Terrill F. Saxon

Biography

Terrill F. Saxon, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology and Interim Dean of the School of Education. He is also Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and the director of the master's programs in Educational Psychology. Dr. Saxon completed his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas (1995), where he studied Educational Psychology and research and then completed post-doctoral work in KU’s Infant Cognition Center. Dr. Saxon’s research interests include cross-cultural studies of youth, schooling, teachers and a variety of other education-related factors. He has also published numerous articles in the area of child language development and the role played by parent-child interaction behaviors and other environmental influences. Dr. Saxon has published in top journals such as Child Development, Educational Psychology Review, Comparative Education Review, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly and the Journal of School Psychology. He is co-principal investigator for the EnAbled for College program, funded by a grant from the AT&T Foundation. The program to mentor disabled and at-risk high school students to prepare for post-secondary education is funded for $150,000 for 2016-18, and received $127,000 for the 2014-16 program cycle. The Department of Educational Psychology's Dr. Tamara Hodges is co-principal investigator.

Research Interest

cross-cultural studies of youth, schooling, teachers and a variety of other education-related factors