Tamika P. La Salle

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Primary Research Theme

People and the City

Recent Cities-related Projects

  • Reducing disproportionality in schools: This includes data diving, working within a multi tiered framework and cultural responsive ness training.
  • Modifying Coping Power Curricula: For an NIH grant my role is to revise an antiquated curriculum for reducing violence and increasing group unity.
  • School climate development and measurement: Created surveys and they have been use to support cultural responsiveness by understanding the range in experiences at school across students.

Selected Urban-Related Publications

Freeman, J., *Vanlone, J., La Salle, T., *Gordon, L., *Polk, T., & *Neves, J. (2019). A practical guide to improving school climate in middle and high schools. Intervention in School and Clinic.
Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053451219832988

Montrosse-Moorhead, B., Dougherty, S. M., La Salle, T. P., Weiner, J. M., & Dostal, H. M. (2019).
The overall and differential effects of a targeted prekindergarten program: Evidence from
Connecticut. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, online first

La Salle, T. P., *Rocha Neves, J., Freeman, J., & Sugai, G. , (2019). Perceptions of school climate
among students that self-identify as heterosexual and lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Remedial and
Special Education. 40(2), 74-82. doi.org/10.1177/0741932518800795

Wang, C., La Salle, T. P., Do, K. A., Wu, C., & Sullivan, K. E. (2019). Does parental involvement
matter for students’ mental health in middle school? School Psychology Quarterly. 34(2), 222-232. doi.org/10.1037/spq0000300

La Salle, T.P. (2018). Introduction to a special issue: International perspectives of school
climate. School Psychology International, 39 (6), p.559-567. doi.org/10.1177/0143034318808336

Parris, L., *Neves, J. R., & La Salle, T. (2018). School climate perceptions of ethnically diverse
students: Does school diversity matter? School Psychology International, 39 (6), 625-645.
doi.org/10.1177/0143034318798419

La Salle, T. P., George, H., *Kerzner, T., & Evanovich, L., (2018) Perceptions of school climate
among students that self-identify as having a disability. Behavioral Disorders, 43(3), 383-392.
doi: 10.1177/0198742918768045

Wang, C., La Salle, T., Wu, C., Do, K. A., & Sullivan K. E. (2018). Victimization, school climate, and parental involvement as predictors for suicidal thoughts and behavior for Asian American middle school students. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9 (4), 296-307. doi.org/10.1037/aap0000138

LaSalle, T. P., Wang, C., Brown, J., & Parris, L. (2017). Associations between school climate,
suicidal thoughts and behaviors and demographics among middle school students. Psychology in the Schools, 54 (10), 1294-1301. doi.10.1002/pits.22078

Minkos, M., Chafouleas, S. M., Bray, M. A., & La Salle, T. P., (2017). Brief report: A preliminary investigation of a mindful breathing intervention to increase academic engagement in an alternative educational setting. Behavioral Disorders, 43 (4), 436-443. c

Palmieri, E. L., & La Salle, T. P. (2017). Supporting students in foster care. Psychology in the
Schools, 54, 117-126. doi.org/ 10.1002/pits.21990

Sugai, G., Simonsen, B., Freeman, J., & La Salle, T. (2016). Capacity development and multi-tiered
systems of support: Guiding principles. Australasian Journal of Special Education, 40(2), 80-89.
doi.org/10.1017/jse.2016.11

La Salle, T. P., & Hagermoser Sanetti, L. M. (2016). Implications of student health problems on
achievement and engagement. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 4(1), 10-15. doi.org/10.1080/21683603.2016.1130543

Parris, L., La Salle, T. P., Varjas, K., & Meyers, J. (2016). Introduction to the special issue:
Improving student outcomes: Research on school climate and violence prevention and intervention. School Psychology Forum, 10(1), 1-3.

La Salle, T. P., Parris, L., & *Morin, M., & Meyers, J. (2016). Deconstructing peer victimization: Relationships with connectedness, gender, grade, and race. School Psychology Forum, 10(1), 41-54.
La Salle, T. P., *Zabek, F., & Meyers, J. (2016). Elementary student perceptions of school climate and associations with student and school factors. School Psychology Forum, 10(1), 55-65.

La Salle, T. P., Meyers, J., Varjas, K., & Roach, A. (2015). A cultural–ecological model of school climate. International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 3, 157-166. doi: 10.1080/21683603.2015.1047550.