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February 27, 2020
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CalTeachTogether Club on their visit to the REEF
The students in the CalTeach program at UC Santa Barbara have formed an official club called CalTeachTogether. CalTeach is a University of California system-wide program to recruit, prepare, and support exceptional K-12 teachers in science...
February 25, 2020
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The 2019-2020 Tuyay Memorial Fellowship awardee Kayla Simone (c) with Herb Tuyay (l) and Ann Lippincott (r)
Kayla Simone of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as the 2020 Dr. Sabrina Tuyay Memorial Fellow recipient. This fellowship acknowledges teacher candidates who have shown a commitment to providing thoughtful literacy and... -
This week we caught up with Alyssa Hudson, a Teacher Education Program candidate working towards an Education Specialist Credential with an emphasis in Mild/Moderate Disabilities and a Master's of Education. Alyssa received a Bachelor of...
February 24, 2020
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Andrew Choi, recent Gevirtz School Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology graduate, received the APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award for his dissertation on bisexual health, mentored by Dr. Tania Israel. This... -
Katie Tucciarone was selected by fellow staff members for the 2020 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Staff Citation of Excellence Award on Feb. 18. As credential analyst, Tucciarone serves as the liaison between the state of California...
February 20, 2020
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Christina (Tina) Christie, chair and professor in the Department of Education at UCLA, will give the lecture “Why Evaluation Theory Should be Used to Inform Evaluation Policy” on Wednesday, February 26 from 12 pm – 1 pm in Education 4108....
February 19, 2020
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The 2020 Dr. J Student Fellows, with donors (l-r): Connor Cox, Christian Banuelos, Joe Beyers, donor, Morgan Remy, Kathy Beyers, donor, Becky Dressen, John Romo, donor, Ann Lippincott, donor, Bridget Sandoval, Natalie O'Sullivan, Samantha Rojas, Kevin Valdez (not pictured, Noelle Ferrer)
The Teacher Education Program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara has named its 2020 Dr. J Student Teacher Fellows: Christian Banuelos Connor Cox Becky Dressen Noelle Ferrer Natalie O’Sullivan Morgan Remy... -
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The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will hold its first Research Symposium on Friday, April 3 from 9 am to 5 pm in the Education Building and the Intercollegiate Athletics Building. This will be the first of a series of...
February 18, 2020
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Alissa Der Sarkissian, Jill Sharkey and their colleague Texas A&M assistant professor Erin Harper after their NASP 2020 presentation
Faculty and students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will take major roles in several events at the annual conference of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in Baltimore, MD from February 18-21. The National... -
This week we caught up with Raheem Jessop, a second year PhD student in the Department of Education with a concentration on Culture and Development. His research looks at college decision-making among African American high school students...
February 14, 2020
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The South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP) invites teachers of all grade levels who are interested in designing digital writing projects for their students to the UC Santa Barbara campus on Friday, June 26-Saturday, June 27, 2020. This year’...
February 12, 2020
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The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will be holding the Teacher Education Research Symposium on Tuesday, February 19 at 2 pm in ED 4205. This symposium—which is free and open to the public—will consist of two lectures discussing... -
The Graduate Students Association in Education (GSAE) is holding a t-shirt design contest open to all UC Santa Barbara undergraduate or graduate students, staff, and faculty. The deadline to submit a t-shirt design is February 21 at 9 pm....
February 11, 2020
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This week we caught up with Chongzheng Wei, a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology in CCSP working with Dr. Tania Israel. He received an M.Ed. in Education (concentration: sexuality education and counseling) from Beijing Normal...
February 10, 2020
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Jon Clark ’82, President of the J.S. Bower Foundation, addresses the crowd
At this year’s annual Fellowship Breakfast, the crowded room of students, faculty, staff, and donors didn’t just get thanked, they got inspiration. “We understand that graduate school takes vision, courage, and heart to complete,”... -
There could seem no better way to cap the UCSB Graduate Division’s 2019 Diversity Matters series last fall than with a presentation featuring the students in Dean Jeffrey Milem’s doctoral seminar in Policy and Leadership entitled Race (In)... -
Dr. Alison Cerezo, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, guest edited a special issue of the Journal of Latinx Psychology that focused on Latinx LGBTQ issues. Released on January 16, the issue is the first ever collection...
February 6, 2020
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Diana Arya welcomes the crowd to the 2019 Curie-osity Project Showcase (a precursor to Youth Summit 2020)
A book table with authors signing. The walls crowded with poster presentations, as researchers offer their latest findings. A virtual reality station. The center of the room full with round tables, some featuring discussion groups, others... -
Thanks to Kind Mind SB, a program devoted to bringing mindfulness to the classroom, Santa Barbara students from elementary to high school receive weekly mindfulness training. Ari Goldstein and Avery Voos, alumni of the Department of... -
Helen A. Neville, UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education alumna, is the invited author for the newest issue of Latinx Psychology Today (LPT). The theme of this issue is Celebrating AfroLatinidad in Latinx Psychology...
February 5, 2020
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The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Department of Psychiatric and Addiction Medicine holds Psychiatric Grand Rounds, a monthly presentation given by a professional in the community. The department seeks to promote excellence and quality in...
February 4, 2020
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The Autism Seminar & Discussion (ASD) series – sponsored by UC Santa Barbara’s Koegel Autism Center and the Santa Barbara Public Library – will present its next session on Tuesday, February 11, 6 – 7:30 pm in the Santa Barbara Public... -
For this week we caught up with Delwin Carter, a doctoral student in the Department of Education emphasizing in quantitative methods. His advisor is Karen Nylund-Gibson. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Experimental...
February 3, 2020
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Jill Sharkey (sixth from left) at the Central Coast Association of School Psychologists symposium on Janaury 24, 2020
On January 24th Professor Jill D. Sharkey and student researcher Daniel Del Cid presented at the Central Coast Association of School Psychologists (CCASP) on the topic of implicit bias in report writing. Dr. Sharkey was asked to present at...