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Dean Valerie Kinloch was named to City & State Pennsylvania’s 2023 Higher Education Power 100 list. She was ranked No. 34 in the state.

Darris Means was named one of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s 2023 Emerging Scholars.

Christina Huerta, a doctoral student in the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh, is working to address the structural barriers that prevent Latinx youth from having equitable access to healthcare.

The Combined Accelerated Studies in Education student shares what she has learned as a student teacher in a kindergarten classroom.

The Master of Arts in Teaching student shares her experience as a student teacher in an eighth-grade math class.

Dean Valerie Kinloch was recognized as one of the most influential education scholars in the United States in the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence rankings. She is the only person from the University of Pittsburgh to make the list.

Alumna Diane Kirk was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Educational Excellence Award from the Pennsylvania Principals Association

EdD in Higher Education Alumnus, Michael Rizzi, published a new book that explores the history of Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. 

Ayisha Morgan-Lee, a 2020 alumna of the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Out-of-School Learning Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, was recently named to the Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP’S 2022 40 under 40 list.

“The School-Prison Trust” asks important questions about the impact of colonial boarding school and juvenile prison models on Native and Indigenous populations.

Dylan Kapit (they/them), a student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education's PhD in Special Education program, received LGBTQIA+ Endowed Research and Outreach funding.