Degree Sought: School Psychology, Ph.D.
	Program: School Psychology
	E-mail: lbs2@lehigh.edu

Lisa Thomas is a doctoral student in the school psychology program at Lehigh University. Before coming to Lehigh University, Lisa worked as a kindergarten teacher in the Philadelphia area. Prior to that Lisa attended The Pennsylvania State University earning bachelors degrees in Psychology and Elementary and Kindergarten Education.

Lisa currently works as a research assistant at the Center for Promoting Research to Practice. Lisa focuses the majority of her work in supporting the development of materials to support statewide evaluation of RTI practices. Her responsibilities include identifying state practices related to RTI, developing training materials for statewide evaluation of RTI, and examining the legal implications of using RTI for SLD determination. Lisa previously worked on the Early Intervention for Young Children At-Risk for ADHD Project. She is passionate about working with families who have children at-risk for or diagnosed with ADHD. Her research interests include early intervention for children with chronic illness and the development of a repeated measure of reading comprehension.

As a member of the COE Graduate Student Council, Lisa hopes to increase the sense of community among the programs within the College of Education. She hopes to accomplish this through creative advertising and outreach to the various programs. Additionally, through her work on this committee and the School Psychology Diversity Task Force, Lisa has combined forces with the Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau to provide new and perspective students with information about living in the Lehigh Valley.

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Emails with questions or suggestions will be answered promptly by committee members at inslec@lehigh.edu.