Steven R. Shaw, Ph.D.
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Interim Chair, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Principal Investigator: Resilience, Pediatric Psychology, & Neurogenetic Connections Lab
Steven R. Shaw is interim chair and associate professor at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada. He earned M.Ed., Ed.S., and Ph.D. degrees in School Psychology from the University of Florida. Before entering academia, he had 16 years of experience as a school psychologist in school, hospital, and independent practice. He served as the lead psychologist and associate professor of pediatrics at The Children's Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina and Medical University of South Carolina. His clinical and research interests include pediatric school psychology, improving education for children with rare genetic disorders, and improving research relevance. He is on the editorial board of six international scholarly journals and is former editor-in-chief of School Psychology Forum and the Canadian Journal of School Psychologists. He has over 210 scholarly publications and presentations, has edited five books, and authored two others. His most recent book is, Reaching and Teaching Students Who Don’t Qualify for Special Education Strategies for the Inclusive Education of Diverse Learners (2022). He also blogs on How to Do Academia at Psychology Today and produces the YouTube Channel video series entitled, Building Research Relevance.
