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May 31, 2022
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The Gevirtz School is grieving the loss of so many children, youth, and adults to gun violence. We have long advocated for national reforms that would help prevent gun violence in the United States. We have also been a leader in providing... -
Sunghee Choi (center) with her advisors Diana Arya (l) and Andrew Maul (r)
Sunghee Choi has earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Education, where she worked with Dr. Diana Arya and Dr. Andrew Maul. After being away from school for a long time, she received her M.A in education from UCSB. As a mother of a 12-...
May 27, 2022
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The recent mass shootings across the country—and there have been 214 mass shootings in the first five months of 2022—are another painful reminder of failed efforts to stop the kind of gun violence that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary... -
Anthony Osuna is finishing his Ph.D. in the Clinical Psychology emphasis of CCSP under Dr. Ty Vernon. As an undergraduate at UCLA, he majored in Psychology and minored in Applied Developmental Psychology. He was also a McNair Research...
May 23, 2022
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The 2022 Morrison Fellows: Ryan Arellano (top left), Maggie Chan (top right), Jonathan Downey (bottom left), Hui Zhang (bottom right)
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Ph.D. students Ryan Arellano, Meiki (Maggie) Chan, Jonathan Downey, and Hui Zhang are the 2021-2022 recipients of the Gale and Richard Morrison Fellowship. Established by Gevirtz School Professor and... -
UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz School alumnus Tyler Renshaw (CCSP, Ph.D., ’12) has co-edited—with Kenneth W. Merrell, Ruth A. Ervin, and Gretchen Gimpel Peacock—School Psychology for the 21st Century: Foundations and Principles, Third...
May 19, 2022
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Elena England of the Teacher Education Program of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as the 2022 Patty Hopkins-Acos Memorial Fellow. This fellowship supports Teacher Education Program students working toward the Educational...
May 18, 2022
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Estefanía Pihen González (she/her), third year Ph.D. student at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, specializes in education for sustainable development (ESD), an educational framework that infuses academic curriculum with positive,...
May 17, 2022
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Tracey Velasquez was selected by the UCSB Santa Barbara Staff Assembly for the 2021-2022 UCSB Staff Citation of Excellence Award. This campus-wide recognition follows her winning the 2022 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Staff Citation... -
Adanari Zarate, keynote speaker for the 2022 Research Symposium
Although the 2022 iteration of the Gevirtz School Research Symposium, hosted by the Graduate Student Association in Education (GSAE), is officially the third annual, in many ways it feels more like the first. That’s because the COVID-19... -
(photo courtesy Milken Family Foundation)
Michelle Iwasaki—TEP alumna, academic coach, 18-year star educator at Kalihi Kai Elementary School—went about business as usual on Monday, February 28th, socially distancing chairs and lining kids up for just another Kalihi Kai school-wide... -
Maggie Chan, a doctoral candidate who just successfully defended her dissertation in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will give the talk “How School Diversity Relates to...
May 16, 2022
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Bertin Solis, a doctoral student in the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has been chosen to be part of the inaugural cohort of the UC-HSI Research Apprenticeship Program (UC-HSI RAP). UC-HSI RAP supports...
May 12, 2022
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Lois Capps and Jules Zimmer in 1999
The Gevirtz School was deeply saddened by the passing of Jules Zimmer, Dean of the School from 1993-2004. Dr. Zimmer passed on April 9, 2022 at the age of 91. Zimmer was a professor in UCSB’s Department of Education from 1970 until 2004....
May 11, 2022
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Miriam Thompson, Mark Bell, and Rebecca Stahl at the 15th Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals
Miriam Thompson, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, co-led the workshop “To Be a Rock in Troubled Waters: Trauma-informed Teaching, Support,...
May 5, 2022
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Stephanie Arguera, a doctoral student in the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has received a 2021-22 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Teaching assistants play a vital role in enhancing the teaching mission... -
Danielle Whitaker, Continuing Lecturer and Supervisor in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has received a 2021-22 Distinguished Teaching Award. The Distinguished Teaching Awards acknowledge the efforts of Senate faculty members who have...
May 3, 2022
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The 2014 Vivian Guerrier "Hope" Fellowship recipients Alyssa Breeher and Megan Phillips, Amy Caron and Vivian Guerrier’s son Steve Caron, Rachel Mello and Vivian Guerrier’s son Jon Mello, Fellowship recipient Juan Zambrano Gonzalez, Vivian Guerrier’s son Ken Guerrier, Heidi Guerrier and baby Vivian Guerrier
Generosity was the theme on UCSB Give Day 2022, the campus-wide annual digital fundraising event. Going into Give Day with a goal of 20 gifts, generous alumni, staff, faculty and supporters contributed 41 individual donations, raising $36,... -
Anabel Salimian, a student working on her minor in Applied Psychology, will lead a workshop on Positive Psychology Principles and Practices at the seventh annual UC Santa Barbara Mental health Conference on Saturday, May 7th. The workshop... -
Isabelle Fluery, M.Ed., doctoral student in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, will deliver the keynote talk at the seventh annual UC Santa Barbara Mental health Conference on Saturday, May 7 at 10:15 am. Her... -
Jill Sharkey, Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has received a 2021-22 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. Mentoring graduate students is a vital component of...
April 27, 2022
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The Gevirtz School, along with the UCSB MultiCultural Center and The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, will present an online event featuring Gloria Ladson-Billings, “Staying on Mission: Race, Equity, and Justice in the Midst of...
April 26, 2022
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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj chosen as an Outstanding Reviewer for the American Educational Research JournalCarolyn Sattin-Bajaj from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as an Outstanding Reviewer for the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) for 2021. The letter announcing this honor says, “AERJ would not be the...
April 25, 2022
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Evelyn Vera Flández is a Chilean graduate student in the Department of Education. Her research interests include foreign-language teaching and applied linguistics. She enjoys working with students whose sociocultural backgrounds have...
April 21, 2022
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Efrain Alvarez and Sofia Carrillo have been named 2022 Dorman Commons Fellows. Established in memory of Dorman L. Commons, past president of the California Board of Education, this fellowship supports financial aid for graduate students...