UTK School Psychology

🎉Congratulations🎉 to Naomi on successfully defending her dissertation!

We’re so proud of all her hard work and dedication toward achieving this important milestone. 📚🧠✨

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🎓 Congratulations to our EdS graduates! 🎓

✨Camila Watkins
✨Michelle Casalean
✨Shyann Bowman
✨Emma Rikard

We’re so proud of you and know you’re going to go on to do amazing things as school psychologists. 📚✏️🧠

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Congratulations to assistant professor Kai Zhuang Shum for receiving the APA Division 16 2026 Outstanding Early Career Service Award! 🏆🎉

We are so grateful to have Dr. Shum as faculty in our program. She does meaningful community-based research and is a wonderful mentor to our graduate students.

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Congratulations to Paris for successfully proposing her dissertation! 🎉

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Researchers at the University of Tennessee are seeking K-12 teachers to complete a survey about teacher well-being! ✏️📚🧠

Check it out for a chance to win a $50 gift card 🤩💵

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🎉Congratulations🎉 to Hannah on successfully defending her dissertation!

We’re so proud of her hard work and dedication toward achieving this incredible milestone. ✨✏️📚

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🌷Spring Banquet 2026🌷

Students and faculty had a fun night celebrating another successful year! We reminisced on memories of all the fun we’ve had and achievements we’ve made.

We also celebrated our 4th year PhD and 2nd year EdS students who will be going on internship next year! 🎉 We will miss them but are so excited for their journeys ahead. 🧡

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Congratulations to third year Ashley Sexton on a successful dissertation proposal!

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Check out this feature article from .tennessee about the , , and our PASS program!

Link in bio 🔗

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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Kai Zhuang Shum and colleagues for their article being chosen as an APA Editors Choice selection! 👏

Article link available in our bio 🔗

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