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April 3, 2012
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Just as the CDC releases figures showing a dramatic increase in the incidence of autism, which now affects 1 in 88 children, Drs. Lynn and Robert Koegel have published The PRT Pocket Guide: Pivotal Response Treatment for Autism...
March 27, 2012
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The Central Coast STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) Education Collaborative (CCSTEM) is a new non-profit organization devoted to enhancing in-school and after-school educational opportunities for children and teachers of...
March 20, 2012
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Faculty and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School will take part in 12 events at the 2012 California Association for School Psychologists (CASP) Convention in Costa Mesa, CA, March 22-23. The scholars,...
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Faculty and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, along with their colleagues at the Writing Program, the English Department, and the Department of Black Studies, will take part in 17 events,...
March 13, 2012
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The FAMU team at a reception on March 16, 2012: (from l-r) UCSB Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, Dr. Mark Howse, Dr. Endya Stewart, Dr. Patricia Green-Powell, Gevirtz School Dean Jane Close Conoley, and Dr. Charles Ervin.
A team of faculty and administrators from the College of Education at Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida will visit UC Santa Barbara on March 15 and 16. Hosted by the UC Educational Evaluation Center (UCEC), in... -
Event features panel moderated by Gevirtz School Dean Jane Conoley and including local author Suzanne Peck, Superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Dave Cash, and Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley ...
March 6, 2012
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The University of California Educational Evaluation Center (UCEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Laila DiGuilio as UCEC Research Associate. Dr. DiGuilio was awarded her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizations by...
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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has named Richard E. Mayer, Professor of Psychology at UC Santa Barbara and affiliated faculty member in the Gevirtz School, as a 2011 Outstanding Reviewer. Mayer was chosen for his work...
February 28, 2012
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Cally Sprague, M.A., a 4th year graduate student in the UCSB Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, will present her dissertation research, entitled “Perceived stress, family protective factors, and children’s...
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Jasmin Llamas, M.A., a graduate student in the UCSB Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, has received two grants to help fund her research: a Chicano Studies Institute (CSI) Grant and a Graduate Research Award for...
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School presents Dr. William Ayers giving the free public lecture “Teaching toward Democracy and Freedom” at Isla Vista Theater at 7 pm on Thursday, March 8. William Ayers, formerly Distinguished Professor of...
February 21, 2012
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Faculty and students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will take major roles in 16 events at the annual conference of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in Philadelphia, PA on February 21-24. The National...
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Nelly Rivera, a graduate student in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, has been awarded a 2012 National Association of School Psychologists – Education and Research Trust (NASP – ERT)...
February 14, 2012
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Speaker: Dr. Robert Plomin Title of talk: Beyond Nature vs. Nurture: The Implications of Behavioral Genetics Research for Education When: Thursday, February 16, noon-1 Where: Dean’s Boardroom, Education 4108...
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Michael Furlong and Shane Jimerson – along with Amanda B. Nickerson of theUniversity at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY) and Matthew J. Mayer of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey – have edited the second edition...
February 7, 2012
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,GGSE Connections: Alumni Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 1
In this issue:
Sandoval Appointed to CA State Board
GGSE Launches Salon Series
Israel Testifies Before Senate
Morrison Named Acting Dean
and more.
Alum Monica Bulger, a Fellow at Oxford Internet Institute, featured on the BBC Radio 4 Today programGGSE Launches Alumni Fellowship Fund Most alumni of UC Santa Barbara 's School of Education — known now for over a decade as the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education — were able to support themselves in graduate school through partime... -
Tine Sloan of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School – along with co-authors Charles A. Peck, Ph.D., and Chrysan Gallucci, Ph.D., of the University of Washington – has been awarded the 2012 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education (...
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UC Santa Barbara presents Dr. Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science, giving the free public lecture “Why the University of California Needs to Lead a Redefinition of Science Education.” This talk, the First Annual SciTrek...
January 31, 2012
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Tine Sloan of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been named to the Teacher Preparation Advisory Panel for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. This panel will look at a range of issues relating to the preparation of...
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The Center for School-Based Youth Development (CSBYD) at UC Santa Barbara has released its 2011 annual report, highlighting the work with at-risk students in schools conducted by six UCSB faculty researchers and seven research partners....
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The Pacific Rim Center for Research on Special Education and Disability at UC Santa Barbara is organizing the 2012 Pacific Rim Special Education Research Consortium (PR-SERC) conference under the auspices of the UC Pacific Rim Research...
January 24, 2012
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UCSB Gevirtz School research collaborators will work with Drs. Leena Krokfors and Jarkko Myllari, visiting scholars from Finland, for several days in Santa Barbara to further the joint research projects underway among Gevirtz faculty and...