Joshua Lovett, PhD
Recent Graduate, Community and Applied Developmental Psychology
Incoming Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Tampa
Psychology
Pronouns: he/him
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About
Joshua (Josh) Lovett is a recent graduate of the doctoral program in Community & Applied Developmental Psychology (CADP) at UIC. Josh is a proud first-generation college student who graduated from Duke University with a major in psychology and a minor in education. After graduating, he served as a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea, teaching English as a Second Language for three years to a wide variety of students. During his doctoral studies, Josh was a member of Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl's SEL Lab, where he studied the social and emotional contexts of learning, with a focus on the social-emotional competencies of teachers and how teachers integrate social and emotional learning into academic content. Josh is an incoming Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tampa. Outside his academic pursuits, Josh loves traveling, reading, and watching true crime documentaries.
Selected Publications
Lovett, J. M., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., Braun, S. S., Zinsser K., Teasdale, R., & Rogers A. (2026). Does school context shape social and emotional learning implementation? A national study of teachers in urban, suburban, and rural schools. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 7, Article 100203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2026.100203
Lovett, J. M., Galloway, C., Bhanushali, P. D., Sarda, S., Bledsoe, A., Bourke, K. T., & Schonert-Reichl, K. A. (2026). Assessing prosocial behavior in interventions: A scoping review of existing measures and their psychometric properties. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 4, Article 1804116. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2026.1804116
Baelen, R. N., Lovett, J. M., Thursby Bourke, K., Galloway, C., Parker, A., Baghdady, A., & Schonert-Reichl, K. A. (2026). Leveraging Evidence on Relations Between Teacher Well-being and Student Well-being and Learning: A Scoping Review. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543251413248
Lovett J. M., Schonert-Reichl K. A., Zinsser K. M., & Lawlor M. S. (2024). Beyond fidelity: Unveiling the landscape of teacher adaptation in social and emotional learning programs. Frontiers in Education, 9, Article 1444588. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1444588
Hard, B. M., Lovett, J. M., & Brady, S. T. (2019). What do students remember about introductory psychology, years later? Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 5(1), 61–74. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000136
Service to Community
CIRTL@UIC Steering Committee (UIC)
PsychologyONE Conference Steering Committee (Duke University)
Psychology Undergraduate Research Readiness (PURR) Coordination Team (UIC)
Notable Honors
2025, Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award, Society for the Teaching of Psychology
2025, Harry S. Upshaw Award for Excellence in Teaching, UIC Department of Psychology
2025, Chancellor's Student Service Award, University of Illinois Chicago
2023, Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award, UIC, Graduate College
2023, David B. Henry Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, UIC, Department of Psychology
2023, Honorable Mention for Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award, Midwest Association of Graduate Schools
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Duke University
Master of Arts in Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago
PhD, University of Illinois Chicago