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)

• Listening to middle school student’s voices on border violence: Meeting their social emotional needs in inclusive school settings Rumbo Educativo 21 1 (2017), Beverley Argus-Calvo, Sarah Peterson, Rick Myer.
• Experiences of middle-level students, teachers, and parents in the Do the Write Thing violence prevention program Journal of Educational Research and Practice 6 1 (2016), Sarah Peterson, Richard C. Williams, Rick A. Myer, Josefina V. Tinajero.
• Using belief transformation as a theoretical framework for teaching educational psychology Information Age Publishing (2016), Sarah E. Peterson, Connie M. Moss.
• Personal and interpersonal motivation for group projects: Replications of an attributional analysis Educational Psychology Review 24 2 (2012), James B. Schreiber, Sarah Peterson.
• Changing preservice teachers' beliefs about motivating students Teaching Educational Psychology 7 (2011), James B. Schreiber, Connie M. Moss, Sarah Peterson.

• (2019), Sarah Peterson, Arturo Olivarez, 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.
• Report on data collected at national recognition week, June 2014: Coordinator responses. (2015), Volume Washington, DC, Richard C. Williams, Josefina V. Tinajero, Rick Myer, Sarah Peterson.

• Examination of Do the Write Thing Challenge Program in El PasoTX