Psychology
Sweeney Family Director of the Center for Educational Research and Action; Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) College Professor of Psychology; director of the Cognition, Learning, and Development (CLAD) Lab
WVPE
January 16, 2026
A Notre Dame tutoring model will expand statewide, thanks to $10 million in federal funding. Tutor-ND began in the South Bend Community 91ÊÓÆµ Corporation in the 2021-2022 school year. Notre Dame Professor Nicole McNeil told WVPE in an email that tutors in the program include school-connected adults and community volunteers, who get structured training grounded in cognitive science.
The Daily Courier
August 06, 2025
By Nicole McNeil and Clarissa Thompson. McNeil is Professor of Psychology and ACE College Professor at the University of Notre Dame where she directs the Cognition Learning and Development Lab. She also currently serves as the inaugural Sweeney Family Director of the Center for Educational Research and Action (ERA).
The Conversation
February 12, 2025
By Nicole McNeil, Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame and Robert Stuart Siegler, Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University
WNDU
Video
February 04, 2025
“I mean, that’s not just because of the pandemic, it’s historically true,” said Nicole McNeil, a professor at Notre Dame and a founder of Tutor ND. “The pandemic made it much worse, and the pandemic made it much worse for our most vulnerable children.”