The Office of Research, Outreach, and Innovation in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Education and Human Sciences supports faculty, staff, students, and partners pursuing external funding for innovative educational efforts. In addition, the office works to draw attention to successful scholarship, research, and service.
A.E. Phillips is a Kindergarten-8th grade public school located on Louisiana Tech's campus. Focused on fostering a learning community where students are interested, invested, and understand the reason they are learning the material presented to them.
AROS is the consulting arm of the Department of Psychology’s Industrial and Organizational Psychology doctoral program. Founded in 2010, the AROS program is intended to provide students with experience in applied industrial and organizational psychology outside of the traditional classroom environment.
The Clinical Residency and Recruitment Center (CRRC) is responsible for developing and refining capstone experiences provided to clinical residents for teacher preparation.
The ENRICH Center focuses on improving health for children through research, education, and outreach. This Center enriches children’s environmental health through a focus on quality childcare, community health, and healthy homes. Students and faculty also work to improve children’s psychosocial health by working on peer and family relations as well as parenting skills. Finally, the Center works to improve the physical health of children with a focus on health records and literacy, safety and wellness practices, prenatal care, and nutritional education. For more information on the Center, contact director Julie Rutledge, PhD, CFLE, at Rutledge@latech.edu or fill out the application form.
The Human Performance Laboratories (HPL) are a collection of interdisciplinary research and teaching spaces within the Department of Kinesiology at Louisiana Tech University. Serving as an interdisciplinary research space, combining motor control, exercise physiology, and biomechanics, the HPL offers students and faculty alike the facilities necessary to examine topics related to sport and movement science. A central component of the HPL, the Sport and Movement Science Laboratory (SMSL), is an interdisciplinary instructional and research center of the Department of Kinesiology that is primarily concerned with research combining motor control, exercise physiology, and biomechanics.
In 1999, Louisiana Tech University was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the host institution for Louisiana’s only NASA Educator Resource Center. Educator Resource Centers are established by NASA to disseminate and assist educators in utilizing NASA-developed educational resources.
Established in 2009, The Office of Professional Education Outreach (OPEO) facilitates professional development coursework for education professionals throughout Louisiana and the region. OPEO manages the College of Education and Human Sciences’ extension and outreach activity of providing credit-bearing coursework for those working in the professions served by the various departments within the College and facilitates the growth of extension and outreach activities of the College through promotion of current offerings and development of new offerings.
Founded in 1996 with the help of an experimental/innovative grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the PDRIB was established to create the first non-discriminatory program in equipping people interested in teaching cane travel and braille to blind students. Today, it is a leading research institute on issues in education for low-vision students and orientation and mobility.
The Psychological Services Clinic (PSC) is a training facility for the Counseling Psychology Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Education and Human Sciences.
The Science and Technology Education Center (SciTEC) is an active outreach program of the College of Education and Human Sciences organized to serve the surrounding school systems and communities. SciTEC was originally conceived to meet the many challenges facing Louisiana schools in the new environment of accountability and as a shift in accepted pedagogy requiring the development of higher-order thinking skills in students and the incorporation of real-world experiences and hands-on learning activities that have caused classroom teachers to re-evaluate their teaching practices. In addition, SciTEC strives to address the acute shortage of teachers in the critical areas of math and science, the high percentage of uncertified teachers in Louisiana classrooms, and the low number of economically disadvantaged and minority students who enter post-secondary education programs.
Created by Dr. Linda Sivils in 1983, the Study Collections represent a comprehensive array of women’s apparel from the late 1800s to 2000 and are a hands-on resource available for use by faculty, alumni, researchers, and students in the major. Students in the Fashion Merchandising and Retail Studies program are encouraged to use each Collection for research and design creation.
The Study Collections include ready-to-wear, evening gowns, bridal gowns, and outerwear, as well as accessories and shoes. They also highlight documentary materials including books, patterns, magazines, photographs, fashion illustrations, and designer archives.
Selected objects and apparel from the Study Collections are also available for viewing at the Louisiana Tech University Department of Archives on the fourth floor of the Prescott Memorial Library. For more information, contact Dr. Kathleen Heiden at 318.257.3727.
