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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...


Healthy Lifestyle Institute Summit Promotes Health and Lifestyle Research
December 19, 2019
Events
Keynote speaker Dr. Timothy Church presents his talk titled, "Academia to Industry: Changing Behaviors in the Real World... And I Thought I Knew What I was Doing."
The University of Pittsburgh’s second annual Healthy Lifestyle Institute (HLI) Summit focused on emerging research that is examining health and lifestyle conditions across the whole human lifespan and in...


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...


Falk School Teacher Wins Major Pittsburgh Award for His Poetry
December 13, 2019
School News
As a poet and an educator, Cameron Barnett believes that our stories are what bind us together.
He takes a story-telling approach as a teacher at the Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, a K-8 school affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, where he teaches both sixth-grade social studies and seventh-grade language arts. Years ago, he...


Alumnus Receives Sheth International Award for Founding Uganda School
December 6, 2019
Alumni Feature
At the small school run by Silver Francis Oonyu in rural Opucet, Uganda, the sound of bells jingling accompany the shouts and laughter of children playing spirited games of soccer in the dirt field.
The bells are attached to the ball and help the students, who are blind, to find the ball. Sighted helpers run beside the students to help guide them. The activity is fun. It’s also...


Grants Office Update: December 2019
November 25, 2019
Principal Investigator: Rachel Robertson Department: Instruction and Learning Project Title: The LEND Center at the University of Pittsburgh Agency Name: US Department of Health & Human Services Award Dates: 7/1/19 – 6/30/20 Amount: $15,182
The LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) Center at the University of Pittsburgh is a leadership...


Student Teacher Receives Dick Thornburgh Disability Service Award
November 22, 2019
Student Spotlight
As a young boy, Timothy Grebeck, who is autistic, was picked on by his classmates.
“I used to get bullied because my peers saw that I was different, but they didn’t know why,” recalls Grebeck.
Grebeck could have gotten angry with them. He could have become withdrawn. Instead, he did what comes naturally to him. He began to educate his classmates on what it means to be...


Student Team Earns Top 10 Finish at Sports Medicine Conference
November 21, 2019
Student Spotlight
Get your buzzer ready for a Jeopardy question about the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.
These students finished in the top 10 of the Mid-Atlantic American College of Sports Medicine Conference (MARC-ASCM) College Knowledge Bowl.
If you answered, “Who are Pitt Education Health and Physical Activity Students,” then you are correct.
This November,...


Alumna Safiyyah Scott Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award
November 11, 2019
Alumni Feature
Eight years ago, before she was an alumna of Pitt Education, Safiyyah Scott was living in Saudi Arabia to teach English. A random act of kindness that happened there changed her life and inspired her to become a Fulbright Scholar.
Due to a mix-up with a housing stipend for her family, Scott suddenly found herself without a place to stay. Luckily, Scott connected with a woman named...


Grants Office Update: November 2019
October 31, 2019
Principal Investigator: Tessa McCarthy Department: Instruction and Learning Project Title: Project Certified Rehabilitation counselors and Educators Supporting Transition Success (CRESTS) Agency Name: U.S. Department of Education Award Dates: 9/1/20 – 8/31/25 Amount: $1,180,874


Books for Change Seeks to Start Conversations on Equity
October 29, 2019
School News
Children’s picture books often say a lot, even when they don’t use many words.
The Office of Child Development (OCD) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education recognizes that there is profound meaning packed into the silly, fun, and colorful pages—life lessons for children and parents alike.
The OCD is in the midst of its second-annual book drive, Books for...


Five Questions with Alumna Yidan Wang of the World Bank Group
October 23, 2019
Alumni Feature
Yidan Wang is a senior education specialist with the World Bank Group. She serves on the Board of Visitors of the Pitt School of Education and is an alumna of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh.
To commemorate the 2019 United Nations Day on October 24, 2019, Pitt Education caught up with Wang for a brief interview. The interview has been slightly edited...


EdD Student Named to Pittsburgh 40 Under 40 List
October 2, 2019
Student Spotlight
The Pittsburgh 40 Under 40 Award, presented by Pittsburgh magazine and PUMP, recognizes “outstanding individuals under the age of 40 whose creativity, vision and passion enrich the Pittsburgh region.” And Lauren Wallace is just that.
Wallace, a 29-year-old proud Pittsburgher, is in the final year of the EdD program at the Pitt School of Education, where she specializes in...


CPED Operations Manager Carolyn Keller Named to Pittsburgh 30 Under 30 List
October 2, 2019
School News
Carolyn Keller, the operations manager of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), a nonprofit organization housed in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, was selected for the 2019 Pittsburgh 30 Under 30 list.
The award, offered by the Pittsburgh Business Times and Leadership Pittsburgh Inc., recognizes residents who “exemplify the creativity...


Grants Office Update: October 2019
October 1, 2019
Principal Investigator: Tracy Larson Department: Office of Child Development Project Title: Healthy CHILD/Various Sites Agency Name: Pittsburgh Public Schools Award Dates: 7/1/19 – 8/31/20 Amount: $296,706
The HealthyCHILD team will apply the “lessons learned” from the Mellon-funded and evidence-based HealthyInfantsmodel of tiered supports and the 5 innovations focusing on caregiver...


Grant Supports Leadership Development of Superintendents
September 23, 2019
Faculty and Research
Pictured: Jerry Longo (right) poses with Bill Isler (left), a Forum for Western Pennsylvania School Superintendents participant, as Isler accepts the Forum’s Voice of Advocacy Award.
Pitt School of Education faculty member Jerry Longo has received $120,000 in grant funding to provide continued support for the leadership development programs he coordinates for superintendents and...


New Online STEAM Education Certificate Added
September 18, 2019
School News
The certificate prepares students for high-impact careers as teachers across previously siloed disciplines.
Current and emerging education professionals can now re-imagine teaching through a new online program at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education.
The Pitt School of Education launched its Certificate Program in STEAM Education in fall 2019.


Professor Ross Selected to Extended Diversity Experience
September 18, 2019
Faculty and Research
The Health and Physical Activity faculty member will forge interdisciplinary connections into the curriculum.
For Pitt School of Education faculty member Sharon E. Ross, equity and justice are more than just a pair of buzzwords - they are personal and professional passions. She was recently selected for the 2019-2020 Extended Diversity Experience at the University of Pittsburgh.


Professor Garcia Elected to the ASHE Board
September 11, 2019
Faculty and Research
Pitt School of Education faculty member Gina Garcia has been elected to the board of directors of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), a prestigious appointment that puts her at the forefront of her field.
With over 2,000 members, the ASHE is a national organization for scholarship in higher education administration. Garcia’s appointment will run from 2019-2021....


Prof. Maureen Porter Receives Outstanding International Educator Award
September 10, 2019
Faculty and Research
The Honor Recognizes Her Contributions in Contexts Around the World
For nearly 30 years, University of Pittsburgh School of Education faculty member Maureen Porter has been an anthropologist of education. She is driven to create research–practice partnerships for students, faculty, and the community in culturally responsive contexts around the world.
In recognition of her...


Grants Office Update: August/September 2019
September 5, 2019
Principal Investigator: Shannon Wanless Department: Office of Child Development Project Title: Early Head Start Agency Name: Allegheny County Award Dates: 9/30/19 – 9/29/20 Amount: $4,319,152
Family Foundations Early Head Start (EHS)provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income families with children from birth to...