Daniel Hajovsky

Daniel Hajovsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, serving as Academic Program Chair and Director of Clinical Training for the School Psychology Program. He holds faculty affiliations with the Center on Disability and Development and Institute for Neuroscience. His research emphasizes cognitive assessment, specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification, and teacher-student relationship dynamics. Hajovsky employs latent variable and longitudinal modeling to analyze large-scale educational datasets.

He earned a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Kansas (2015) and a B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M (2007). Courses taught include Clinical Neuropsychology, Individual Assessment of Child Intelligence, and Professional Internship in School Psychology.

Key research interests include:

• Predictive validity of cognitive abilities on academic skills
• Dynamic teacher-student relationship influences
• Cultural/developmental factors in educational outcomes
• SLD identification methodologies

Recent publications explore cognitive-achievement relations across ability levels, gender differences in social skills development, and SLD decision-making frameworks. He has received prestigious awards including the 2025 Ernie Goetz Mentoring Award and 2024 EPSY Outstanding Research Award. Hajovsky serves as Deputy Editor for the Journal of School Psychology and Associate Editor for the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.