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April 9, 2013
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The 2013 Dr. J Fellows at an award reception on April 12, 2013 (l-r): Rebecca Buell, Dominic Laituri, Greg Wolf, Rebecca Miller, Kiel Rucker, Sabrina McCarley, Kelsee Kennedy, Imelda Martinez, Alyssa Bond, David Young, and Marie Thomas (Nancy Dianne Sanchez not pictured)
The Teacher Education Program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara has named its 2013 Dr. J Student Teacher Fellows: In the Education Specialist Moderate/Severe Teaching Credential Track: Kelsee Kennedy Nancy...
April 2, 2013
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School laments the passing of emeritus professor Priscilla Drum on March 23. Drum joined the Department of Education faculty in 1976 after receiving her doctoral degree from Stanford University. Her work at UCSB...
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Henry Covarrubias, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has received a Carlos J. Vallejo Research Fellowship for Latinos/as in Education. This program is sponsored by the...
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The Center for School-Based Youth Development (CSBYD) at UC Santa Barbara has released its 2012 annual report, highlighting the work with at-risk students in schools conducted by six UCSB faculty researchers, two visiting scholars, and...
March 26, 2013
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Visitors from Florida A&M University with members of the UCEC: (l-r) Dr. John Yun, UCEC Director; Edward Williams III, UCEC Graduate Student Researcher; Dr. Mark Howse, FAMU; Dr. Bernadette Kelley, FAMU; Dr. John W. Chambers, FAMU; Dr. Patricia Marin, UCEC Associate Director; and Dr. Endya Stewart, FAMU.
For the second year, a team of faculty and administrators from the College of Education at Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida visited UC Santa Barbara on March 25 and 26. Hosted by the UC Educational Evaluation... -
Steven Smith, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, was chosen as one of the Society for Personality Assessment’s (SPA) 75th Anniversary Interviews. ...
March 19, 2013
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Starting in fall 2012, students at UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Education at the Gevirtz Graduate School had a new way to get more support: the Graduate Students Association – Education (GSAE) began a mentor/mentee program. The idea of...
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Faculty and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School will take part in six events at the 2013 Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) Convention in San Diego, CA, March 20-24. The scholars, researchers, and...
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Amber Moran Squire, a lecturer in the Teacher Education Program and an alumna of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School, received the 2013 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the...
March 12, 2013
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Faculty, alumni, and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, along with their colleagues at the Writing Program and the Department of History, will take part in 14 events, panels, and workshops at...
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Patricia Marin from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will take part in the panel “I Have a Dream: A Reflection on the Last 50 Years,” at the 2013 NASPA Conference Bold without Boundaries in Orlando, FL on...
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Shane Jimerson from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education delivered the keynote address to the UC Berkeley’s School Psychology 46th Annual Conference on March 8. The topic of the conference was “Bullying From Schoolyards...
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In its just published 2014 list of the top graduate school of education in the country, U.S. News & World Reports ranked UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School number 40. That ranking is an impressive leap of 23 spots from last...
March 5, 2013
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A group of students and faculty sit around a table, unpacking their brown bag lunches and listening to one of two Clinical Professional Development Coordinators, Bernard Njuguna, introduce what he calls, “The best thing that ever happened... -
Judith Green, a faculty member in the Department of Education of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has been elected into the Reading Hall of Fame, an organization that recognizes life-time achievements in the field of reading. Green is...
February 26, 2013
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Patrick Faverty, a faculty member in the Department of Education of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will be a participant in a UCSB Reads panel discussion at the Solvang Public Library, 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang on February 28 at 6 pm...
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Russell Rumberger, a faculty member in the Department of Education of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, has been named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The purpose of the American Educational Research...
February 19, 2013
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Erin Dowdy, Michael Furlong, and Jill Sharkey, all faculty members in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, have published the article “Using Surveillance of Mental Health to...
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Tania Israel, a faculty member in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, testified to a U.S. Congressional briefing in support of the re-authorization of the Violence Against...
February 12, 2013
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Tim Dewar (second from left) and his writing group on the final day of the 2011 Institute.
The South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP) is pleased to announce its 35th Annual Invitational Summer Institute in Composition and Critical Literacy. This premier four-week professional development event will be held June 24th-July 19th,... -
Faculty and students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will take major roles in 18 events at the annual conference of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in Seattle, WA on February 12-15. The National Association...
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UC Santa Barbara presents Dr. Joyce E. King, the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership at Georgia State University, giving the free public lecture “What We Know and How We Know It.” The event will be held in...
February 5, 2013
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Merith Cosden of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School received a Legacy Award from the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association (SBCPA) on January 25. The Legacy Awards were awards were created to mark special recognition for a wide...
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UC Santa Barbara’s CalTeach Physical Sciences and Engineering presents Dr. Carl Wieman, Physics Nobel Laureate, giving the free public lecture “Taking a Scientific Approach to Engineering and Science Education.” This talk will be held in...