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April 28, 2021
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Himadhari Sharma has been named the first recipient of the Donald R. Atkinson Diversity Enhancement Award, a new award in honor of Professor Emeritus Donald R. Atkinson for his 30 years of service to the profession of counseling psychology... -
Alison Cerezo of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been accepted to the Addiction Scientists Strengthened through Education and Training (ASSET) Program at San Diego State University for Summer 2021. ASSET is a new NIH program funded...
April 26, 2021
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(l-r) TEP instructor Tim Dewar, fellowship winner Jose Tapia, and Cynthia Brinkmann, fellowship donor
Jose Tapia of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as the 2020-21 Cynthia and Frederick Brinkmann Fellowship recipient. This fellowship supports graduate students in the Teacher Education Program who are pursuing a teaching... -
Royce Tolarte is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Education with an emphasis in Mathematics Education. He is working with Dr. Sarah Roberts and broadly, his research interests are in the intersections of mathematics...
April 23, 2021
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Lois Phillips, alumna of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has co-authored the article “Women in Biden’s Cabinet Need to Be Seen and Heard” with Anita Perez Ferguson. Originally published by Women’s eNews, the article was then...
April 22, 2021
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Valerie Meier was named the Dorothy M. Chun and Joseph Polchinski Fellow for 2020. This fellowship supports qualified graduate students enrolled in the interdisciplinary emphasis in Applied Linguistics who are studying second language...
April 19, 2021
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UC Santa Barbara’s Koegel Autism Center is partnering with the Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) to give two presentations as part of the Virtual Classes for Caregivers free series. On April 22 at 6 pm (Zoom ID: 99825142161) will... -
Kaylin Russell is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology working with Dr. Ty Vernon. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 2018. Her research interests include teleheath adaptions of parent-mediated...
April 16, 2021
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Tania Israel of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will give the talk “Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work”—based on her recent book of the same name—as part of...
April 15, 2021
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The 2020-21 PEAC Community Fellows: Maria Espitia and Elsy Mora
Two UC Santa Barbara Teacher Education Program students—Maria Espitia and Elsy Mora—are the current PEAC Community Fellows. They are the second cohort of an innovative program that funds teacher training at UCSB for positions in Santa...
April 14, 2021
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The 2021 Guerrier Fellows with Natalie Holdren (bottom left), TEP faculty member: Eleni Hollinshead (top left), Vanessa Balcazar (top right), and Stephanie Vo (bottom right)
Vanessa Balcazar, Eleni Hollinshead, and Stephanie Vo were named the recipients of the 2021 Guerrier “Hope” Fellowships. The “Hope” Fellowships are awarded to Teacher Education Program credential students who demonstrate the sense of... -
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has named Somer Levine the recipient of the 2021 Delaine A. Eastin Fellowship. This fellowship is given to a graduate student pursuing an MA or Ph.D. in the Department of Education who is the first in her...
April 13, 2021
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Tania Israel from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will present a talk about how to win a political disagreement as part of the TEDxSanLuisObispo virtual conference on Saturday, April 24. Tickets for the two-day Interconnected:...
April 12, 2021
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Sabiha Sultana is a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Education focusing her research in critical reading assessments under the guidance of Dr. Diana J. Arya and Dr. Andrew Maul. She earned her B.Ed. (Honors) from University... -
Faculty members and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School recently took part in the 2021 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting (that was held virtually because of COVID-19), April 7-9, 2021. The...
April 8, 2021
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Maryam Kia-Keating and Miya Barnett of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School are part of a team that has been awarded a $2.4 million grant to address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The California Governor’s Office of Planning and... -
Two of the four 2020-21 Hosford Memorial Research Award winners: Adriana Sanchez and Ginette Sims
Alissa Der Sarkissian, Adriana Sanchez, Ginette Sims, and Ida Taghavi of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School received 2020-2021 Ray E. Hosford Memorial Research Awards. This...
April 6, 2021
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Counted separately for each of their appearances, 118 faculty members and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara, the overwhelming majority from or affiliated with the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will take part in 53 events,... -
Participants from The Gevirtz School and UC Santa Barbara 2021 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting April 7 – April 12, 2021 (all times PDT) Wednesday April 7 10-11:30 am Jonathan Downey “IRT Measurement...
April 5, 2021
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Madeline Spiess is a doctoral student with an emphasis in School Psychology working with Dr. Erin Dowdy. She received her B.A. in Psychology from University of San Francisco. After graduation, she worked at UCSF within the Hyperactivity,... -
The 2020-21 Critelli Fellows with Ann Lippincott (bottom): top row (l-r) Haley Hamman and Lupita (Maria) Mendez; middel row (l-r) Lili Talkin and Sophia Bajak
Sophia Bajak, Haley Hamman, Lupita (Maria) Mendez, and Lili Talkin of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School have received 2020-2021 Marika Ann Critelli Memorial Fellowships for Community Service. This fellowship is designated for Teacher...
April 1, 2021
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Jeffrey Milem, Jules Zimmer Dean of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will be a guest lecturer in Harvard University’s Bravely Confronting Racism in Higher Education online course on April 12. The course, presented by the Harvard...
March 30, 2021
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Herb Tuyay and Victoria Merder
Victoria Merder of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as the 2021 Dr. Sabrina Tuyay Memorial Fellow recipient. This fellowship acknowledges teacher candidates who have shown a commitment to providing thoughtful literacy and...
March 29, 2021
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The 2020-21 Dr. J Fellows (l-r), top row: Helena Che, Moriah Giglia, Jenny Jimenez, Vanessa Lamoureux; bottom row: Noemi Macias, Emily Quiroz, Jordan Smith
The Teacher Education Program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara has named its 2021 Dr. J Student Teacher Fellows: Multiple Subject candidates Moriah Giglia Vanessa Lamoureux Emily Quiroz Single Subject...
March 19, 2021
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Rachel Lambert, PI, and Rebeca Mireles-Rios, co-PI, of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, have been awarded a highly competitive Spencer Foundation Small Grant (2021-2023) for the project “Theorizing Complex Embodiment,” which focuses on...