GGSE News Archive

The UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Kindred Collective for Healing and Liberatory Traditions (which encompasses The Healing Space) will present “Flourish & Flow: A Black Joy Beach Party”–a free, intergenerational celebration of Black wellness, cultural connection, and collective care. The event will take place Sunday, October 26, from 1 p.m. to sunset (approximately 6 p.m.) at Goleta Beach Area A, and is open to all who come in respect and solidarity.

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education held its commencement on June 12, 2025, to recognize the achievements of students earning doctoral and master’s degrees, as well as teaching credentials. 

Kaylin Russell is a doctoral candidate with an emphasis in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UCSB. 

The Healing Space training program at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education has developed the “Raising Liberated Black Youth” project. Featuring a series of workshops and events for parents and educators involved in raising and educating Black children, the project aims to provide practical guidance to adults who want to support Black youth in combating the negative effects of racism-related stress.

The Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz School will be holding a Research Festival on Monday, November 18, from 9:15 am to 12:20 pm at the Student Resource Building MPR Room. Nine CCSP students will be presenting their cutting-edge research during the symposium event. In order to receive their master’s degree, all second year CCSP students submit a research festival proposal in the spring. As third year students, they present their findings to the department.

UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education celebrates the start of fall quarter with the debut of “What’s Brewing in Education & Applied Psychology” - an evening in a local brewery to tap into the latest research, presented in 8-minute talks, from Gevirtz School faculty. 

One year after the end of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in California, adolescents reported an increase in feeling disconnected from their communities and negative thoughts about society in general, according to a UCSB study on adolescent “social well-being.” The research found pervasive decreases in social well-being, and a significant portion of the students surveyed did not recover to their pre-COVID level by 2022.

Seven graduate students from the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education have earned prestigious 2024 internships across the country to complete their work for a Ph.D. 

The UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education held its Fellowship Breakfast on January 19, to celebrate  47 of the school’s most promising graduate students who have received fellowships this year and the people who support them. Total fellowship funds awarded this year were nearly $264,000.

Adverse and potentially traumatic experiences are too common among school-age children, leaving teachers, administrators and staff struggling to help students. In response to the growing need during and following the pandemic, UCSB researchers have formed a university-community partnership with local educators and the James S. Bower Foundation to develop practices that promote resilience and thriving.

The Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology Research Festival is Monday, November 13, 2023

Santa Barbara Psychology Internship Consortium Offering 6 Doctoral School Psychology Intern Positions for 2024-2025

UC Santa Barbara psychologists Dr. F. Gregory Ashby, Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer, Teaching Professor and Director of the Carol Ackerman Positive Psychology Clinic at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will be offering a presentation entitled, "Just Do It: A Neuropsychological Theory of Agency, Cognition, Mood, and Dopamine," as part of the University of Montana’s Presidential Lecture Series, on September 26, 2023.