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The School of Education Community Remembers Cerri Banks, 1967-2022

The School of Education lost a dear friend, colleague, and leader on July 31, 2022. Cerri Banks ’00, G’04, G’06 was a three-time SOE alumna, Chair of the Board of Visitors, a member of the Board since 2009, and Syracuse University’s Vice President for Student Experience and Deputy to the Senior Vice President. Below, those […]

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Statement About the Passing of Cerri A. Banks ’00, G’04, G’06

The School of Education community is shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Cerri A. Banks ’00, G’04, G’06 (1967-2022), Chair of the Board of Visitors, a member of the Board since 2009, and Syracuse University’s Vice President for Student Experience and Deputy to the Senior Vice President. Deeply committed to educational […]

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Professor Beth Ferri Co-Edits Special DisCrit Issue of Teachers College Record

School of Education Associate Dean for Research Beth Ferri has co-edited a special issue of Teachers College Record (TCR) on Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit), along with her colleagues Professor Subini Ancy Annamma of Stanford University and David J. Connor of Hunter College. In their introduction to TCL volume 124, issue 7—“Imagining Possible Futures: Disability […]

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School of Education Convenes Local Educators of Color to Share Experiences and Center Healing

In spring 2022, The Study Council at Syracuse University and the Intergroup Dialogue Program collaborated to develop a supportive online community for educators of color across Central New York. Facilitated by Professor Courtney Mauldin, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, and third-year doctoral student Easton Davis G’21, the Educators of Color Dialogue follows a similar framework […]

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SENSES Project Teaches Self-Expression, Creativity Through Music and Podcasting

In the basement of Steele Hall sits an incredible resource that is making a difference in the lives of many University students who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Walk into the Office of Supportive Services (OSS)—which houses two opportunity programs: The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) and TRIO Student Support Services (SSS), both part of […]

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Katie Rowan Thomson ’09, G’10: Making Orange Lacrosse History

Lacrosse standout Katie Rowan Thomson ’09, G’10 isn’t prone to hyperbole, but when she says her jersey-retirement ceremony at Syracuse University “took her breath away,” she means it. “I got all emotional, seeing my jersey raised to the rafters,” says Thomson of the Feb. 20 ceremony, which took place between a men’s and women’s lacrosse doubleheader in the […]

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Professor Corrine Occhino Awarded Grant to Promote ASL Among Deaf Refugees

Corrine Occhino, an assistant professor with a dual appointment in the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded an SU Engaged Humanities Mini-grant for a project to serve Deaf refugees learning American Sign Language (ASL). Offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, Engaged Communities Mini- and Sustaining Grants […]

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Professor Julia White Joins Genocide Studies Summer Institute

Julia White was an invited fellow at the fourth edition of the Keene State College Summer Institute on Genocide Studies and Prevention in Keene, New Hampshire, June 6-10, 2022. An Associate Professor in the School of Education, White directs the School of Education’s interdisciplinary minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice, and […]

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Five Questions for Rachel Karchmer-Klein G’99

Rachel Karchmer-Klein G’99 is an associate professor in the University of Delaware School of Education. After graduating with a B.A. in Political Science from Ithaca College (1993) and an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Mount Saint Mary College (1994), she earned a Ph.D. in Reading Education from the Syracuse University School of Education. A former […]

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Professor Stephen Kuusisto in WaPo: My Guide Dog Can’t Protect Me from Guns

By Stephen Kuusisto, University Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute (The Washington Post | June 13, 2022) The No. 1 question I’m asked by inquiring strangers is: “If you’re attacked, will your dog defend you?” I’m a guide dog user, as the terminology goes. I travel everywhere in […]

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The Study Council Sponsors CNY Book Study to Promote Equity-Focused School Leadership

An example of Syracuse University School of Education’s extensive collaboration with regional school districts, The Study Council’s 2021-2022 CNY Book Study wrapped up on May 18. This year’s book—Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership (ASCD, 2021), co-authored by Professor George Theoharis—was a timely choice: “So many districts are addressing barriers to learning in their strategic […]