Raquel M. Rall appointed to ASHE Council on Ethnic Participation Executive Board

Dr. Rall will serve as the CEP Awards Chair, where she will be involved in overseeing the awards process as well as the research awards committee

RSVP: Reading “Racial Grammar”: Latinx Students’ Racial Literacy Development to Name and Resist Racism

Join us on March 18 for our next Equity & Social Justice Research Series, featuring doctoral candidate Arturo Nevárez.

Article examines the role professional development plays in supporting Black women educators

Doctoral candidate Tanisha Lisle-Johnson and Dr. Rita Kohli published “Critical Black women educators: Resisting the racial and ideological marginality of K–12 teaching through critical professional development” in Theory Into Practice.

Child abuse doesn't belong in science

Austin Johnson, assistant professor and director of the School Psychology program, wrote an op-ed about the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA)'s refusal to retract abuse of a four-year-old.
By Austin Johnson |

Doctoral student receives grant from school psychology association

Anacary Ramirez has been awarded a grant from the Society for the Study of School Psychology for her dissertation on the use of teleconferencing technology with Spanish-speaking parents.

Cultivating spaces of community, healing, and resilience through K-12 Ethnic Studies

Register for this upcoming workshop, presented by UCR Teacher Education Program's Ethnic Studies Speaker Series and the Institute for Teachers of Color, Thursday, Feb. 18.
Day of Giving

GSOE round-up

Congratulations to Arturo Nevárez, a doctoral candidate in the Education, Society and Culture program. Nevárez received a two-year fellowship from the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity along with a $5000 stipend. In this fellowship, he will collaborate as a co-researcher on a project with a BranchED scholar on transformative scholarship related to diversifying the teaching...

"Examining the Relations Between Spatial Skills, Spatial Anxiety, and K‐12 Teacher Practice"

Dr. Kinnari Atit and doctoral student Kelsey Rocha recently published new research in Mind, Brain, and Education journal.

Podcast: Retract Rekers and Lovaas (1974) with Dr. Austin Johnson

Director of the school psychology program was interviewed about The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis's recent decision not to retract a paper that documents the psychological and physical abuse of a four-year-old gender-non-conforming child.
Katherine Stavropoulos

Podcast: What does it meme? Why we're (especially) drawn to cuteness right now

Listen to Assistant Professor Katherine Stavropoulos discuss the science of cuteness on Canadian Broadcast Company's podcast "Ideas."
Raquel M Rall

Governing boards should weigh in on racial issues but don't know how

Read Assistant Professor Raquel Rall's op-ed in Inside Higher Education
Cassandra Guarino

Professor receives National Science Foundation grant

The three-year grant provides Professor Cassandra Guarino with nearly $500,000 to study computer science education access

Meet GSOE's new assistant dean and director of teacher education

Dr. Sumer Seiki will direct UCR’s teacher education program, partnering with schools, communities, and school districts to work towards change.
By Julie Porter |

GSOE welcomes five new faculty

Join us in welcoming Drs. Eui Kyung Kim, Alice Y. Lee, Amos Lee, Stephanie Moore, and Anthony Muro Villa III to GSOE.
By Julie Porter |
Research Round Up

GSOE research round-up & highlights

Congratulations to Brian Jones, fifth-year PhD School Psychology candidate. Jones' master's thesis, “Supplemental Reading Interventions Implemented by Paraprofessionals: A Meta-Analysis,” was accepted by Psychology in the Schools for a special issue titled: "Current Status and Future Directions for Training and Supporting Paraprofessionals in Schools." The article has been published online as an early release: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pits.22427...
By Julie Porter |

Meet GSOE's 2020-21 student ambassadors

Each year, GSOE welcomes a new group of Education Ambassadors -- top-notch education students who support the vision and spirit of the GSOE by collaborating with faculty and staff to provide engaging, informative, and personalized experiences for the ESHD community. Ambassadors participate in a variety of outreach and recruitment events (virtually, for now), and facilitate...
By Julie Porter |

"Language, Literacy, and Ethnic Studies: Mobilizing Insurgent Histories for More Dignified Futures"

On Oct. 7, guest speaker Dr. Cati V. de los Ríos will discuss the growing national momentum for ethnic studies in K-12 public schools, the first event in GSOE's new Ethnic Studies Speaker Series.

"Educating for the Election and Beyond: Tools and Resources for Educators"

Join us Sept. 21 for a community webinar that will focus on the critical role that schools and teachers across grade levels and content areas can play in promoting informed and equitable voting.

Restorative justice shows promise in K-12 schools

Ten-study literature review led by two UCR doctoral students demonstrates restorative justice’s effectiveness in school settings

Law enforcement and autism

Dr. Katherine Stavropoulos discusses why encounters with police may be more dangerous for those with ASD compared to the general population, and why training is needed, in Psychology Today.
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