School Psychology and Social Justice (PDF)

Antoinette Halsell Miranda, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and former director of the school psychology program at The Ohio State University. Dr. Miranda has extensive experience working in urban areas and has been involved in a number of collaborative projects with Columbus City Schools during her tenure at The Ohio State University. Before coming to OSU, she worked as a school psychologist in New York City Public Schools. Since her work in NYC Public Schools, Dr. Miranda has been committed to issues of social justice especially equality of opportunity for marginalized students in school settings. Her research is focused on issues of diversity such as: developing effective interventions with at-risk children in urban settings, consultation services in urban settings, and the development of racial identity and its relationship to academic achievement. She has a chapter in Best Practices in School Psychology-V entitled "Best practices in urban school psychology," and co-authored a chapter entitled "Privilege in America". She was instrumental in restructuring the school psychology program at The Ohio State University to have a specialty focus and a commitment to social justice in the practice of school psychology. She is a past president of Trainers of School Psychology.

Kisha M. Radliff, Ph.D., LP, is an Assistant Professor in the school psychology program at The Ohio State University teaching the mental health and school neuropsychology courses. Dr. Radliff completed her internship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a post-doctoral residency in private practice, primarily working with children, adolescents, and their families and collaborating with teachers and other professionals to address mental health issues. She is committed to social justice issues, particularly in the context of mental health and school psychology training. Dr. Radliff is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of School Violence and an Ad-Hoc reviewer for School Psychology Review. She has authored various articles and book chapters related to bullying, relational aggression, and social justice. She has also provided numerous paper and poster presentations locally, regionally, and nationally at various professional conferences related to child and adolescent mental health issues.