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Faculty and Research
Educators and Researchers Convene to Shift Power in Educational Research
October 26, 2020
Faculty and Research
The 2020-21 cohort of the Shifting Power Initiative includes 20 Black and Latinx PreK-12 classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, out-of-school providers and teaching artists, as well as 20 university-based, non-profit, and independent researchers and learning scientists.
Dean Kinloch Moderates Book-to-Film Discussion on “The Good Lord Bird”
October 6, 2020
Faculty and Research
Dean Valerie Kinloch recently moderated a discussion on book-to-film adaptation with author James McBride and actor Ethan Hawke based on the upcoming release of the limited series "The Good Lord Bird" on Showtime.
Remembering a “Giant” in the Learning Sciences
September 14, 2020
Faculty and Research
James G. Greeno, one of the creators of the learning sciences, made an indelible impact at the University of Pittsburgh. He supported doctoral students and faculty at the Pitt School of Education and worked at the Learning Research and Development Center.
Pitt Education Receives Transform for Tomorrow Grants
September 3, 2020
Faculty and Research
As part of the Tomorrow grant campaign, the University of Pittsburgh School of Education will receive $255,000 in grant funding to lead several new innovations in K-12 education across teacher education, student mentoring, and school leadership development.
New Faculty Strengthen School’s Commitment to Equity and Justice
August 13, 2020
Faculty and Research
The five new faculty will teach and conduct research in the areas of decoloniality and indigeneity, research-practice partnerships, post-secondary education access, racism in schooling, and equity-oriented teacher certification programs.
Professor Receives Early Career Award from American Educational Research Association
July 31, 2020
Faculty and Research
Lindsay Page, an associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, received the 2020 Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Page specializes in using quantitative methods to investigate the impact of educational policies and practices.
New Book Situates Improvement Science in EdD Programs
July 1, 2020
Faculty and Research
Jill Perry, an associate professor of practice at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, has published a new book about improvement science that will serve as a guide for higher education faculty, students, and practitioners for implementing the methodology in their educational programs.
New Study Gives Guidance on STEAM Education Integration
June 30, 2020
Faculty and Research
New research by professor Cassie Quigley offers guidance on how the effectively design and implement STEAM education units in schools. It comes at a time as more schools are revamping their curriculum to integrate the arts and humanities into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs.
Ergonomics Tips for Working at Home
May 14, 2020
Faculty and Research
Millions of Americans are working from home in the ongoing public health effort to halt the spread of coronavirus. But many don’t have the benefit of home offices. They are creating makeshift workspaces from their dining room tables, kitchen counters, living room couches, or folding tables and chairs.
Professor Honored for Literacy Work with Refugee Youth
May 5, 2020
Faculty and Research
To be an immigrant or refugee in the United States is to constantly face challenges with employment, transportation, healthcare, education, and everyday errands. “Their path to the United States was not easy. They have an enormous amount of strength and courage,” says Pitt Education faculty member Amanda Godley.
Laying Roots to Become a National Center for Rural Education
December 18, 2019
Faculty and Research
In small towns across America, public schools are a community lifeline. When they struggle, their community struggles. And many rural schools are feeling the pain. Enrollment is declining, costs are rising, public health is worsening, and there is a shortage of qualified personnel.
“Rural education is important. A lot of people don’t understand how important it is and take it...
New Book Brings Practitioner Lens to Hispanic Serving Institutions
March 26, 2020
Faculty and Research
Cover art by Alberto Ledesma
University of Pittsburgh School of Education faculty member Gina Garcia, who is recognized as a leading expert in the study of Hispanic Serving Institutions, recently published a new book, “Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining ‘Servingness’ at HSIs.”
Garcia collected and edited the 16 chapters that make up the book....
New Study: Food Intake Can Fall with Distracted Eating
March 25, 2020
Faculty and Research
Distracted eating has become a new national pastime. After all, who among us hasn’t eaten lunch while checking email at work, snuck in a snack while driving, squeezed in a bite while on the phone, or eaten while engaged in any number of tasks?
Conventional wisdom—and prior research—suggests that eating while distracted will cause people to overeat...
Faculty Member Publishes Book about STEAM Education
March 24, 2020
Faculty and Research
In a classroom at Westside Elementary School in Wisconsin, three fifth-grade students are huddled around a piece of paper with a diagram of their school cafeteria drawn on it. “I think we have the right idea but the wrong design,” says one of the children. “If we make the tables close to each other, it will be too loud.”
The children were designing a solution to noise...
New Book Focuses on Equity and Justice in Literacy Education
March 2, 2020
Faculty and Research
Valerie Kinoch, the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, has released a new co-edited book titled, Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction. It advocates for social change by encouraging educators to engage in equity and justice-centered literacy work.
New Book Addresses Student Socialization in Higher Education
February 25, 2020
Faculty and Research
In graduate schools across the world, students studying higher education will soon be using a new book developed by faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.
Associate Professor Linda DeAngelo and Emeritus Faculty John Weidman are editors of the new volume Socialization in Higher Education and the Early Career: Theory, Research and Application,...
Professor Provides National Guidance on Braille Code Changes
January 22, 2020
Faculty and Research
The braille community in the United States is adjusting to major changes to the braille code — the most significant changes in more than 30 years, in fact.
Up until 2016, braille materials were provided in two formats. Literary code was delivered through the English Braille American Edition (EBAE) and mathematics and science code was delivered through Nemeth code....
Professor Honored With National Literacy Research Award
January 22, 2020
Faculty and Research
Jon-Philip “Jay” Imbrenda, a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, is the recipient of the 2019 Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy, one of the highest honors in the field of literacy education.
Shifting Power Structures in Educational Research and Development
January 13, 2020
Faculty and Research
The University of Pittsburgh and Remake Learning have received a $1 million grant to develop an innovative network of Educators of Color and learning scientists who will work together to transform how research and development (R&D) are conducted in education.
This network, to be created in Western Pennsylvania with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is...
Higher Education Professor Selected for National Leadership Academy
January 9, 2020
Faculty and Research
Max Schuster, a faculty member in the higher education management program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, was recently selected for the 2019-20 NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader Academy.
The academy is a one-year program designed for early-career faculty in student affairs and higher education graduate programs. Highly selective in nature, the academy only...
Professor Receives National Research Award for Improving Literacy of the Visually Impaired
December 20, 2019
Faculty and Research
Tessa McCarthy, a faculty member in the Vision Studies program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, was recently awarded the prestigious 2019 Alan J. Koenig Research in Literacy Award.
Professor Wins Award for Leadership in World Languages and Cultures
December 19, 2019
Faculty and Research
“Kreng jai.”
This Thai phrase, which means “awe of the heart’,” is one of the most difficult Thai expressions to grasp, according to Richard Donato, a foreign language education professor of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.
Donato explains that the phrase is often said when a person does not want to burden another or be inconsiderate of another’s time or...
Professor’s New Book on Hispanic-Serving Institutions Receives National Attention
December 17, 2019
Faculty and Research
There are over 435 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the United States—and the number is growing every year.
Gina Garcia, a University of Pittsburgh School of Education faculty member, is widely recognized as an expert in the field. After over a decade of institutional research and about 20 published articles, she published her book, Becoming Hispanic Serving...
Professor Receives Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum
December 17, 2019
Faculty and Research
Each year, the University of Pittsburgh Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum recognizes five faculty members across the university for their active work to integrate equity and social justice work into their classroom instruction.
Lori Delale-O’Connor, an assistant professor in the Center for Urban Education (CUE) in the School of Education, was recognized for her design of...