Kylea Shoemaker

Kylea Shoemaker serves as an Instructor of Psychology at The Teachers College, Emporia State University, where she joined the faculty in 2018. She holds a Ph.D. in Therapeutic Science from the University of Kansas Medical Center and maintains active certification as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).

Her educational background includes:

• B.S. in Psychology (2002) from Emporia State University
• M.S. in School Psychology (2003) from Emporia State University
• Ed.S. in School Psychology (2004) from Emporia State University
• Ph.D. in Therapeutic Science (2017) from University of Kansas Medical Center School of Health Professions

Dr. Shoemaker's research focuses on critical gaps in public school sexuality education, simulation-based pedagogy for graduate training, intergenerational health communication dynamics, and behavioral self-regulation interventions for youth. Her empirical work examines adolescent perspectives on sexual health sources, parental engagement barriers in education, paternal communication patterns regarding sexual health, and high-fidelity simulation efficacy in nurse practitioner training.

She serves as a primary advisor for school psychology graduate students while teaching undergraduate developmental psychology courses for education majors and graduate-level school psychology curriculum. During her doctoral studies, she contributed to W.O.W. (a collaborative research group) focused on study design refinement, manuscript development, and qualitative analysis protocols.