Accomplishments: College of Education

Norma A. Marrun (Teaching and Learning) and Constancio R. Arnaldo Jr. (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently published a book chapter titled, "Taking Up Space: Reflections from a Latina and a Filipino American Faculty Teaching for Racial Justice," in the edited book, First-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on…
Pricella Morris (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been awarded the 2022 DEC J. David Sexton Doctoral Student Award from the Council of Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood. This international award is given to a doctoral student who has made contributions to young children with disabilities and their…
Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) served as lead author of the article "Measurement and Functional Invariance of Psychological Individuation Constructs Across Cultures: Initial Evidence From Taiwan and the United States" published in the journal, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and…
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and her colleagues were awarded the 2022 Anti-Racism Action Grant from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Her project utilizes participant action research to increase anti-racism and decolonial efforts in the teaching and practice of…
Nate D. Koerber (Teaching and Learning) presented at the British Educational Leadership, Management, & Administration Society (BELMAS) Conference in Liverpool, U.K., with Pamela Angelle (University of Tennessee-Knoxville) and Lee D. Flood (University of Augusta). The presentation was titled, Systematic Review of Literature Relating…
Danica G. Hays (Education) recently published the second edition of the text, "Qualitative Research in Education and Social Sciences" through Cognella Publishing. The text provides readers with an in-depth guide on planning, conducting, and reporting qualitative research to inform multiple education, clinical, and other social sciences professions…
Noah Romero (Education) published "Theorizing Māori-Philippine solidarities through agential realism and punk rock pedagogy" in the latest issue of Research in Education. The study examines the work of Philippine artists in Aotearoa (New Zealand) through the lenses of punk culture, posthumanism, and Indigenous futurity to show what Indigenous…
Shaoan Zhang and Safiyya Bintali (both Teaching and Learning) presented "Enhancing Preservice Teachers’ Identity Through an Informal Learning Community” at the Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference. 
Danielle Mireles (Education) published their study, "Theorizing Racist Ableism in Higher Education," in a special issue of Teachers College Record (TCR) on Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) titled “Imagining Possible Futures: Disability Critical Race Theory as a Lever for Praxis in Education” and edited by Subini Ancy Annamma, Beth A…
Peter Wiens (Teaching and Learning), along with collaborators Christine Zizzi and Chad Heatwole of the University of Rochester, published the article "Instructional Grouping Theory: Optimizing Classrooms and the Placement of Ranked Students." In the article, the authors use a theoretical, mathematical approach to examining the best way to group…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology Leadership and Higher Education) coauthored the book chapter "Efforts to Prevent Mass Shootings in Schools: The Practice, the Costs, and Superintendents’ Experiences with Arming School Personnel" in the book Reclaiming Local Control through Superintendents, School Boards, and Community Activism. The…
Samuel Lee (Hospitality) was recognized with the Best Presentation award for his virtual presentation of the research study "Utilizing the Free Association Method and Netnography to Expose Hotel Guests' Technostress" along with his co-authors, Mehmet Erdem, Billy Bai, Chih-Chien Chen (all Hospitality), Eda Anlamlier (Lee Business) and…