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Sydney Anderson
Sydney Anderson
(She/her/hers)
Co-President
Track: PhD (2nd year)
Advisor: Dr. Faith Miller
Contact: and11495@umn.edu or spsa@umn.edu
Goals for SPSA: Facilitate transparency and communication between students and faculty in our program and to help us co-create a program environment where everyone feels welcomed and supported.
Hobbies: Outdoor activities (walking, running, hiking, biking, tennis) and musical activities (seeing live music, playing in a community orchestra)
Research Interests: School climate and school mental health
August Butterworth
August Butterworth
(She/Her/Hers)
Co-President
Track: Specialist (2nd year)
Advisor: Dr. Mollie Weeks
Contact: butte148@umn.edu or spsa@umn.edu
Goals for SPSA: Building further community across cohorts while promoting work-life balance and creating resources to support ourselves, our education, and our practice.
Hobbies: Crafting (coloring, scrapbooking), Walking/Biking, Collecting Stickers, Video/Board Games
Research Interests: Neurodivergent Student Support and Mental Health
Alexis (Lexi) Taylor
Alexis (Lexi) Taylor
(She/Her)
Co-Historian
Year: 2nd year, Doctoral Track
Contact: tayl2544@umn.edu
Advisor: Lisa Aguilar
Practicum Sites: Marcy Elem. and Como Elem.
Goals for SPSA: Provide support to incoming students and co-create media to support families' understanding of the special education supports.
Hobbies: Art, Yoga, Dance
Research Interests: Exposing active vestiges of slavery and on-going colonialism in American life, particularly in our education system, and generating and uplifting marginalized and discredited methods for constructing educational spaces.
Josh Kline
Josh Kline
(He/Him)
Co-Historian
Track: Specialist
Advisor: Dr. Mollie Weeks
Contact: kline263@umn.edu
Practicum Site: Sandburg Middle
Goals for SPSA: Promote and foster a strong program culture, and be a part of making a space that involves everyone and supports them.
Hobbies: Camping, Hiking, Photography, Nordic Skiing, Biking
Research Interests: Systemic racism and its impacts on educational outcomes
Ihriel Reyes-Orona
Ihriel Reyes-Orona
(pronouns)
Secretary
Track: Specialist (2nd year)
Advisor: Jessie Kember
Contact: reyes595@umn.edu
Goals for SPSA: Create a more collaborative space between student cohorts and offer mentorship opportunities to create a safe and collaborative space for support and growth as grad students and professionals
Hobbies: crocheting, reading, singing, swimming
Research Interests: supporting multilingual families and students, consultation methods to promote equitable partnerships
Francesca (Fran) Serdar
Francesca (Fran) Serdar
(she/her)
Treasurer
Track: Specialist (2nd year)
Advisor: Mollie Weeks
Contact: serda012@umn.edu
Goals for SPSA: Helping to build our community (SPSA) and a network of resources for our posterity (future school psychology students) to use. The only way to create change is to be the change.
Hobbies: Fiber Arts (crochet, knitting), Outdoor Activities (swimming, mountain biking, rock/fossil hunting), Baking
Research Interests: Early childhood development; Alternative early childhood education programs; Impacts of chronic illness on SEB needs in children
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