January 2023

SOE 2022 By the Numbers

Elevating Nonformal Education

Celebrating ITEP's 40th anniversary, a course in nonformal education included a trip to the renowned Highland Research and Education Center.  

Read more here.  

Photo: Highlander Education and Research Center

Faculty Highlight

In this 60-second video, Associate Dean Dr. Corbin M. Campbell describes her research on student-centered teaching and equitable student outcomes. Learn more here!

Student Experience

Taylor Myers (MEd '22) attended a Future of Work event sponsored by Deloitte. "The Institute taught me about how work, workers, and the workplace are evolving. It was an opportunity to connect with facilitators from Deloitte, career services personnel from AU, and other AU Eagles who are striving to make our society work a little bit better for everyone." Read more.

Faculty Publications

Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Phelton Moss wrote for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) about how Black boys express their personality and character through their sneakers. Read his article here.

Associate Professor Dr. Elizabeth Anderson Worden published the book Citizenship Education in a Divided Society: Lessons from Curricula and Practice in Northern Ireland, based on her ethnographic research in Northern Ireland. The e-book is available with hard copies out in late January.

Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Eugene Pringle published two book chapters:  "Leveraging the Mentorship Experiences of Black Males with Doctoral Degrees" in Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders and "Foundations of a Resilience Model Pipeline for Black Male Well-Being and Leadership Principles" in The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact.

SOE in the Media

Check out the Noodle podcast "The Most Interesting People in Higher Ed" (Episode 19) featuring SOE Dean Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy here.

Our Future Teacher Tutors program, a partnership with DC Public Schools that seeks to boost below-grade-level readers, was featured in a headline article by The 74 Million. Quoting student Isabel Chae and SOE faculty and staff, it highlights that amid labor shortages, hiring from teacher prep programs like ours could add half a million new tutor candidates nationally.

Virginia Public Media, the Richmond National Public Radio affiliate, interviewed and quoted Assistant Professor Dr. Robert D. Shand about the proposed Education Savings Account policy in Virginia. Read the story here.

SOE is the first AU school to have a land acknowledgment statement, which made news in this District article about the university's Indigenous inclusion, where Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy was quoted.

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