Rate My Professor Dan Hyson

Dan Hyson serves as an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, a position he has held since August 2014. Since 2022, he has directed the university's in-person School Psychology graduate program. Before joining academia, Hyson accumulated 13 years of practical experience in Minnesota K-12 schools as a school psychologist. From 2001 to 2007, he provided direct services at Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools, followed by seven years (2007-2014) as Data Management Coordinator at Hiawatha Valley Education District in Winona, Minnesota. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Child and School Psychology from the University of Minnesota, earned in 2001, and a B.A. in English and French from Amherst College in 1992.

Hyson's scholarly interests center on systems-level data-driven decision making and the links between early elementary teacher-student relationships and student outcomes such as engagement and achievement. His listed specialty areas include equity-minded teaching and school psychology, particularly teacher-student relationships, alternative approaches to behaviorally challenging students, and data-driven practices at the systems level. He has taught a range of courses, including SPY 700: School Psychology Role and Function, SPY 751: Core Instruction and Classroom Management Practices, SPY 758: Psychoeducational Assessment II, PSY 759: Assessment of Personality and EBD, practicum and internship supervision courses, and PSY 357: Adolescence. Notable publications co-authored by Hyson include the book The Data-Driven School: Collaborating to Improve Student Outcomes (Guilford Press, 2020), along with J.F. Kovaleski, J. Pedersen, and B. Silberglitt; "Results from the NASP 2015 Membership Survey, Part Two: Professional Practices in School Psychology" (NASP Research Reports, 4(1), 2019), with K.M. McNamara and C.M. Walcott; and "Results from the NASP 2015 Membership Survey, Part One: Demographics and Employment Conditions" (NASP Research Reports, 3(1), 2018), with C. Walcott. Additional works feature contributions to Best Practices in School Psychology VI (2014) and Communique (2016). In professional leadership, Hyson served as Past President of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association and as a Delegate for Minnesota to the National Association of School Psychologists.