Terrill F. Saxon, Ph.D.

Chair & Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Campus Contact Information:
Office: Burleson 218A
Phone: (254) 710-6101
Email: Terrill_Saxon@baylor.edu
Website: http://www3.baylor.edu/~Terrill_Saxon/

Profile:
Terrill F. Saxon is an educational psychologist who has done research in language acquisition particularly the role that caregiver's play during interaction with their young children. He is currently examining the role of joint attention and language between not only in home settings with parents but also with caregivers in out-of-home childcare settings. From 1995 to 2001 he was assistant professor at Baylor University in the Department of Educational Psychology, and in 2002 he became the department chair and associate professor.

Degree
PhD in Educational Psychology and Research, University of Kansas, 1995

Principal Publications
Ritter, M., Montgomery, J., & Saxon, T. F. (2005). Phonological awareness and early reading: The role of the speech/language pathologist. Texas Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology, 35, 22-33.

Conaway, B. J., Saxon, T. F., & Mitchell, M. W. (2003). A comparison of the reading abilities of teacher candidates. The Teacher Educator, 39(1) 1-17.

Saxon, T. F., Gollapalli, A., Mitchell, M. W., & Stanko, S., (2002). Demand feeding or schedule feeding: Infant growth from birth to six months. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 20(2), 89-99.

Colombo, J., & Saxon, T. F. (2002). Infant attention and the development of cognition: Does the environment moderate continuity? In H. Fitzgerald, K. Karraker & T. Luster (Eds.), Infant development: Ecological perspectives (pp. 33-60). New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

Saxon, T. F., & Mitchell, M. W. (2002). Methods of studying children. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Child development: The Macmillan psychology reference series (pp. 269-271). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Saxon, T. F., Colombo, F., Robinson, E. L., & Frick, J. E. (2000). Dyadic interaction profiles in infancy and preschool intelligence. Journal of School Psychology, 38 (1), 9-25.

Conaway, B., & Saxon, T. F. (2000). A year-long student teaching experience: A qualitative study following three years of implementation. Texas Teacher Education Forum, 25, 45-54.

Awards
Baylor University School of Education's 2000 recipient of the Scholarship Award

Funded Research
Latest research grant was funded by Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Care Bureau (2002, September): A grant of $30,000 awarded to study the effects of an interaction training program on child care workers and children's later language development.

Expertise
Language development in early childhood
Cognitive development of children
Educational research methods

Courses Taught
Statistical Methods
Educational Research
History and Systems in Educational Psychology
Child Development
Psychology of Learning