in Applied Educational Psychology prepare students to serve as educators, scientists, and service providers in a variety of settings, including universities, schools, psychoeducational clinics, hospital-based child study clinics, and community agencies.

Reading Specialist
Program Coordinator: Professor Dolores Perin
Academic Secretary: Maeve O'Grady
Program Office: 528 Thorndike
Phone: (212) 678-3942

School Psychology
Program Coordinator: Professor Stephen Peverly
Academic Secretary: Maeve O'Grady
Program Office: 528 Thorndike
Phone: (212) 678-3942  


Health Studies

The programs offered in the areas of Health Studies include Health Education, Nursing Education, and Nutrition and prepare students to serve in leadership roles in community-based organizations, government agencies, corporations, health care settings, and educational settings. 

Health Education
Program Coordinator: Professor John P. Allegrante
Academic Assistant: Evelyn Quiñones
Office: 532D Thorndike
Phone: (212) 678-6607  

Nursing Education
Program Coordinator: Professor Kathleen A. O’Connell
Academic Secretary: Cynthia Green
Program Office: 530C Thorndike
Phone: (212) 678-3950  

Nutrition
Program Coordinator: Professor Isobel R. Contento
Academic Secretary: Cynthia Green Program
Office: 530C Thorndike
Phone: (212) 678-3950  

including areas of study in Nutrition Education, Nutrition and Public Health, Community Nutrition Education, Applied Physiology and Nutrition, Behavioral Nutrition, and the Dietetic Internship Program



Special Education

The programs offered in our Special Education cluster prepare students to serve as leaders and scholar-practitioners skilled in the development, evaluation, and application of practices that improve the life prospects of people with disabilities.  

Program Office: 528 Thorndike
Academic Secretary: TBA

visit our Special Education website for more information on our areas of study including:

Applied Behavior Analysis
Program Coordinator: Professor Douglas Greer, greer@tc.columbia.edu
Blindness and Visual Impairment
Program Coordinator: Professor Peg Cummins, cummins@tc.columbia.edu
Cross-Categorical Studies
Program Coordinator: All Faculty
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Program Coordinator: Professor Robert Kretschmer, kretschmer@tc.columbia.edu
Guidance and Habilitation
Program Coordinator: Professor Linda Hickson, hickson@tc.columbia.edu
Instructional Practice in Special Education
Program Coordinator: All Faculty
Intellectual Disability/Autism
Program Coordinator: Professor Linda Hickson,
hickson@tc.columbia.edu
Physical Disabilities
Program Coordinators: Professors Peg Cummins and Robert Kretschmer, kretschmer@tc.columbia.edu
Research in Special Education
Program Coordinators: Professors Linda Hickson and Douglas Greer, hickson@tc.columbia.edu
Severe or Multiple Disabilities-Annotation
Program Coordinator: Professor Linda Hickson, hickson@tc.columbia.edu
Teaching American Sign Language (ASL) as a Foreign Language
Program Coordinator: Professor Russell Rosen, rrosen@tc.columbia.edu


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