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November 1, 2021
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Andrés Consoli and Heidi Zetzer of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School have been named American Psychological Association (APA) Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 Fellows. This is a highly meritorious distinction as less than six...
October 27, 2021
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Christine Hirst Bernhardt, a doctoral candidate in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Education, has won the 2021 Thomas J. Brennan Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The Brennan Award recognizes excellence in the teaching...
October 25, 2021
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Maritsa Enriquez is an M.Ed. candidate pursuing a multiple subject credential in the Teacher Education Program. Maritsa received a B.S. in nutrition with a minor in psychology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She has extensive experience... -
Alumna Mari Baptista, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources at Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO), won the 2021 STAR award from the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA). Baptista...
October 18, 2021
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Shane Jimerson with CASP President Jeannine Topalian (l) and CASP Past President Maureen Shroeder (r)
Professor Shane Jimerson of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School recently received the 2021 Sandra Goff Memorial Award from the California Association of School Psychologists (CASP). This lifetime achievement award recognizes long-... -
Olivia Thompson is studying to earn her credential in Single Subject History and achieve a Master of Education degree in the Teacher Education Program. No stranger to UCSB, Olivia earned her undergraduate degree from the university in...
October 15, 2021
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UC Santa Barbara’s Koegel Autism Center is offering online time-limited Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) services at no-cost to qualifying families of children with autism spectrum disorder as part of a research study. The program...
October 14, 2021
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Recognizing the critical need for more and better prepared scholars in the areas of school psychology and special education, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $2.7 million grant to UC Santa Barbara and Boston University to...
October 12, 2021
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Alumni Profile: Dennis Ridley awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement AwardOn the Alumni News Page of the site we run a full story with Dennis Ridley (Educational Psychology, '72, Ph.D.) that begins with the following news: Marquis Who's Who recently presented UC Santa Barbara alumnus Dennis Raymond Ridley (Ph.D...
October 11, 2021
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Anita Tuttle is a first-generation graduate student in the Teacher Education Program, pursuing a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and M.Ed. in Education. For her undergraduate studies, the Bay Area native decided to stay close to home...
October 5, 2021
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Alumnus Scott Thomas (Ph.D., ’94, Department of Education) has been named the John P. ‘Jack’ Ellbogen Dean of the University of Wyoming’s (UW) College of Education. Prior to this appointment, Thomas had been the dean of the University of... -
Shane Jimerson, Professor of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will be the featured guest on KCSB-FM’s new public affairs show “Schooled Radio” on Thursday, October 7 from 5:30 – 6 pm. (Note...
October 4, 2021
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Caitlin Yahner is a Teacher Education Program candidate pursuing an Education Specialist Credential for mild to moderate disabilities, as well as a Master’s of Education. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in June of 2021 with a...
September 30, 2021
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The Teacher Education Program (TEP) at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has appointed Victoria “Tory” Harvey as its Director. The Director is responsible for overseeing all ongoing activity associated within TEP. These activities include...
September 28, 2021
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School alumni Melissa Woods and TJ Berry will be two of the honorees at the Salute to Teachers gala on November 6 at the Music Academy of the West. Woods has been named a Distinguished Mentor; Berry has been...
September 27, 2021
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Gerlyn Gonzalez Escalona is currently a graduate student in the Teacher Education Program pursuing a Master’s in Education and a Single Subject Teaching Credential in English. She graduated from UC Irvine in 2021 with a B.A. in Education...
September 20, 2021
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Megan Bradbury (she/they) is an enthusiastic, lifelong learner pursuing a Single Subject Teaching Credential in History/ Social Science and a Master’s degree in Education through UCSB’s Teacher Education Program. After graduating from Cal...
September 17, 2021
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The 2021-22 GSAE Officers (l-r):Diana Magaña, Ali Muller, Isaac Castro, and Mary Franitza
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...
September 16, 2021
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Michael Furlong, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has been appointed to the board of GLEN (Global English) World, a nonprofit on a mission to scale English literacy so that every child has access to... -
Christine Hirst Bernhardt, flying on a mission of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) in 2017
Christine Hirst Bernhardt, a Department of Education Ph.D. student, has been named a 2021-2022 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow (AEF). The AEF Program provides a unique opportunity for accomplished K-12 STEM educators to apply... -
Chongzheng Wei has received a grant from the American Psychological Association’s counseling and clinical psychology division (Division 17). The grant was awarded by the American Psychological Foundation (APF), a grant-making foundation...
September 14, 2021
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A moment from the 2019 (pre-COVID) CCSP Orientation
The Gevirtz School’s Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology will hold its 2021 new student orientation on Monday, September 21 in ED 1217 starting at 9 am. The morning program will include faculty and staff introductions... -
This week we caught up with Daniel Ulises Rios Arroyo a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education. Rios Arroyo was born in Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S at the age of 9. He received his B.A in Sociology with a minor in education...
September 9, 2021
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Helen A. Neville (Counseling Psychology, Ph.D., ’93) has been awarded the 2021 Derald Wing Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Multicultural Counseling from Society of Counseling Psychology. The SCP is a division of the American...
September 7, 2021
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J.C. Gonzalez from UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology has been accepted into the inaugural year of the Enhancing Diversity in Alcohol Research (EDAR) training program coordinated by the Medical...