College of Education
Miles Anthony Irving, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
Phone: 404-413-8308
Email: iam@gsu.edu
Department of Educational Psychology & Special Education
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA 30302-3979
Education
Ph.D. Educational Psychology University of California Santa Barbara 2002
M.A. Education University of California Santa Barbara 2000
B.S. African American Studies University of California Berkeley 1996 with Highest Honors
Major Areas of Interest
My general research interest center on how human experience and culture influences cognition. To this end, my research currently investigates self-efficacy, sources of self-efficacy, and the development of cultural identification. I really enjoy the classes I teach as they are also very connected to my general research interest. Currently, I teach an undergraduate course (Human Growth and Development) and three graduate courses (1) The Psychology of the Learner and Learning, (2) Motivation, and (3) Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Identity). Georgia State University has recently developed a partnership with the Atlanta Public Schools and I am very excited about my participation in this partnership as a liaison to Connally elementary school where I work with the school and community to improve the education of our children in urban environments.