Gevirtz School News
August 16, 2021
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Darlene Arenivas is an M.Ed. candidate, pursuing her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in the Teacher Education Program. Arenivas, a first-generation college graduate, earned her B.A. in Spanish with minors in applied psychology and... -
The pandemic laid bare all sorts of inequities for too many of our K-12 students. Some families lacked the computers or the broadband internet necessary for their children to take part in online education. At the Harding University...
August 13, 2021
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UC Santa Barbara’s School Psychology faculty are accepting applications for both the Master’s Degree program in school psychology and the Doctoral Degree program in school psychology. The new, terminal three-year Master’s is for...
August 9, 2021
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Alison Cerezo from UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology will take part in the informal discussion “Queering Mentorship” during the American Psychological Association annual convention on Saturday,... -
Steven Florindo (he/él) is pursuing a Master’s degree in Education and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in the Teacher Education Program. He is also working towards bilingual authorization. Originally from Anaheim, CA, Florindo...
August 2, 2021
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The 2020-21 Community Fellows with Jon Clark, President of the Bower Foundation: (l-r) Evely Jimenez, Maria Lorenzano, Alejandrina Lorenzano, and Monica Roajs
Help Santa Barbara Grow Its Own Teachers The Gevirtz School, in cooperation with regional education partners and seed investors, has successfully launched a Community Fellows Initiative that is changing the nature of K-12 education in...
July 26, 2021
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The UC Office of the President (UCOP) has awarded UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School a $295K grant for the project “Building the Pipeline for African American Faculty whose Research Is Centered on Ameliorating the Disparately Negative...
July 22, 2021
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Molly Makseyn of the Teacher Education Program of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as the 2021 Patty Hopkins-Acos Memorial Scholarship recipient. This scholarship benefits an outstanding UCSB graduate student who...
July 19, 2021
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Andrew Maul from UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Education has co-authored Measurement across the Sciences: Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement (Springer 2021) with Luca Mari, professor of Measurement Science at... -
Miriam Burnett graduated with a Masters of Education from the GGSE. She is a supervisor on the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) project, an organization dedicated to providing high-quality ethnic studies...
July 14, 2021
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Victor Rios and Jeffrey Stewart in Isla Vista
Jeffrey Stewart, affiliated faculty member with the Gevirtz School, and Victor Rios, co-founder of the Center for Publicly Engaged Scholarship, partially housed in the Gevirtz School, have been named to John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur...
July 13, 2021
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Erika Felix from UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology has been awarded the 2021-22 Jacquelin Goldman Congressional Fellowship granted from the American Psychological Association (APA). Through a...
July 12, 2021
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Emily Ferguson and Mihya Weber of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the Gevirtz School were given the 2020-2021 Ray E. Hosford Award for Excellence in Clinical Dedication for their service at the Hosford... -
Yessica Green Rosas and Isabel López of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at GGSE were given the 2020-2021 Ray E. Hosford Awards for Excellence in Professional Behavior for their work at the Hosford Counseling... -
Corinna Klein and Gigi Sims were given the 2020-2021 Susan A. Neufeldt Award for Excellence in Clinical Supervision for their service at the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic at UC Santa Barbara. The award is named in...
July 8, 2021
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Honeiah Karimi, a doctoral student in the Department of Education at the Gevirtz School, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Louis H. Towbes Fellowship. The late Mr. Michael Towbes, local businessman, philanthropist, and former...
July 7, 2021
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John Sekulich graduated with a Master’s in Education from the GGSE. His work focuses on the intersection between higher education academics and athletics. He coaches the UCSB rowing team. In the future, he hopes to take on an... -
Jolie Colby is graduating with a Ph.D. from the Department of Education. Her dissertation examines the role of schools in educating people about large carnivore reintroduction to California. After graduating, Colby will focus on family,...
July 6, 2021
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Julie Bianchini from UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Education will give the webinar “Asset-Based Approaches to Support Multilingual Learners in Science Classrooms” on Wednesday, July 14 from 12 – 1 pm (Pacific). The lecture, presented by...
July 2, 2021
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Genetti Gradaute Mentoring Award winners Corinna Klein and Valerie Meier
Corinna Klein from the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology and Valerie Meier from the Department of Education were both chosen for two of the three 2021 Carol Genetti Mentoring Awards. The Carol Genetti Graduate...
June 30, 2021
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Mian Wang has been appointed the Chair of the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, beginning July 1, 2021. He succeeds Dr. Julie Bianchini. Mian Wang is a Professor in the Department of Education. From 2017-2019,...
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...