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Launch 2025-2026 TEP Candidate and Cooperating Teacher
LAUNCH
2025-2026

LAUNCH, the annual magazine of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, features our faculty, students, staff, awards and honors, and listings of fellowships and the donor honor roll.

2025-2026
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David Forman "The Road Less Traveled"

 

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ReLaunch 2025-2026 Associate Professor Rachel Lambert and Math Games
ReLAUNCH
2025-2026

ReLAUNCH, the annual research magazine of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, features highlights of our major research initiatives and grant awards.

2025-2026
Table of Contents
Pages 1-7

 

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A Game Changer For Math Education Associate Professor Rachel Lambert is on a mission to make math learning fun.

A Game Changer For Math Education

Associate Professor Rachel Lambert is on a mission to make math learning fun.

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At The Intersection of Culture, Autism, and Inclusion. Q&A with Assistant Professor Fernanda Castellón

At The Intersection of Culture, Autism, and Inclusion

Q&A with Assistant Professor Fernanda Castellón

GGSE News > Dept. of Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology, Koegel Autism Center

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Building Resilience and Well-Being: The Trauma-Informed Practices for Schools initiative supports California’s educators and students

Adverse and potentially traumatic experiences remain all too common among school-age children, leaving teachers, administrators, and staff working to meet the complex emotional needs of their students.

In response to this ongoing challenge, researchers at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education have developed the Trauma-Informed Practices for Schools (TIPS) initiative. 

From First Generation College Student to Professor Q&A with Associate Professor Lucy Arellano

From First Generation College Student to Professor

Q&A with Associate Professor Lucy Arellano

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2023 Commencement Student Speaker: Chris Chien

Congratulations to Chris Chien from the Teacher Education Program! Chris was the 2023 Commencement Student Speaker at the Graduate Division Ceremony on June 16th.

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Commencement speaker Courtney Wright reflects on a transformative journey

Courtney Wright, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will address her fellow graduates as a 2025 Commencement speaker — a moment she calls “a dream realized” after five and a half years of graduate study.

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Commencement speaker Courtney Wright reflects on a transformative journey

Courtney Wright, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will address her fellow graduates as a 2025 Commencement speaker — a moment she calls “a dream realized” after five and a half years of graduate study.

GGSE in the News > Dept. of Education

Koegel Autism Center's Unmasking Through Art show on May 8, 2025

The Koegel Autism Center’s Creative Club will be holding its sixth neurodivergent art show, by and for those who think differently. Titled “Unmasking Through Art,” the show will open with a reception on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 8 pm at the Koegel Autism Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus. This event is free and open to the public.

GGSE in the News > Koegel Autism Center

Student learning and well-being on the rise through unique university-school partnership

UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Harding University Partnership School (HUPS) are celebrating their successful 15-year collaboration. Launched in January 2010, the partnership brings Gevirtz School faculty researchers and graduate students to the Harding campus, within Santa Barbara Unified School District, to provide research-based best practices and services to benefit student learning and well-being. 

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