University of Nebraska Scholar Honored by the National Association of School Psychologists

Beth Doll, professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of School Psychologists. The award recognizes outstanding school psychologists who have had a national impact on the field.

Doll received the award during the annual convention of the National Association for School Psychologists in Baltimore, Maryland. The National Association of School Psychologists is a professional association representing more than 25,000 school psychologists, graduate students and related professionals throughout the United States and an additional 25 countries worldwide.

At the same convention, Professor Doll was selected to deliver the Legends in School Psychology address. Her talk focused on how school psychology has changed the world and continues to do so. This is the first time the same individual received the Lifetime Achievement Award and delivered the Legends in School Psychology address in the same year.

Professor Doll came to Nebraska’s department of educational psychology in 2000. She served as associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Education and Human Sciences from 2011 to 2016 and interim dean of the college from July 2017 to July 2019.

Dr. Doll earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Michigan State University. She holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Eastern Michigan University and a doctorate in school psychology from the University of Kentucky.