Sarah Peterson, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and Special Services, teaches courses in human development, motivation, research methods, assessment, and professional writing. Research interests include student motivation and motivational teaching practices; school-based interventions to reduce violence; teacher beliefs

• Ph D in Human Learning and Development, Arizona State University (1983)
• MA in Counselor Education , University of Wyoming (1980)
• BA in Music Education , University of Iowa (1975)

• Do the Write Thing violence prevention program: The case of a middle school on the U.S.-Mexican border. Middle Grades Research Journal 13 1 (2022), Sarah Peterson, Josefina V. Tinajero.
• Listening to middle school students’ voices on border violence: Meeting their social emotional needs in inclusive school settings Listening to middle school students’ voices on border violence: Meeting their social emotional needs in inclusive school settings 21 1 (2017), Beverley Argus-Calvo, Sarah E. Peterson, Rick Myer.

• Measuring Master’s Level Counseling Students' Self-efficacy and Attitudes Toward Research (2020), Volume San Francisco, CA (changed to virtual), Sarah Peterson, Arturo Olivarez, Sang Min Shin.
• Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict mexican American Middle School Students' Behaviors for Addressing Violence (2019), Volume Toronto, Arturo Olivarez, Sarah Peterson, Hector Hernandez.
• Predicting Middle Level Teachers’ Intentions to Engage in Violence Prevention and Intervention Efforts (2018), Volume New York City, Sarah Peterson, Corina Garrison, .
• Do the Write Thing Violence Prevention Program: Lessons from a Middle School on the US-Mexican Border (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Sarah E. Peterson.
• Examination of Do the Write Thing Challenge Program in El Paso, TX (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Sarah E. Peterson.

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