Educational Psychology & Counseling

Prof. Ellen Stohl Featured on Course Hero

June 26, 2019

Professor Ellen Stohl from our Educational Psychology & Counseling department was recently featured on Course Hero for her work on fostering self-motivation through student-teacher connection.

Ellen Stohl, from coursehero.com
Ellen Stohl. Photo by coursehero.com

"When Ellen Stohl was doing her internship in Marriage family Therapy, she realized that it was not her true calling. “You can’t actually teach a client to do something, you have to wait for them to figure things out” she says. “And I thought it was too slow.” That observation would come as no surprise to those who know her: Whether she is teaching, parenting, or driving her Ford Mustang, Stohl’s pace is full speed ahead. So, after earning her MS in educational psychology, Stohl embraced her passion for teaching, taught grades K-8 for fourteen years and eventually ended up as adjunct professor at California State University, Northridge."

Read the full article on Course Hero.