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December 14, 2021
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Alumnus Dr. Paul M. Rogers has recently been hired as an Associate Professor in the UC Santa Barbara Writing Program. Rogers (Education, Ph.D., ’08) is a co-founder and the immediate past chair of the International Society for the...
December 13, 2021
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Alumnus Jay Plasman, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at The Ohio State University, has won the 2021 Association for Career and Technical Research (ACTER) Outstanding Beginning Scholar Award. This award...
December 8, 2021
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Note New Date (changed because of Omicron) Don Lubach, Associate Ombuds at UC Santa Barbara, will give the presentation “Communicating with kindness with faculty, peers, students, and with yourself: An Ombud’s guide for the GGSE graduate...
December 7, 2021
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Amanda Andersen in a doctoral student in the Department of Education. She has a Master's in Political Science from Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris, an interdisciplinary master's in audiovisual arts from LUCA School of Arts (KU Leuven...
December 3, 2021
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Natalie Holdren, Education Specialist Credential Coordinator (Extensive Support Needs) in UCSB’s Teacher Education Program, will give the Zoom lecture “Neurodiversity on Campus: Student-Centered Services and Faculty Support” on Tuesday,...
December 1, 2021
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Sarely Licona is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology. After earning a B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester in 2019, Licona worked as a research assistant at the Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment...
November 21, 2021
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Arun Rasiah, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, Director of Liberal Studies, CSU East Bay, will give the free public lecture “Racial Justice, Social Movements and Policy Change: Integrating Ethnic Studies and Education in California”...
November 18, 2021
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The Koegel Autism Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus will present “ARTism: A Voyage into Divergence” on Thursday, December 2 from 6-9 pm. This art show will be the first on the UCSB campus to feature neurodivergent art from over 20...
November 17, 2021
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Kelsey O'Brien is a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Education working with advisor Dr. Rebeca Mireles-Rios. GGSE: You have an MS in Sustainability, Culture, and Development Anthropology from Durham...
November 16, 2021
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Tania Israel from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education delivered one of the keynote addresses at the 2021 Annual Convention of the Texas Psychological Association on November 11. Israel gave the talk “If You’re Not...
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Twenty-seven doctoral candidates from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education took part in graduation ceremonies in the academic year 2020-21. Listed below are the new CCSP and ED Ph.D.s and their dissertation titles....
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Lakhvir Kaur is a doctoral student in the school psychology emphasis of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology working under Dr. Shane Jimerson. Prior to her studies here, Kaur attended community college and went on...
November 10, 2021
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Jeffrey Milem, Jules Zimmer Dean of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, was a guest lecturer in Harvard University’s Bravely Confronting Racism in Higher Education online course on November 8. (Milem was an invited speaker in the...
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Alumna Veronica Fematt (Ph.D., Education, ’17) was recently hired as the assistant director of UCSB’s McNair Scholars Program, a welcome return to campus. The goals of McNair are to increase the number of first- generation, low-income and/...
November 9, 2021
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Richard Durán, professor at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will give the presentation “Ubiquitous Computing Design as Meaning Making” on Monday, November 15 at 1 pm PST. The talk is presented by UCSB’s Media Arts & Technology...
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Melissa Morgan of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been named an American Psychological Association (APA) Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race, Division 45 Fellow. This is a highly meritorious...
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Judith Green, distinguished professor emeritus of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will give the presentation “Interactional ethnography and multimodality: Issues of epistemology, logic of enquiry and analysis” on Friday, November 12 at...
November 8, 2021
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Efrain Alvarez is a first-generation Mexican-American graduate student pursuing his Masters of Education, as well as an educational specialist credential in moderate to severe disabilities in UCSB’s Teacher Education Program. He completed...
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Ruqayyah (Rue) Mansour is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Department of Education. She graduated with a BA in Political Science from UCSB in 2018. In addition to her coursework, Rue serves as the Development Assistant for Engineering and...
November 4, 2021
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The Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz School will be holding a Research Festival on Monday, November 15 from 8:40 am to 12:05 pm via Zoom at https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/87622448156...
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The Gevirtz School is a campus partner co-presenting Annette Gordon-Reed and her talk On Juneteeth: ‘Freedom Day’ and Its Importance to American History on Wednesday, November 10 at 7:30 pm at UCSB Campbell Hall. The event is part...
November 2, 2021
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Veronica Fematt, alumna of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has been named the assistant director of UCSB’s McNair Scholars Program. “I am excited to return to UCSB and continue working with underrepresented students who want to pursue a...
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The Global California 2030 report from the state’s Department of Education made a strong case for multilingual education, asserting, “Studies have found that speaking two or more languages has many benefits. It strengthens memory...
November 1, 2021
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The National Coalition on Personnel Shortages in Special Education and Related Services estimates the United States lacks nearly 15,000 school psychologists it needs to take care of its school-aged children. The coalition also reports that...
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Spurred to action by the ongoing protests against police violence directed at Black communities and the persistence of systemic racism, the Deans and the Graduate Division at UC Santa Barbara launched a new program in fall 2021 designed to...