School Psychology Faculty

Diane Salmon, Ph.D.

National Louis University

  • Associate Professor
  • Department Head for the School and Educational Psychology program

dsalmon@nl.edu
Phone (224) 233.2299

Diane Salmon Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Salmon's interests focus on the development of professional expertise and the design of formative assessment tools that foster metacognition and self-regulated learning. Recent efforts include the development of a video review protocol for early career teachers and the use of concept mapping to promote metacognitive planning. Additional interests include children’s friendships/social development and high leverage classroom practices that can promote cognitive academic and social-emotional learning.

Accomplishments and Honors:

  • Co-Project Director for $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). The Faculty Research Residency Model, aligns with a practice-based theory of teacher preparation to improve university course work by placing university faculty in high needs urban schools to conduct research related to the courses that they teach.
  • Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).

 

Mark Shinn, Ph.D.

National Louis University

  • Professor
  • Program Coordinator School Psychology PhD program

MShinn@nl.edu
Phone: (224) 233.2725

Mark Shinn Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Shinn's area of expertise is assessment, especially progress monitoring and screening of basic skills through a set of practices called Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM).  He has contributed to the development of AIMSweb, that organizes CBM data in a multi-tier model from Pearson Assessment, VMath, a remedial mathematics program by Cambium-Voyager-Sopris, and Jamestown Reading Navigator (JRN), a reading intervention program by McGraw Hill. He has also consulted with school districts and state departments of education in more than 40 states on multi-tier services and Response to Intervention (RTI).

Accomplishments and Honors:

  • Jack Bardon Distinguished Career Service Award from Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Fellow, American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Author of More Than 75 Refereed Journal Articles and Books Chapters
  • Principal Investigator on More Than $4.2 Million in Federal Research and Personnel Preparation Grants
  • 1 of 6 Members of the US Department of Education Technical Review Panel Members for the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring 2003-2007
  • National Advisory Board Member, Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) 2000-present

 

Mary Frances Schneider, Ph.D., Professor

Marjorie Leon, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Shani Beth-Halachmy, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Daniel S. Newman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Daniel Newman Curriculum Vitae

Madi Phillips, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Madi Phillips Curriculum Vitae

Kim Adamle, Ed.S., Assistant Professor‌

Kim Adamle Curriculum Vitae

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  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    800.443.5522

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    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
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    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
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    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    800.443.5522

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    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
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    Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Tampa campus serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, the campus features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

    4950 West Kennedy Blvd. #300
    Tampa, FL 33609
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    12000 West Park Place, Suite 100
    Milwaukee, WI 53224-3007
    414.577.2658

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