Joshua Rysiew

Ed-GRS Fellow

Joshua Rysiew is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. He is advised by Dr. Steve Kilgus. Josh received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Georgia. Prior to graduate school, Josh worked in the Gifted Education Equity Research lab, where he focused on testing an equity measurement tool for school districts to examine their gifted enrollment data. His research interests include identifying discrepancies among informants in universal Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (SEB) screening in schools and developing new decision-making processes for handling discrepant data.

Presentations

Kilgus, S., Oddleifson, C., Decker, J., Linares, N., Coronel Rodriguez, S., Rysiew, J., Eklund, K., von der Embse, N., Suldo, S. (2026, August). Teacher vs. Student SEB Reports Predict Achievement via Academic Growth. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C.

Committees

School Psychology Student Association Co-Chair, 2025-2026.