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Assistant Professor Dr. Robert Shand published a piece on the presidential candidates’ positions and histories regarding education policy leading up to the election in The Conversation. Dr. Shand was also quoted in the PolitiFact article "Promise Kept: Biden Rules on For-Profit Schools Are on the Books, but Delays Make Effects Unclear" on the rules for persistently underperforming for-profit colleges. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Robert Shand co-authored a report on the financial impact of cultural conflicts in schools, such as book bans, LGBTQ+, and other issues. The study, “The Costs of Conflict--The Fiscal Impact of Culturally Divisive Conflicts on Public Schools in the United States,” examines the societal and fiscal cost of culturally divisive conflicts that have impacted schools in recent years, estimating the cost to the nation’s public schools at approximately $3.2 billion during the 2023-24 school year. [December 5, 2024]
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Professor Jennifer Steele was quoted in this Big News Network article about the prominence education is playing in this year's presidential election. Read about the options American voters had. [December 5, 2024]
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"How Trump's Plan to Close the Department of Education Threatens Special Education," written by Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Antonio L. Ellis, in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, details reasons that closure of the Department poses a grave threat to the well-being of students with disabilities. [December 5, 2024]
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In “How to Help Children Recognize the Humanity in Others,” Adjunct Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Altheria Caldera spoke with BOLD about the influence of adults and false assumptions that kids won’t pick up on adults’ biases. [December 5, 2024]
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Assistant Professor Dr. Liana Petruzzi was awarded a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities for her project, "Improving Perinatal Mental Health among Latinas through a Culturally Adapted, Multi-Level Intervention." The $613k grant will culturally adapt two evidence-based perinatal interventions, which include health education and psychoeducation, by simultaneously addressing mental health and social needs to improve Latina perinatal outcomes. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Petruzzi received a Loan Repayment Program Award from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities for her research on health disparities among Latinas, with a particular focus on perinatal health. This program is meant to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals and researchers, as well as support early career professionals with educational debt. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Kenjus Watson spoke at a Penn State College of Education event “Black Possibilities as Creative Praxis Series” giving a presentation entitled “The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Apocalyptic Education.” [December 5, 2024]
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ADVANCE AU awarded SOE two AU Career Development Mini Grants, one to Dr. Sherita Flake and the other to Drs. Carolyn Parker, Barbara Balestra, and Dhananjaya Katju, to help advance their career development. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Ocheze Joseph represented SOE at President Alger’s new initiative, The Civic Life, which promotes civic engagement through events, activities, and learning opportunities. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Gayle Warmbrodt presented “Malleable Mindsets Improve Student Outcomes” at the 2024 College Academic Support Programs (CASP) Conference. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Terence Steward, EdD graduate and Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, will become the president of the DC chapter of the International Dyslexia Association. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Alida Anderson presented "Choice-Based Art Education (CBAE): Engaging K-5 Grade Students in the Art Classroom" as part of the Kennedy Center’s Arts and Special Education series. It showed how CBAE provides support for art educators to design and implement authentic instruction centered on student choice and voice. [December 5, 2024]
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Dr. Jennifer Steele presented "So, Your Colleague Is a Chatbot: Preparing Students for AI in the Workforce” to teach faculty about implications of generative AI that students and faculty will contend with in their careers. [December 5, 2024]
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Senior Professorial Lecturer DeCuir won the Article of the Year Award from the American Educational History Journal, acknowledging her noteworthy contributions to the field of educational history in her article “Up North, Black Families Walked Out: Counternarratives of Jim Crow School Resistance, 1930-1935.” [October 15, 2024]
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Assistant Professor Dr. Robert D. Shand was quoted in this Chalkbeat story commenting on a recent report on the effects of comprehensive education reforms in Denver. [October 15, 2024]
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Professor Dr. Corbin M. Campbell's research was quoted in this Washington Post piece about how the quality that matters most to college applicants gets overlooked by current school rankings. [October 15, 2024]
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Get to know Dr. Amaarah DeCuir in this Q&A about teaching research methods. [October 15, 2024]
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Dr. Amaarah DeCuir traveled to Malaysia to speak at the International Educators Conference, attended the Global Association of Islamic Schools’ Malaysia Retreat, spoke at the Workshop on Prophetic Pedagogy at the International Islamic University of Malaysia, and met with the education faculty at the National University of Malaysia. [October 15, 2024]
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Dr. Antonio L. Ellis was the keynote speaker in Bucharest, Romania, at the International Centre for Innovation in Education’s annual conference. His presentation was titled “Navigating Equity: Exploring Perceptions of Fair Treatment among University Staff Members.” [October 15, 2024]
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Senior Associate Dean Dr. Rodney Hopson was awarded a National Science Foundation supplemental grant with the SEAS Island Alliance project, intended to empower underrepresented students from Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands “to pursue their interest in marine and environmental sciences through scientific and professional development training and mentorship." [October 15, 2024]
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Dr. William Thomas IV, Director of the EdD Program, co-authored an article on responsive lesson planning and reflection that centers the motivation of both teachers and public school students, in Perspectives on Urban Education. [October 15, 2024]
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Dr. Rodney Hopson published "'That Does Not Apply': Graduate Students' (Mis)Perceptions of the Racial Climate in STEMM" in the journal Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, and edited the book Theories Bridging Ethnography and Evaluation: Making Transformative, Intersectional, and Comparative Connections for the Emerald Book series Studies in Educational Ethnography. [October 15, 2024]
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Dr. Eugene Pringle, Senior Professorial Lecturer, was the lead editor of Teacher Preparation as Social Activism at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, part of the Teacher Education Series, with SOE’s Dr. William N. Thomas IV, Dylan Ravdin (MEd '23), Brianna Nargiso (EdD '25), Keyana Terry (EdD '25), and Dr. Ocheze Joseph each co-authoring a chapter. [October 15, 2024]
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Professor Dr. Jennifer Steele authored the piece "JD Vance Knows Better" regarding the power and importance of education subsidies in Salon. [October 15, 2024]
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Dr. Robert Shand published "The Relationship Between Teacher Collaboration and Instructional Practices, Instructional Climate, and Social Relations” in the journal Educational Policy. [October 15, 2024]
