As a young person and then a college student, Scott Shablak G’73 says he absorbed two lessons that later served him well as Director of Syracuse University School of Education’s (SOE) Office of Professional Research and Development (OPRD), a position he has held since the early 1980s. The first was about helpfulness. “As a kid, […]
Meredith Madden holds a doctorate from Syracuse University School of Education’s Cultural Foundations of Education program. She is the founder and manager of The Equity Prof LLC, which delivers professional learning and development on a range of inclusive education matters through a social justice framework. Through The Equity Prof, she works with in-service educators and […]
Experiential learning, applied learning, hands-on learning—no matter what you call it, it means one important thing. By the time they graduate, Syracuse University School of Education students are prepared to teach and lead wherever their degree takes them. At Syracuse, student teachers enjoy extensive, diverse, and closely guided field experiences—including in high-needs settings—starting in their […]
Funding for operating the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program has been renewed, permitting Syracuse University to continue leading a seven-institution initiative to broaden educational opportunities for students from underrepresented communities to study and pursue careers in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the award of $2.5 […]
In the Reflections series, the School of Education asks alumni to look back on their distinguished and fascinating lives and careers. I believe that each of us should have at least nine lives. I certainly have had, and I look forward to at least half a dozen more before I hang up my spurs. During […]
Alumna Kristian Contreras, who graduated Syracuse University School of Education with a doctorate in 2023, has been named National Women’s Studies Association Interim Director. The founder and lead consultant at Beyond Marginality LLC—which supports feminist-led organizational project management, storytelling projects, and social justice education initiatives—Contreras is described as a “Black feminist dreamer and educator.” As […]
Yanhong Liu, Associate Professor of Counseling and Counselor Education in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been awarded a 2023 Research Grant Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). Liu’s study is titled “School Counselors’ Attachment, Coping, Work-Family Enrichment, and Transformational Leadership: A Developmental Lens.” The 2023 ACES Grant Award funds […]
Linzy Andre, a Syracuse University School of Education doctoral candidate in counseling and counselor education, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Emerging Leader by the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC). Her term runs from Aug. 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. An Orange Holmes Scholar, Brooklyn-born Andre has been President of the […]
School of Education Professor Courtney Mauldin has been awarded a Humanities New York grant for “Foregrounding Black Girls Literacies and Cultural Storytelling,” a project that scales her recent community engagement and research work with The Breedlove Readers Book Club and “Art Story: Love and Language,” a pop-up exhibit and makerspace at Syracuse University’s Southside Communications […]
The 2023 Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) spring conferences were bittersweet for Leonese Nelson. Once again, she worked 18-hour days to present two statewide showcases of student work, timed just a few weeks apart. But this year, she also announced that she is stepping down from […]
Advisory Board member Julie Padilla ’11, G’12 earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Social Studies Education and then a master’s in Literacy Education from Syracuse University. She completed a second master’s in School Building and School District Leadership from Touro College. In 2020, she completed her doctoral studies at Northeastern University in Educational […]
One aspect that makes Syracuse University School of Education’s teacher preparation program stand out is that it offers undergraduates opportunities to be immersed in diverse and inclusive school environments as early as their first year. For undergraduates signed up for the EDU 202 primary grades practicum, that means participating as volunteers to read once a […]
School of Education faculty are expert scholars and teachers who lead in inclusive educational practice, equity-driven research, and experiential learning rooted in campus and community partnerships. Strongly dedicated to student-centered instruction, for undergraduate and graduate students alike they become close advisors, valued mentors, and research partners. In their own words, faculty describe their teaching philosophy […]
School of Education doctoral candidate Ionah M. Elaine Scully, Michel First Nation (Cree-Métis and Irish) has been awarded a prestigious National Academy of Education NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year. They are one of 35 awardees from a pool of more than 350 applicants. Holding a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and certificates […]
Syracuse University Preparing Teachers for Challenging Scenarios Through Simulations (Spectrum News | June 13, 2023) Every simulation brings Erika Schanbacher, a student taking part in a simulation, one step closer to her goal of becoming a science educator. “I didn’t realize that I wanted to go into education at all,” she said. “Specifically science educators […]
Dana Zeidler is a Distinguished University Professor in Science Education at the University of South Florida’s College of Education. He also has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, South Korea; Honorary Professor of Science and Environmental Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education; and Honorary Professor of Science Education, Beijing Normal […]
Far from asking students to fend for themselves with little oversight, the mentoring and self-reflection at the core of student practicums in the School of Education’s M.S. in Higher Education program give students the tools to understand the college workplace—and to help transform it to be more student and learning-centered. “From beginning to end of […]
Three interdisciplinary project proposals from School of Education faculty have received funding in the first round of Signature Seed Grant awards. These grants support faculty and graduate students in developing collaborative research around one or more of our Signature Areas of Distinction: inclusive, digital, and/or experiential pedagogy and practice. Consideration for an SOE Signature Seed […]