Students are actively involved in faculty research, attend annual state, regional, and national conventions and often present papers and publish articles. The faculty come from throughout the United States and have doctorates from American International University, Columbia University, Memphis State University, New Mexico State University, Texas Christian University, University of Kansas, University of Southern Illinois, University of North Texas, University of Northern Colorado, and the University of Toledo. At Emporia State University, good teaching is highly valued and the division's faculty have won numerous teaching awards. However, they are also productive scholars with research interests encompassing a wealth of topics including incidence of head injured college students, formal thinking, taste aversion, cheating, mood and memory, gifted education, parent collaboration, teaching statistics, attrition of special educators, intelligence tests, improving corrections practices, gender differences, and women's studies.
Faculty also review for a number of scholarly journals and publishers.
Dr. Festus Obiakor was named in 1995 as Associate Editor of Exceptional Children, the top journal in Special Education. Since 1993, faculty have written nine books and published numerous articles. Faculty are also active in respective professional organizations. Courses are designed to provide you with the most current knowledge, skills, and competencies. At the undergraduate level, the division offers the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in psychology and the Bachelor of Science in Education degree with an elementary or secondary special education or psychology emphasis.