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November 3, 2022
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Antar Tichavakunda showing his excitement about his new job at UCSB
The pandemic-induced shutdown in March 2020 could have been cataclysmic for academia, as so much of teaching and learning is centered upon being present. (Let’s not even consider the difficulties of doing most research at a distance.) And...
November 2, 2022
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Alumna Erin Beerer of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School was recognized as Family Educator of the Year, K-8, by the Autism Society of Ventura County at the 2022 Annual Awesome in Autism Awards. Autism Society Ventura County seeks to improve...
November 1, 2022
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Kaela Farrise, doctoral student in the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology, has been named a 2022 Racial Justice Fellow. Each year the Graduate Division recognizes scholars whose research and teaching interests,... -
“I always wanted to be a teacher,” Shemiyah Holland, new doctoral student in the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology, explains. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Claflin University, she worked as a... -
GGSE: What made you want to become a professor and a licensed school psychologist? Pauline Serrano: My path to school psychology began early in high school when I sought out a job as a private tutor to...
October 27, 2022
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Alumna Emily Solari of UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz School was a major contributor, in collaboration with the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law and Virginia State Delegate Carrie Coyner, to the development and recent passage of the...
October 25, 2022
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The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has selected Dr. Deborah Umansky as a recipient of the 2022 NASP Model School Psychology Intern Supervisor award. Umansky is the lead clinical supervisor of the Santa Barbara...
October 24, 2022
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GGSE: What made you want to be a teacher, and why an MST credential? Genezaret Cardoso: Before I entered the Teacher Education Program, I was a teacher for several years at a therapeutic preschool. As a...
October 21, 2022
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Verónica Ramos with Rotary Club member Dan Herlinger, Adelante Principal Javier Bolívar, and Rotary Club member Michael Baker
The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara recognized UC Santa Barbara’s Teacher Education Program alumna Verónica Ramos earlier this month for her outstanding service and dedication as a sixth-grade, Spanish Dual-Immersion teacher at Adelante...
October 18, 2022
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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, is a co-author—with Jacob Kirksey, Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University and Gevirtz School alumnus—of the Policy Analysis for California Education (... -
The UCLA National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, and the Gevirtz School of Education, UC Santa Barbara, are hosting a celebratory event... -
Readers for October 20 event: Shirley Lim (top), Chryss Yost (l) and George Yatchisin (r)
Dr. Chryss Yost and George Yatchisin, staff members at the Gevirtz School, will be featured readers as part of “Writers & Wordsmiths of Santa Barbara: An Open Mic Event with Dr. Shirley Geok-lin Lim” on Thursday, October 20 at 4 pm in... -
GGSE: What made you want to be a teacher, and why an MST credential? Ryann McCollum: I’ve always had a passion for community and known that whatever I end up doing as my life’s work will remain centered...
October 13, 2022
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The Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will hold a virtual Open House for prospective students on Thursday, October 27 from 10-11 am on Zoom. The event will also feature a Q&A. Participants will learn about...
October 12, 2022
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Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has won the 2022 Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Scholarship Award from the American Arab, Middle Eastern, North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy). The...
October 10, 2022
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GGSE: What made you want to be a teacher? Cesar Plascencia Zuniga: I am becoming a teacher to be able to give back to my community in the best way I know how. I find satisfaction in teaching at a public...
October 6, 2022
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Dr. Eupha Jeanne Daramola has been named a UC Santa Barbara Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow for 2022-23. Daramola will work in the Gevirtz School’s Department of Education under the mentorship of Dr. Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj. The Chancellor’s...
October 4, 2022
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The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) has selected Dr. Michael Furlong, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, as the recipient of the 2022 School Mental Health Research Award. This award is... -
Miriam Thompson and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, the Gevirtz School's new graduate diversity officers
This fall the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) appointed Assistant Teaching Professor Miriam Thompson and the Department of Education appointed Associate Professor Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj as graduate diversity...
October 3, 2022
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GGSE: What made you want to be a teacher, and why an MST credential? Olivia Nguyen: I want to be the teacher I always needed. I grew up in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb where there was very...
September 27, 2022
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The 2022-23 officers of the Graduate Students Association in Education (GSAE): (l-r) Dee Dee Hong, Jing Su, Liliana Garcia, Caitlin Ng
The Graduate Students Association in Education (GSAE) – the official students’ association that exists to promote and represent the interests of students in the Gevirtz School’s Department of Education to the UC Santa Barbara campus... -
GGSE: What made you want to be a teacher, and why an SST credential? Jillian Danninger: I discovered my interest in teaching when I interned at a small aquarium. Each day I would do exhibit presentations...
September 21, 2022
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Alumna Kathy Fox of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has co-edited, with Laura Szech, the Handbook of Research on Family Literacy Practices and Home-School Connections (IGI Global 2022). In addition, Fox, professor in the...
September 19, 2022
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GGSE: What made you want to be a teacher, and why an ESC credential? Rota: I decided I wanted to be a teacher when I was tutoring a student who was really frustrated with a task. After helping him figure... -
PI Alison Cerezo and staff members Paris DaSilva and Eric Cortez for the California Department of Public Health’s LBTQ Health Equity Initiative
Alison Cerezo of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School is the PI and Lead Strategy Evaluator for the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) LBTQ Health Equity Initiative. This directive prioritizes LBTQ+ women and nonbinary...