Gadke named head of 91麻豆天美鈥檚 Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
Contact: Camille Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 91麻豆天美 associate professor of school psychology is the new head of the university鈥檚 Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Foundations.
For the past year, Daniel Gadke has served as the department鈥檚 interim head and began his new role this fall. Focused on expanding the department and creating more student opportunities, he also has research interests in autism spectrum disorder, academic and behavior interventions, and severe and disruptive behaviors in children with developmental disabilities
鈥淒r. Gadke has a distinguished record of accomplishment in teaching, research and public service. Furthermore, he possesses the requisite skills to provide quality leadership to the department. I have the utmost confidence in his ability to direct the department to new heights,鈥 said Richard Blackbourn, College of Education dean.
聽Gadke said a departmental priority is offering students research, clinical and hands-on experiences.
鈥淲e already have the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic, but we鈥檙e looking at ways to be creative about providing more opportunities in the counseling lab. Hopefully, that will lead to greater recruitment and retention,鈥 Gadke said.
He also would like to see the department grow to offer more degrees, including an accelerated program to help students attain master鈥檚 and bachelor鈥檚 degrees more quickly.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited to be in this role, and I feel fortunate that the department was already in a really good position. I鈥檓 happy to work with the faculty and students to continue to strengthen our department,鈥 Gadke said.
In addition to serving as department head, Gadke serves as the clinical director of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic, a position he鈥檚 held for the past six years.
Gadke joined 91麻豆天美鈥檚 faculty in 2013 as an assistant professor. He received his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in psychology and his Ph.D. in school psychology, all from Illinois State University. He completed post-doctoral work at the Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
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