Erin McClure Fastzkie completed her Ph.D. in school psychology at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and her APA/APPIC approved internship at the Louisiana School Psychology Internship Consortium (LAS-PIC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to moving to St. Louis, she worked as a school psychologist at a public and open enrollment middle/high school and in urban high school in the 9th ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Fastzkie also provided supervision for doctoral students from Tulane University during their practicum and advanced practicum school-based experiences and obtained licensure as a psychologist in the state of Louisiana.
Dr. Fastzkie is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and a licensed psychologist in Missouri. Her research interests include: the provision of mental health services to historically marginalized and minoritized students in schools, assessment and intervention of culturally and linguistically diverse students, and the support and retention of historically underrepresented school psychology students and practitioners. Her recent publications have focused on the experiences of discrimination for Black early career school psychologists and school counselors and the historical contributions of Black psychologists to the field of psychology.
Dr. Fastzkie is a member of the School Psychology Review Editorial Board and has worked as a guest editor for the Trainers of School Psychologists, Psychology in the Schools, and the Journal of Urban Teaching, Learning, and Research. She is a member of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Early Career Committee, the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Task Force, and the Government Enhancement Initiative (GEI) Task Force. She is currently the Social Justice and Equity Chair for the Missouri Association of School Psychologists (MASP).