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Dr. Cheyenne Batista '22 (pictured with Dr. Amaarah DeCuir, chair of her dissertation committe to her right) will be awarded the prestigious AERA Division A 2023 Award for Outstanding Dissertation, and many SOE faculty will present at the Annual Meeting taking place in Chicago April 13-16. It is open to the public, and is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research.
The collaborative received an $8.8 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine undergraduate Black students’ postsecondary STEM experiences. The award is part of the highly competitive NSF Education and Human Resources Racial Equity initiative, which seeks to support bold, ground-breaking, and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM.
Friedman received the President's Circle Lead Changemaker Award for her impactful work in the arena of literacy.
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Reimagining Nonformal Education Via a Social Justice Lens
Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Amaarah DeCuir co-authored the newly released book, Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management. [February 15, 2023]
School counseling professionals, led by Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, penned a letter in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the recent Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course debate. Read the letter here. [February 15, 2023]
Assistant Professor Dr. Robert Shand wrote a National Education Policy Center (NEPC) review, The System-Level Effects of Denver’s Portfolio District Strategy: Technical Report. He was also was quoted in two articles highlighting timely topics: policies allowing school choice and community schools. [February 15, 2023]
Dr. Altheria Caldera, Senior Professorial Lecturer, wrote an op-ed for The Hechinger Report, "Growing Up in the South, I Had No Chance to Learn About My Own Heritage and Culture." [February 15, 2023]
In this 60-second video, Associate Dean Dr. Corbin M. Campbell describes her research on student-centered teaching and equitable student outcomes. [January 18, 2023]
Associate Professor Dr. Elizabeth Anderson Worden published the book Citizenship Education in a Divided Society: Lessons from Curricula and Practice in Northern Ireland, based on her ethnographic research in Northern Ireland. The e-book is available with hard copies out in late January. [January 18, 2023]
Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Sherita Flake was a lead conference speaker at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Baltimore, MD. Title: “The Black STEM Teacher Pipeline: Critical Reflection and Liberatory Action.” [December 1, 2022]
Associate Professor Dr. Jennifer Steele began serving as an Associate Editor of the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ). With a 5-year Impact Factor of 6.246, AERJ is a flagship journal of the American Educational Research Association, publishing articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning. [November 20, 2022]
Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Sherita Flake was a lead conference presenter at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, where she presented, “The Black STEM Teacher Pipeline: Investigating the Problems, Policies, and Practices that Disrupt the Pipeline.”
Professor Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss presented at the United We Stand summit to combat hate-fueled violence at the White House. Read a Q&A with her, and watch the recording. [September 21, 2022]
Listen to Apple's Science of Reading podcast, "Celebrating Many Meanings: Language Comprehension and Bidialectal Students," featuring Jasmine Rogers (EdD '23). [February 15, 2023]
SOE Advisory Board member Tiffany Williams (MA, SPA '07) became the President and CEO of Martha’s Table, a DC-based nonprofit organization focused on developing strong children, strong families and strong communities. [February 15, 2023]
Dr. Shayna Cook (EdD '22/MEd '14) was recently appointed to Assistant State Superintendent for the Maryland State Department of Education's Division of Early Childhood. [February 15, 2023]
Dr. Afie Mirshah-Nayar (MAT-ESOL), Principal of Paint Branch High School (MCPS), is a finalist for the Mark Mann award, annually presented to exceptional Montgomery County Public Schools administrators. [February 15, 2023]
Taylor Myers (MEd '22) attended a Future of Work event sponsored by Deloitte and was interviewed about his experience. [January 18, 2023]
Our Future Teacher Tutors program, a partnership with DC Public Schools that seeks to boost below-grade-level readers, was featured in a headline article by The 74 Million. Quoting student Isabel Chae and SOE faculty and staff, it highlights that amid labor shortages, hiring from teacher prep programs like ours could add half a million new tutor candidates nationally. [January 18, 2023]
Ann Friedman MAT '98 received the President's Circle Lead Changemaker Award, recognizing her as both a role model and a powerful example of an AU Changemaker for her impactful work in the arena of literacy. She is the founder and CEO of Planet Word, a language arts museum where words and literacy come to life. Read a story about her amazing career and an American University Magazine article about how important words are to her. [November 17, 2022]
