About Dr. Antoinette Miranda
Antoinette Miranda is Professor and Director of the school psychology program at The Ohio State University. Dr. Miranda has extensive experience working in urban areas and has been involved in a number of collaborative projects with Columbus City Schools during her tenure at The Ohio State University. She has been a consultant in urban elementary and high schools on ways to increase the academic achievement of their students.
Before coming to OSU, she worked as a school psychologist in New York City Public Schools. Her research is focused on issues of diversity such as: developing effective interventions with at-risk children in urban settings, consultation services in urban settings, and the development of racial identity and its relationship to academic achievement. She has a chapter in Best Practices in School Psychology-V entitled, “Best practices in urban school psychology.” She presents at the local, state, and national levels on topics related to early childhood, diversity, urban issues, and racial identity.
In 2014, she was the first recipient of the William H. and Laceryjette V. Casto Professorship in Interprofessional Education in honor of Henry and Ruth Leuchter and Van Bogard and Geraldine Dunn. She is a past president of the Ohio School Psychologist Association (OSPA) and Trainers of School Psychologists (TSP). She also was the secretary for the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs (CDSPP). She was also the 2014 recipient of the TSP Outstanding Contributions to Training Award.
Dr. Miranda was elected to the State Board of Education in November 2016 (District #6). She resides in Columbus with her husband Jim, a high school teacher, and their two children, Michelle and Jimmy.