Gevirtz School News
March 17, 2023
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(l-r) The Gevirtz School's Miriam Thompson presenting Heidi Zetzer with her Jean Spruill Achievement Award from APTC
The Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC) has awarded Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School with the Jean Spruill Achievement Award at APTC's 2023 conference in Albuquerque, NM. The award honors individuals... -
2023 Grad Slam Prelim Round 10 winner Chongzheng Wei, GGSE Dean Jeffrey Milem, and Round 10 runner up Alexandria Muller
Chongzheng Wei of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) won UC Santa Barbara’s 2023 Grad Slam Preliminary Round 10 with his presentation, “Stop Being WEIRD: Centering Chinese Bisexual People’s Experience of...
March 15, 2023
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(photo credit Matt Perko)
Jules Zimmer Dean's Chair Jeffrey Milem of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education (NAEd). As an honorific society, the Academy consists of U.S. members and international...
March 10, 2023
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The Education Policy and Politics Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) has named Dr. Eupha Jeanne Daramola, a postdoc at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, as one its 2023 Dissertation Award winners. Daramola’s...
March 9, 2023
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The 2023 Gevirtz Endowment Fellows: (top, l-r) Estefanía Becerra Hernández, Kiahna Cantu, Yuri Cruz, (bottom, l-r) Montserrat Gonzalez Vega, Julia Karagan, Ashley Niño
Estefanía Becerra Hernández, Kiahna Cantu, Yuri Cruz, Montserrat Gonzalez Vega, Julia Karagan, and Ashley Niño of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School have been chosen as the 2023 Gevirtz Endowment Fellowship recipients. All six are in the... -
The 2023 Dr. J Student Teacher Fellows: Mason Boyle, Montserrat Gonzales Vega, Olivia Nguyen, Allie Schibsted, and Judith Sosa
The Teacher Education Program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara has named its 2023 Dr. J Student Teacher Fellows: Mason Boyle, Montserrat Gonzales Vega, Olivia Nguyen, Allie Schibsted, and Judith Sosa. All of... -
The 2023 Thomas G. Haring Memorial Fellows: Talitha Buschor, Sarely Licona, and Rachel Schuck
Talitha Buschor, Sarely Licona, and Rachel Schuck receive 2023 Thomas G. Haring Memorial FellowshipsTalitha Buschor, Sarely Licona, and Rachel Schuck have received 2023 Thomas G. Haring Memorial Fellowships. These fellowships were established in memory of Thomas G. Haring, a member of the Graduate School of Education faculty and renowned... -
Genezaret Cardoso, the 2023 Sabrina Tuyay Memorial Fellow, with Herb Tuyay
Genezaret Cardoso has been chosen as the 2023 Dr. Sabrina Tuyay Memorial Fellowship recipient. This memorial fellowship acknowledges teacher candidates who have shown a commitment to providing thoughtful literacy and English language... -
2023 Patty Hopkins-Acos Memorial Fellows: Ryan Blasena, Zoe Foster, and Tami Rota
Ryan Blasena, Zoe Foster, and Tami Rota have been named recipients of the 2023 Patty Hopkins-Acos Memorial Fellowship. This fellowship supports Teacher Education Program students working toward the Educational Specialist Credential, who... -
Mother and daughter Elizabeth Cortez and Juliana Ison outside the Hosford Clinic when Juliana made her site visit in February 2022
Elizabeth Cortez (Clinical Psychology, Ph.D., ’97) was the first in her family to pursue a doctorate when she came to the Gevirtz School’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) in 1992. The drive that helped her...
March 8, 2023
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The 2023 "Hope" Guerrier Fellows: Lesley Guerrero, Rebecca Kovacs-Guerrero, and Brenda Villa
Lesley Guerrero, Rebecca Kovacs-Guerrero, and Brenda Villa named 2023 Vivian Guerrier “Hope” FellowsLesley Guerrero, Rebecca Kovacs-Guerrero, and Brenda Villa have been named 2023 Vivian Guerrier “Hope” Fellows. This fellowship honors longtime Gevirtz School staff member, Vivian Guerrier, who died in August 2007, after more than a decade...
March 7, 2023
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The San José Unified School District (SJUSD) has recognized Trinity Suriano (TEP, M.Ed., ESC, ’21) as Anne Darling Elementary’s Employee of the Year. Since August 2021, Suriano has worked as a Special Education Teacher at Anne Darling... -
After two years of online celebrations, the Gevirtz School welcomed students, faculty, staff, and supporters to the first in-person Gevirtz School Fellowship Breakfast since January of 2020. The room was abuzz with congratulations as... -
Ruth Tidwell, Kelly and Scott Trueman, Dean Milem, and Dr. Ty Vernon at a salon benefiting the Koegel Autism Center (credit: Jeff Liang)
Koegel Autism Center donors Scott and Kelly Trueman believe that all families, regardless of income, should have access to the life-changing services provided at UCSB’s Koegel Autism Center, a state-of-the-art autism research facility...
March 6, 2023
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The Rural Education Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) has named Dr. Mayra Puente of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School its 2023 Dissertation Award winner. Puente’s dissertation, written to...
March 2, 2023
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(photo credit: Tony Mastres)
The Immigration Initiative at Harvard is hosting a webinar conducted by Dr. Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School titled “Preparing Teachers to Educate Immigrant-origin Students: An Examination of Teacher Credentialing... -
The Gevirtz School laments the passing of alumnus Dr. Michael (Iggy) Loewy on February 7, 2023. Loewy (Ph.D., CCSP, '94) was a beloved member of our community, known for his warmth, generosity, and unwavering commitment to justice and... -
Twelve graduate students from the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School have earned prestigious 2023-2024 internships across the country to complete their work for a Ph.D....
March 1, 2023
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Samantha Cole was selected by fellow staff members for the 2023 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Staff Citation of Excellence Award. Cole, the Teacher Education Program (TEP) Administrator, is responsible for providing support to the...
February 22, 2023
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Fourteen students from the Gevirtz School will participate in Preliminary Round 10 of the 2023 UC Santa Barbara Grad Slam on Thursday, March 16 at 1 pm in the Mosher Alumni House. (Note: Event was rescheduled from an earlier date that was...
February 17, 2023
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The Gevirtz School is a campus partner co-presenting Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self with speaker Dr. Thema Bryant, the President of the American Psychological Association (APA). A... -
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has named Gabby Gutierrez-Serrano the recipient of the 2023 Delaine A. Eastin Fellowship. This fellowship is given to a graduate student pursuing an MA or Ph.D. in the Department of Education who is the...
February 16, 2023
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School laments the passing of Dorothy Semmel, lecturer and coordinator in UCSB’s Department of Education from 1978-1994. Dr. Semmel passed on February 12, 2023. Dr. Semmel, along with her husband and colleague,... -
Ellen Perkins was named the recipient of the 2023 Alumni Fellowship in Teacher Education. Generously funded by alumni, the purpose of these awards is to support deserving graduate students in the Department of Education and the Teacher...
February 14, 2023
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Chris Chien is the recipient of the 2023 Martha Aldridge Promise Award. Chris Chien is a Teacher Education Program candidate for the 2022-23 school year, working on his M.Ed. and Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. Chien received his B.A...