Cheryl Offutt is a Teaching Professor and Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Department Chair at the University of Missouri.  Dr. Offutt is an award-winning instructor whose primary interests center on professional issues in school psychology and classroom factors impacting student motivation, engagement, and learning. She received her doctorate in School Psychology from the Michigan State University. Prior to joining the faculty at MU, she worked as a school psychologist in Michigan and served on the faculty at Michigan State University.

Areas of Expertise

• Student motivation
• Classroom motivational climate
• Professional issues in school psychology