教育心理学博士学位让学生做好对心理过程进行研究的准备，因为它们会影响学生在城市环境中的学习和成功的教学。毕业生成为以下两个重点领域之一的研究专家和创新者：人类发展与学习或测量，评估，统计和评估。该课程向学生提供性别和妇女研究，调查研究方法论和暴力研究中的跨部门学习重点。
The PhD in Educational Psychology prepares students to conduct research on psychological processes as they affect student learning and successful teaching in urban settings. Graduates become research experts and innovators in one of two areas of emphasis: Human Development and Learning or Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment. Interdepartmental concentrations in Gender and Women's Studies, Survey Research Methodology, and Violence Studies are available to students in this program.