About School Psychology Faculty

About the School Psychology Faculty

Students benefit from classes taught by faculty who are active researchers — a rarity in most graduate programs. Faculty members are also active practitioners, conducting evaluations, consulting with teachers and school districts and offering parent trainings.

Our faculty members are shaping theory and practice within the field, publishing books and authoring articles in top-tier medical, psychological and educational journals, including:

School Psychology Quarterly
Journal of School Psychology
Journal of Applied School Psychology.

Their work has been recognized by leading authorities in medicine, public health, psychology and law, including:

U.S. Assistant Surgeon General
The head of the National Institutes of Health
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Several American Psychological Association presidents

Recent research and publications

Publications including student research:
- Dombrowski, S. C., Gischlar, K. L., Green, L., Noonan, K., & Martin, R. P. (2020). Birthweight and psychoeducational outcomes: Investigation of an African-American birth cohort. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
- Dombrowski, S. C. & Gialanella, A. (2020). [Review of The SCERTS Model]. In J. F. Carlson, K. F. Geisinger & J. L. Jonson (Eds.) The twenty-first mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
- Dombrowski, S. C., & Casey, C. (2022). Test Review: The WIAT-4. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(8), 1033-1038. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829221116808
- Dombrowski, S. C., Engel, S, & Lennon, J. (2022). Test Review: MEZURE. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(4), 559-565. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829211072399
- Dombrowski, S. C. & Jones, M. (in press). The Phonological Awareness Test, Second Edition: Normative Update (PAT-2: NU). Mental Measurements Yearbook (21st Ed.). Buros Institute.
- Dombrowski, S. C., Alkorns, M. A., & Gischlar, K. L. (in press). The Bayley-4. Mental Measurements Yearbook (21st Ed.). Buros Institute.
- Gischlar, K. L., Castro, P., & Dombrowski, S. C. (in press). Mental Measurements Yearbook (21st Ed.). Buros Institute.
- Gischlar, K. L., & Gialanella, A. (2020). [Review of the test SLS Screener for Language and Literacy Disorders]. In J. F. Carlson, K. F. Geisinger & J. L. Jonson (Eds.) The twenty-first mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
- Gischlar, K. L., & Gialanella, A. (2020). [Review of the test Test of Early Reading Ability, 4 th Edition]. In J. F. Carlson, K. F. Geisinger & J. L. Jonson (Eds.) The twentieth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing, 2nd edition, by Stefan Dombrowski, Ph.D., professor and director of Rider’s Ed.S. in School Psychology with two chapters written by Karen Gischlar, Ph.D., associate professor of school psychology; the topic of the book is psychoeducational assessment.
"Ten years of response to intervention: Trends in the school psychology literature,” by Dr. Gischlar and co-authors
"Item construction using reflective, formative, or Rasch measurement models: Implications for group work,” by Dr. Gischlar, Christina Peterson, Psy.D., chair and professor of the Department of Graduate Education, Leadership, and Counseling, and Andrew Peterson, Rutgers University professor
"Learning on the move: Making meaning through movement," by Dr. Gischlar and Tricia Nolfi, program director and assistant professor II, Organizational Leadership Program and Higher Education Assessment, Analytics and Change Management at Rider University; the paper provides instructors in higher education with creative means for presenting course concepts and skills
Dombrowski, S. C., McGill, R. J., Farmer, R. L., Kranzler, J. H., & Canivez, G. L. (2022). Beyond the rhetoric of evidence-based assessment: A framework for critical thinking in clinical practice. School Psychology Review, 51(6), 771-784. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2021.1960126
Farmer, R. L., McGill, R. J., Lockwood, A. B., Dombrowski, S. C., Canivez, G. L, & Zaheer, I. (2022). Warning signs for hype in school-based assessment: Implications for training and pedagogy. School Psychology Training and Pedagogy, 39(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-021-00091-w (article of the year runner-up)
McGill, R. J., Dombrowski, S. C., & Canivez, G. L. (2018). Cognitive profile analysis in school psychology: History, issues, and continued concerns. Journal of School Psychology, 71, 108-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2018.10.007 (Journal of School Psychology article of the year)

Recent awards and accomplishments

• Dr. Dombrowski recently received the Jane Bostrum Service to School Psychology award, which is a state level award from the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists for his research contributions to the field of school psychology

• Dr. Gischlar was elected as the Central Delegate to the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists

Stefan Dombrowski, Ph.D.
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Karen Gischlar, Ph.D.
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About School Psychology Faculty

About the School Psychology Faculty

Recent research and publications

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Dr. Dombrowski's research on IQ tests

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