MSU School Psychology

10/19/2026

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Hal Tony Bronson IV! 🎉

The Mississippi State University School Psychology Program is excited to celebrate Hal Tony Bronson IV on the successful defense of his dissertation!

His dissertation, “Examining Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Race and Reinforcement Attainment in the Classroom,”was chaired by Dr. Tawny McCleon.

We are incredibly proud of this accomplishment and look forward to seeing the continued impact of his work in the field of school psychology!

🐾 Hail State!🐾

08/19/2026

🐾 The Dawgs are back! 🐾

We’re excited to kick off Fall 2026 today! This week, we welcomed our newest graduate students to the Mississippi State University School Psychology Program, and we’re looking forward to another great year of learning, training, research, and service.

Here’s to a successful Fall 2026 semester!

05/13/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the College of Education 2026 Graduate Research Symposium!

🥇 Vikaas Manjunath, Kinesiology
🥈 Malerie Partain, School Psychology
🥉 Timothy Okunoye, Instructional Systems & Workforce Development

Join us in celebrating their hard work and innovative, faculty-guided research! 👏

05/01/2026

It has been a busy Spring semester for the program! We also want to recognize Mattie Williams for successfully proposing her dissertation earlier this semester. Hail State!

04/28/2026

04/23/2026

Our School Psychology program was well represented at yesterday’s College of Education Awards Ceremony!

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Wildmon for being named the 2026 recipient of the Clyde Muse Service Award, and to Malerie Partain for earning 2nd place at the 2026 College of Education Graduate Research Symposium for her poster presentation, WCPM Gains Following BEA-Selected LPP Intervention!

We are proud of all of our students who showcased their work and represented the program so well with research highlights from this past year!

04/22/2026

We are lucky to call these wonderful people colleagues! Thank you for all you do!

04/13/2026

Parent–Child Participants Needed!

Is your child struggling with reading or getting frustrated during reading time? Do they tend to avoid, argue, or lose focus when reading?

We are currently conducting a study focused on helping families build stronger reading skills while also addressing common behavior challenges during reading. This is a parent-led, supportive program designed to fit into your routine with brief sessions.

We are looking for:
• Children reading at a 1st–3rd grade level
• Families noticing reading and behavior difficulties
• Caregivers willing to participate in short, guided sessions

Participants will gain practical tools to support reading at home and help their child feel more confident and successful.

If this sounds like your family, we would love to connect with you!

📩 Contact:
Marsha Hasenoehrl – [email protected]
Dr. Kayla Bates-Brantley – [email protected]

(Feel free to share!)

04/08/2026

🗣️ One of our partner programs, Bridges to Speak, held a training for 18 SLPs and special education teachers in Lauderdale County School District last week.
🌟 We are so proud of Dr. Wildmon and Anna Grace, school psychology graduate student, for their hard work on bringing accessible, functional communication to children who are not yet able to speak orally.

This program is funded by MSCDD.

03/31/2026

If y’all see this crew around this week, tell them congratulations! We are extremely proud of recently tenured and/or promoted, Associate Professors, Drs. Bates-Brantley, Ripple, and Wildmon, and Full Professor, Dr. Herbstrith. Their promotions reflect their sustained excellence in teaching, research, and service, and the meaningful impact they have on our students, program, and the field of school psychology.