School Psychology

Chunyan Yang

Dr. Yang is an associate professor of school psychology in the Berkeley School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Yang’s research interests focus on understanding how school members interact with their ecological contexts to find their resilience individually and collectively when facing risks and adversities, such as bullying, teacher-targeted violence, and mental health challenges. Three central questions focused in her research agenda are: (1) how to assess and counterbalance the risks and adversities experienced by vulnerable school members as...

Frank C. Worrell

Frank C. Worrell received a B.A. and a Masters in Psychology at the University of Western Ontario and a Ph.D. in School and Educational Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he serves as Faculty Director of the School Psychology program, the Academic Talent Development Program, and the California College Preparatory Academy. He also holds an affiliate appointment in the Social and Personality Area in the Department of Psychology. His areas...

Özge Hacıfazlıoğlu

Dr. Özge Hacıfazlıoğlu is currently an adjunct professor in the Leadership Programs at the Berkeley School of Education. She serves as a leader scholar on PLI and LEAD (Ed.D.) programs as well as Ph.D. program in School Psychology and contributes as one of the members of communities of practice at UC Berkeley School of Education. She has recently served as a visiting professor at Berkeley School of Education. Prior to joining the BSE, Dr. Hacıfazlıoğlu worked in various academic leadership and faculty positions for 20 years. She served as a professor and a vice rector at Hasan Kalyoncu...

Mei-ki (Maggie) Chan

Maggie Chan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to this role, she served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University from 2023 to 2025. She earned her Ph.D. in Combined Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2023 and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Hawai‘i Psychology Internship Consortium. She is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.

Dr. Chan’s research focuses on advancing equity in education by studying...

Ilke Bayazitli

Ilke Bayazitli is a doctoral student in the School Psychology program. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Boğaziçi University in 2021 and her master's degree in Psychological Science with a concentration in Social, Personality, and Affective Science from San Francisco State University in 2023. Her work has examined the psychosocial factors associated with the well-being of adolescents, including discrimination based on different identities, educational experiences, time perspective, and substance use.

Ilke's research centers on promoting the well-being of youth,...

Jin Hyung Lim

Jin Hyung Lim is a PhD candidate in the School Psychology Program at the University of California, Berkeley School of Education. Jin Hyung’s research focuses on identifying risk and resilience factors that support the well-being of school members (e.g., students, families, teachers, and school leaders), especially those from minoritized backgrounds. More specifically, he is interested in social and emotional learning (SEL) and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) as resources and systems that foster resilience among school members. Through his work, he seeks to advance SEL and MTSS...

Carlos Recinos Bernabé

Carlos Recinos Bernabé (he/him) is a doctoral student in the School Psychology Program at the University of California, Berkeley, under advisement of Dr. Frank C. Worrell.

Prior to Berkeley, he received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California with a minor in Education and Society. While at USC, he worked as a research assistant at the Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice, contributing extensively to empower low-income middle school and college students of color in STEM through culturally responsive mentorship.

His research...

Lia Williams

Lia Williams is a doctoral student in the School Psychology program at the University of California, Berkeley. A California native, she attended Stanford University, where she received her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Education. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she earned her M.A. in Special Education from the University of San Francisco while working as an Education Specialist for students with Mild to Moderate Support Needs at a public charter high school in East Palo Alto. A highlight of her teaching career was serving as the advisor for the school’s Black Student Union....

Melissa Magrath

Melissa Magrath (she/they) is a doctoral student in the School Psychology program at UC Berkeley’s School of Education.

Before Berkeley, they received their bachelor's degree in Government and Legal Studies and Psychology from Bowdoin College. After graduating from Bowdoin, Melissa worked as the Elementary English Language Fellow at the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece. Melissa then moved to Maha Sarakham, Thailand, working as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant.

Born and raised in Appalachian Maryland, Melissa’s primary research interests center on rural...

Cassandra Yee

Cassandra is a proud Latina and first-generation student with Mexican cultural roots in the desert southwest border. She obtained her bachelor's degree in psychological sciences from the University of Arizona in 2021 and received her master's degree in education from the University of California, Berkeley in 2024. Cassandra is currently a fifth-year PhD candidate in the School Psychology program at the Berkeley School of Education, and advised by HSI expert Dra Gina A. Garcia. She currently serves as a student representative on the Latinx Thriving Initiative (LTI) Advisory Board, is a...