Patricia Irene Mulcahy-Ernt, a 1988 PhD graduate of the Department of Educational Psychology, has been inducted into the Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA) Fellows program.

The CLADEA Fellows program recognizes and honors the most outstanding leaders in the profession. Fellows are selected based on their long-term and significant contributions to the field. Selection as a Fellow represents the highest honor conferred upon professionals in learning assistance, tutoring, and developmental education.

Mulcahy-Ernt is the professor of education in reading and language arts at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where she chairs the graduate literacy and English education programs. She teaches secondary English language arts pedagogy, content area literacy, technological applications, assessment of literacy difficulties, and educational measurement.