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.
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 AnalysisProgram Coordinator: Professor Douglas Greer,
greer@tc.columbia.eduBlindness and Visual
Impairment
Program Coordinator: Professor Peg Cummins,
cummins@tc.columbia.eduCross-Categorical Studies
Program Coordinator: All Faculty
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Program Coordinator: Professor Robert Kretschmer,
kretschmer@tc.columbia.eduGuidance and Habilitation
Program Coordinator: Professor Linda Hickson, hickson@tc.columbia.eduInstructional Practice in
Special Education
Program Coordinator: All Faculty
Intellectual Disability/Autism
Program Coordinator: Professor Linda Hickson, hickson@tc.columbia.eduPhysical Disabilities
Program Coordinators: Professors Peg Cummins and Robert Kretschmer,
kretschmer@tc.columbia.eduResearch in Special Education
Program Coordinators: Professors Linda Hickson and Douglas Greer,
hickson@tc.columbia.eduSevere or Multiple
Disabilities-Annotation
Program Coordinator: Professor Linda Hickson,
hickson@tc.columbia.eduTeaching American
Sign Language (ASL) as a Foreign Language
Program Coordinator: Professor Russell Rosen,
rrosen@tc.columbia.edu