Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Shernoff is an associate professor in the School Psychology
Department in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. Dr.
Shernoff earned her Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and completed a postdoc in child mental health at the
University of Chicago.
The overall goal of Dr. Shernoff's work
includes expanding mental health practices in schools to include supporting
teacher effectiveness as a mechanism for promoting positive outcomes with
underrepresented students. Her research is designed to: (1) examine models of professional
development and health and wellness support for teachers, and (2) leverage
technology to maximize high-quality instruction. In the past 15 years, Dr.
Shernoff has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator of
numerous large-scale grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), and private foundations. Her most
recent IES-funded grant was designed to develop and pilot-test a
simulation training model in which teachers working in high-poverty
schools could practice and reflect on the use of positive behavioral
support strategies with student avatars in a virtual classroom. Dr. Shernoff was also the co-principal investigator of a
three-year randomized controlled trial funded by the Brady Education Foundation, which tested the effectiveness of a collaborative coaching
model on teacher instruction and student achievement.
Dr. Shernoff serves on the editorial board of the Journal
of School Psychology, School Psychology Review, and School Psychology and is a grant reviewer
for the Institute of Education Sciences and the Dutch Research Council. In
addition, she has
developed methodological expertise in mixed-method design and
analysis
which has resulted in extensive mentoring of
early career faculty across the United States.
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