Christy M. Walcott, PhD, NCSP

Associate Professor
School Psychology; Pediatric School Psychology

252-328-1383
Rawl 214
walcottc@ecu.edu

Mailing Address
104 Rawl Building
Department of Psychology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353

Willing to consider taking a doctoral student in 2022-23?

  • Yes

Education and Licensure

  • PhD, School Psychology, Illinois State University (2001)
  • BS, Psychology, University of Illinois (1993)
  • NC Licensed Psychologist & Health Services Provider-Psychologist
  • National Register Credentialed Health Services Psychologist
  • Nationally Certified School Psychologist, NCSP
  • School Psychologist License, NC Department of Public Instruction

Research Interests

Primary efforts of my research lab are focused in the following areas:

  • Services designed to promote academic and social-behavioral achievement in youth from low income and economic marginalization.
  • How attention problems impact educational functioning, particularly literacy development.
  • How health-related conditions (E.g., sickle cell disease, food allergies, NICU complications) affect academic and social-behavioral outcomes.

Professional work

  • Graduate Program Director, School Psychology & Pediatric School Psychology.
  • Chair, National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Research Committee.
  • Co-Investigator, Improving Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Functioning of Elementary School Students through the Interconnected Systems Framework. Institute of Education Sciences (IES), (co-PIs Brandon K. Schultz & Mark Weist). Total funding: $3,799,665, 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2025.
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Collaborating to Overcome Needs by improving the Voice of Exceptional Youth (CONVEY). US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) (PI Sandra Warren). Total funding: $1,250,000, 1/1/2018 – 12/31/2022.
  • NASP Presidential Award in Recognition of Exceptional Service, National Association of School Psychologists (2016).

Selected Publications

  • Walcott, C.M., & Harrison, S.E. (2019). Academic Issues Related to Chronic Health Conditions in Schools.  In A. G. Dempsey (Ed.), Pediatric health conditions in schools: A clinician’s guide for working with children, families, and educators. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190687281
  • Harrison, S.E., Walcott, C.M., & Warner, T.D. (2017). Knowledge and awareness of sickle cell trait among young African American adults. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 39(9), 1222-1239. DOI: 10.1177/0193945916665089
  • Walcott, C. M., & Kazmerski, J. (2017). Managing chronic health concerns. In J.R. Harrison, B. K. Schultz, & S. W. Evans (Eds.). School Mental Health Services for Adolescents, pp. 222-245. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199352517
  • Power, T.J., Watkins, M.W., Mautone, J., Walcott, C.M., Coutts, M.J., & Sheridan, S.M. (2015). Examining the validity of the Homework Performance Questionnaire: Multi-Informant assessment in elementary and middle school. School Psychology Quarterly, 30(2), 260-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000081.