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LAUNCH
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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.

 

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ReLAUNCH 2024-2025
ReLAUNCH
2024-2025

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

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Dean Jeffrey Milem, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

Dean Jeffrey Milem Will Retire on June 30, 2025

After nine years of outstanding leadership as the Jules Zimmer Dean of our Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, Professor Jeffrey Milem has decided to retire, effective June 30, 2025. 

Tina McEnroe, Carol Dixon, Ann Kaganoff, McEnroe Reading Clinic

The Enduring Impact of Three Literacy Educators

After committing their lives and careers to improving the lives of countless early learners through reading and language arts, a trio of Gevirtz Graduate School of Education experts have established philanthropic legacies that reflect their shared passion for education and pave the way for the future of literacy instruction and research. Their combined gifts total over $2 million. 

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Gevirtz School and Harding University Partnership School Celebrate 15 Year Collaboration

Marking a milestone anniversary in their joint effort to support the needs of local students, teachers and families, UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Harding University Partnership School (HUPS) are celebrating their successful 15-year collaboration.

Tania Israel Tania Israel Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Psychology

Tania Israel Receives Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest

Professor Tania Israel at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, has received the 2025 Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest  from the American Psychological Association (APA). Israel is in the Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology Department at the Gevirtz School and is also the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. 

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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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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.

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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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Reframing Autism in the Workplace

Anna Krasno, clinical director of UC Santa Barbara’s Koegel Autism Center, challenges misconceptions rooted in deficit-based perspectives, advocating for a fundamental shift in how autism is understood and addressed. 

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Bilingual School Psychologists Program

Newly launched training at UC Santa Barbara aims to help fill a widening gap between two opposing forces — an ongoing shortage of school psychologists and the growing need for services for increasingly diverse student bodies nationwide.

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