Gevirtz School News
June 29, 2021
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Kelsee Kennedy (third from left) at commencement
Kelsee Kennedy graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Education. Her dissertation involves a qualitative analysis of the steps a school team took to build positive behavioral support systems for students with emotional and... -
Rhea Wagle graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology. After graduating, she will be doing a post-doctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She hopes to provide mental health... -
The plan for one of the naturescapes at Harding University Partnership School
First 5 has awarded a $150K four-year Early Learning Plan implementation grant to the Santa Barbara Unified School District for a project at the Harding University Partnership School (HUPS). Devon Azzam and Lilly Garcia—the outreach team...
June 23, 2021
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Professor Tania Israel’s book Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work was chosen as the Next Generation Indie Book Awards winner in the Self-Help category... -
Noemí Macías graduated with a Master’s of Education and a Single Subject Teaching Credential in English from the Teacher Education Program. She will be teaching at Santa Barbara High School in the fall. GGSE: What are you... -
Jenny Jimenez graduated from the Teacher Education Program with a Master’s of Education and Single Subject Teaching Credential in English. She did her student-teaching at La Colina Junior High, where she will be working for the remainder...
June 22, 2021
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Clare Washington (center), with fellow Department of Education students Noreen Balos and Jenny Sperling
Clare Washington graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Education. Her research focuses on the career paths of women of color in historically white universities in California. After graduating, she plans to teach full-time and take... -
Registration opens 1 July 2021 for Methods University. Methods University, housed in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will offer multi-day intense workshops on a specific methodological topic. These workshops are geared for graduate...
June 21, 2021
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Professor Jin Sook Lee, from the Gevirtz School’s Department of Education, has been appointed Associate Dean of UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division. The Graduate Division promotes excellence in graduate education and ensures our graduate... -
Taylor Hamilton is the recipient of the 2021 Special Education Fellowship. Hamilton was a Teacher Education Program student who completed her Master’s Degree in Education and a Mild/Moderate Special Education Teaching Credential in fall...
June 17, 2021
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Himadhari Sharma has earned UC Santa Barbara Graduate Student Association (GSA) Excellence in Teaching Award. She was one of thirteen 2020-2021 winners selected from a pool of two hundred nominations. Daniel Ulises Rios Arroyo was given an...
June 15, 2021
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Keri Bradford (r), with her partner Elena Gomez
Keri Bradford (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) graduated with a Ph.D. in Education. Her dissertation, “The Higher Education Experiences of Native American Students: A Qualitative Study of Historical Trauma, Identity, and Institutional Support... -
Alumna Malaphone Phommasa of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has won a 2021 Margaret T. Getman Service to Students Award. This award recognizes university staff, faculty, and administrators who have demonstrated an extraordinary...
June 14, 2021
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Emerita Professor Dorothy Chun, along with Department of Education doctoral students Honeiah Karimi and David Sañosa, gave one of the keynote talks at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) conference on June 2nd....
June 9, 2021
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Tania Israel of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as one of the keynote speakers for the American Psychological Association (APA) 2021 Virtual Convention, to be held August 12-14. Dr. Israel will give the talk “The Power of... -
Daina Tagavi graduated with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology this year. Her dissertation is titled, “Parent-Child Psychophysiological Synchrony in Early Autism Intervention: A Pilot Investigation,” and her research focuses on ASD in children...
June 8, 2021
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Krista Lucas and Alexis Spina, two of the Department of Education's new Ph.D.s
UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Education will hold a 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 11, from 4 pm – 6 pm via Zoom. This webinar will be one way for the department to celebrate its 14 doctoral students and 8 MA... -
UC Santa Barbara has selected Michael Furlong of the Gevirtz School to be one of two Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professors for 2021-2022. The substantial funds associated with the Professorship may be used to support the research, recall...
June 7, 2021
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Alyssa Hufana graduated with a Ph.D. from the Counseling and Clinical Psychology program at CCSP. Her research focuses on the experiences of Asian American women, specifically Filipino American women. After graduating, Hufana will be in...
June 4, 2021
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The 2021 President's Educator Fellows: (top row, l-r) Katie Brown, Caylin Carrillo, Joanne Rhee, (bottom row, l-r) Eleanor Skladman and Kalena Tamura
Katie Brown, Caylin Carrillo, Joanne Rhee, Eleanor Skladman, and Kalena Tamura, all students in UC Santa Barbara Teacher Education Program, are the recipients of the 2021 President’s Educator Fellowships. Brown and Rhee are pursuing...
June 3, 2021
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Alexis Spina graduated with a Ph.D. in Education this year. After graduating, she will be continuing a full-time position with Chegg, at educational technology company, where she has been working since last November. She also hopes to... -
Talitha Buschor, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Education, was awarded the 2021 James D. and Carol N. Dixon Fellowship. This fellowship supports MA or Ph.D. students with a focus on reading studies and/or the broader...
June 1, 2021
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Krista Lucas will graduate with a Ph.D. from the Department of Education. After graduating, she will continue teaching at Pepperdine University as a visiting assistant professor. She hopes to continue her research on non-science majors’...
May 27, 2021
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Valentina Fahler is the recipient of the 2021 Phillip and Helen Green Travel Fellowship. Valentina is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Education with an emphasis in language and literacy. Her research focuses on... -
The 2021 Glikbarg Fellows: top, l-r: Melissa Chavez, Veronica Flores; bottom, l-r: Julianna Lopez, Darby McIllroy
Melissa Chavez, Veronica Flores, Julianna Lopez, and Darby McIllroy are the recipients of the 2021 William and Charlene Glikbarg Family Foundation Fellowship. This fellowship supports Teacher Education Program students who have made a...