School of Education Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott has a family history in the field of education that goes back generations. She continues to build on that storied legacy with her appointment to the deanship earlier this year. For Chandler-Olcott, it was the right time to pursue the top leadership role in her school: The School of Education has undergone […]
After nearly 33 years at Syracuse University, in October 2022 Regina A. Jones ’07, retired as Director of Syracuse University’s Native Student Program. She launched the program in 2006 along with Stephanie Waterman ’83, G’04, while simultaneously studying for her bachelor’s degree in Child and Family Studies. The program remains in good hands. Bailey Tlachac […]
Rafael Outland has joined Syracuse University School of Education’s Counseling and Human Services program as a visiting assistant teaching professor. Before this appointment, he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education at SUNY Brockport. He earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Rochester, a master’s degree […]
Christina J. Sisson has joined Syracuse University School of Education as an Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Education. A native of Tampa, FL, she received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Florida State University and her Master of Music from Northern Arizona University, where she studied ethnomusicology before returning to FSU to earn a […]
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 […]