September 2024

From Classroom to Career

Meet the Residency for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (RETL) program's inaugural cohort of aspiring educators.

Read about Dr. Edmund Gordon’s (SPA ’50) surprise visit to School of Education's 2024 Summer Institute on Education, Equity, and Justice (SIEEJ) event. 

Jermaine Gassaway, MEd ’23/EdD ’27, faced an impossible choice. The alum and doctoral student discusses how he finds sanctuary and purpose in the classroom.

The SOE Community has grown by adding a group of amazing individuals to its faculty and staff. Read more about them here.

SOE in the Media

Dr. Samantha Cohen, Senior Professorial Lecturer, co-wrote an article on the importance of equity-mindedness in The CRTL Beat.

Dr. Corbin Campbell, Professor, was quoted in the Washington Monthly article "Why Professors Can’t Teach," which discusses academics' struggle to impart their knowledge to students. 

Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Antonio L. Ellis penned a Diverse: Issues in Higher Education op-ed on how the intersection of race and disability is an overlooked aspect of Emmett Till's story.

Carl Felton, III, MEd '23, policy analyst at EdTrust, wrote a blog post promoting tutoring, extending learning time, and teachers building relationships with students.

Professor Dr. Jennifer Steele was featured in The National Desk news segment "Educators Want a Post-Pandemic Reset" and was quoted in both the CBS News story "How Schools' Long Summer Breaks Started, Why Some Want the Vacation Cut Short" and The Baltimore Sun story "Educators Call for Post-Pandemic Reset, Overhaul of Current System."

Dr. Bridget Trogden, Professor, talked with Inside Higher Ed in "Can Professors Get Some STEM Students to Vote?"

SOE in the Community

SOE Professors Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson and Dr. Alida Anderson, with Adjunct Instructor Dr. Jasmine Rogers and Professorial Lecturer Anne Karabell, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Adjunct Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Altheria Caldera appeared on NPR’s Open to Debate program, where she advocated the value of teaching social justice issues in K-12 schools.

Education studies minor Felicity Chapman, SOC/BA ’26, won the prestigious 2024–26 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship and up to $50,000 in financial aid.

Teaching Fellows Tatiana Ellis, BA '26, and Luis Paredes Alvizurez, BA '27, taught DCPS Generation Teach (GT) STEAM Academy participants math and engineering as part of their GT Summer Teaching Fellowship, promoting teaching in diverse communities.

Pamela Harris, CAS/MEd '73 and SOE/EdD '25, with husband Tyrone, SOC/BA '72 and WCL/JD '75, won the 2024 Volunteer Impact Award at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Ebony Eagles of Excellence celebration, for their dedication to advancing the global Black community.

SOE Publications

Professorial Lecturer Dr. Jisun Jeong co-authored a chapter, "A Complex Global Governance of Education: Multiscalar Social and Emotional Learning Policy Making in Lebanon," in the e-book, Researching Global Education Policy: Diverse Approaches to Policy Movement.

Assistant Professor Dr. Robert Shand co-published the educational policy article “The Relationship Between Teacher Collaboration and Instructional Practices, Instructional Climate, and Social Relations,” detailing the importance of teacher collaboration.

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