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February 13, 2023
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Ann Lippincott (third from left) with the 2023 Marika Ann Critelli Memorial Scholarship for Community Service Fellows: Madison Smoak, Elaina Leddon, Kailey Casey
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has awarded Kailey Casey, Elaina Leddon, and Madison Smoak the 2023 Marika Ann Critelli Memorial Fellowships for Community Service. This fellowship is designated for Teacher Education Program (TEP)...
February 6, 2023
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The American Psychological Association (APA) has awarded the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at UC Santa Barbara a full ten-year re-accreditation. The APA claims, “Accreditation assures us that higher... -
GGSE: What made you want to become a teacher? Anya Burt: I think we've all experienced the feeling of having a class we love going to and having a class that we dread. Growing up, I found a strong... -
Grace Martinez of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been named as the 2023 Cynthia and Frederick Brinkmann Fellowship recipient. This fellowship generously supports students pursuing teaching credentials in the Teacher Education...
February 3, 2023
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The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has named Mian Wang of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School as one of its Fellows. This distinction is a high honor and is presented after review and...
January 31, 2023
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The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education is excited to announce that it will hold its fourth annual Research Symposium on Friday, May 26th and Saturday, May 27th, in the Education Building classrooms. The theme this year is “People,...
January 30, 2023
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GGSE: What past experiences led you to want to study counseling? Miguel Arana: I wanted to train as a counseling psychologist to produce empirical research, mentor students, and create a social impact in...
January 25, 2023
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UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Student Resource Center, the Graduate Student Association, and the Library will co-sponsor Lunch & Learn featuring Meghan Evans, a graduate student at the Gevirtz School, on Friday, January 27 in Library...
January 24, 2023
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The Gevirtz School is a campus partner co-presenting Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness, a two-part documentary from executive producer Ken Burns about the youth mental crisis in America. Episode 1: The Storm...
January 23, 2023
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School laments the passing of alumnus Ronald Heck, a professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Heck passed on January 11, 2023 at the age of 71... -
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has given its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Shane Jimerson of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School. The Lifetime Achievement Award is NASP’s most distinguished award and recognizes...
January 18, 2023
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The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) has selected Sonia Aguila (TEP, MST, M.Ed., ’98) as its Teacher of the Year. Aguila teaches second grade dual-language immersion (DLI) at the Canalino Elementary School in the...
January 17, 2023
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In an effort to increase accessibility to the lecture series “Fast & Curious: ED Talks from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School,” the School will provide ASL and Spanish language interpreters for the first time at its upcoming event. The...
January 13, 2023
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The Department of Education will be hosting a CV workshop on Thursday, January 19th from 12–1:50 pm in room 1207 of the Education Building (1207 ED Building) on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The workshop is open to graduate students in the...
January 9, 2023
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GGSE: What past experiences made you want to become a school psychologist? Stephanie Maglinao: So many! Growing up in Hawaii shaped my unique multicultural orientation and values. For the past 14 years, I...
December 12, 2022
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Antar Tichavakunda, Assistant Professor of Race and Higher Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School is co-facilitating—with Raquel M. Rall, Associate Professor, School of Education, UC Riverside—a webinar examining Critical Race... -
A TV news story about Harding Beautification Day, when community and GGSE volunteers helped plant native trees and plants on the Harding University Partnership School campus.
December 5, 2022
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Professor Shane Jimerson of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has co-authored—along with Kelly-Ann Allen and Lara McKinley of Monash University and Daniel S. Quintana of University of Oslo—the recently published An Academic’s Guide to... -
GGSE: What is your main area of research interest and why? Marcela Alvarez (first year student in the Department of Education): I am interested in translanguaging as a form of culturally sustaining...
November 29, 2022
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Dr. Joseph Bishop (Education, Policy, Leadership, Organizations, Ph.D., ’08) has edited the forthcoming book, Our Children Can’t Wait: The Urgency of Reinventing Education Policy in America (Teachers College Press, 2022). In ...
November 28, 2022
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GGSE: How did your background as a dual language teacher lead you to pursue a Ph.D. in School Psychology at UCSB? Arnold Rodriguez Robles: My work in the classroom is what really sparked my interest in...
November 22, 2022
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The Koegel Autism Center’s Creative Club will be holding its second annual Neurodivergent Art Show on Thursday, December 1st from 5:30-8 pm at the Koegel Autism Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus. This event is free and open to the... -
Eleven members of the Gevirtz School faculty have recently heard from the Academic Senate about well-earned promotions. Richard Durán has been promoted to Distinguished Professor; Tarek Azzam, Erika Felix, and Karen Nylund-Gibson have been...
November 18, 2022
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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 7. This is the third time Milem has been... -
Alumna Jacqueline Reid of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School was appointed as a 2nd District Commissioner for the County of Santa Barbara’s Commission for Women. The Santa Barbara County Commission for Women is dedicated to ensuring the...