Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
Dept of Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations
Graham Hall 410
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 753-8750
dshernoff@niu.edu
I am interested in educational contexts
supportive of human development. Specific areas of research focus
include
motivation and engagement of youth and adolescents (both in school and
in
after-school contexts), mentoring, early career development, and
positive
psychology in general.
Our
research on flow and engagement in adolescents has recently garnered
the attention of Newsweek.