Research Interests for Individuals Who Teach in the MERM Program

Although MERM is not their primary area of research, the following individuals teach MERM courses.

Marshall Arlin, Ph.D. Professor (MERM) Coordinator of MERM area. Bias in research. New statistics for social science research. Classroom assessment.

Deborah Butler, Ph.D. Associate Professor (SPED, HDLC, and MERM) Learning disabilities in adolescence and adulthood; instructional strategies for promoting self-regulated and strategic learning; cognitive learning theories; research design and methodology; qualitative and quantitative methods and analyses.

Joe Lucyshyn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (SPED and MERM) Developmental disabilities; positive behavioral support; assessment and intervention with families of children and youth with behavior problems; home-school collaboration; instructional technology; small N research design; qualitative research methods.

William McKee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (SCPS, SPED, and MERM) Professional issues in school psychology and special education including service delivery, ethics, legislation and training; consultation processes; intervention for behavioural disorders; intervention implementation and treatment integrity; applied behaviour analysis; single case and small N research design. 

Jennifer D. Shapka, Ph.D. Assistant Professor  (HDLC ) Developmental perspectives on gender, motivation and education (technology, science, and math education).  Identifying risk and protective factors impacting high risk youth populations (i.e., teenage mothers and their children).  Examining patterns of development at the population level, using large-scale longitudinal databases (i.e., NLSCY).