Anita Woolfolk Hoy

Education and career

Hoy studied at the University of Texas at Austin, where she minored in chemistry, and received her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1969. Hoy continued studying at the University of Texas at Austin and received a doctorate in educational psychology in 1972. Between 1973 and 1994 she began working in a school in Texas, where she briefly worked as a school psychologist. In 1979, Hoy became a faculty member at Rutgers University graduate school of education, and took on a role in the department of educational psychology, where she was promoted as department chair in 1990 until 1993. In October 1994, Hoy joined the college of education as professor at Ohio State University, and became professor emeritus in January 2013. Hoy has held office titles such as vice president for Division K, and Division 15 in the American Educational Research Association.