It’s 10:30 a.m. in Sydney, Australia, as Ann Covitz ’62 answers the phone and reflects on her life from the other side of the world. Hers is a story that deserves to be told, and one no parent ever wants to experience. It’s about a final act of love to forever connect a mother and […]
Syracuse University School of Education Professor George Theoharis has published the second edition of The School Leaders Our Children Deserve: Seven Keys to Equity, Social Justice, and School Reform (Teachers College Press, 2024), a bestselling book on school leadership, equity, and social justice. “The book is updated for the current moment about advancing equity in […]
James Haywood Rolling Jr. G’91, who since 2007 has been a dual professor of Arts Education and Teaching and Leadership in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and School of Education (SOE), acceded to the Board of Trustees of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in February 2024. […]
Professor Courtney Mauldin is a co-investigator on a new Syracuse University research project that is one of nine that study issues contributing to or helping alleviate the racial wealth gap in the United States. The awards are funded by a MetLife Foundation grant that supports research and community programming over three years to examine the racial wealth gap’s […]
A higher education administrator with more than 20 years of experience in roles across advising, recruitment, program management, international education, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, Huey Hsiao returns to Syracuse University as School of Education (SOE) Assistant Dean for Student Success. As Assistant Dean, Hsiao will enhance student success and belonging as leader of SOE’s […]
Doris “Dottie” Payson ’57 first parlayed a bachelor’s degree in education from Syracuse University into a teaching career in the Brooklyn School District. But her passion for travel and learning about the wonders of the world led to her second career in the travel industry, serving clients at Jeffrey’s World of Travel, Ltd. in Great […]
In her new book, Wendy Moy, Professor of Music Education in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and School of Education, brings together first-person accounts to offer a sometimes heartbreaking, many times joyful portrait of how choral musicians weathered the coronavirus pandemic. In doing so, Resurrecting Song: A Pathway Forward for the Choral […]
The Hon. JaPaul Harris, a 2000 graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Education (SOE), has been appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Harris fills a vacancy left by the Hon. Jeffrey M. Bryan, recently appointed to the US District Court for the District of Minnesota […]
Busy cafeterias, hushed auditoriums, quiet libraries—learning spaces have familiar soundscapes, but how often do we notice the noise, or lack of it? Join University of Michigan’s Jon M. Wargo for the spring 2024 Syracuse University School of Education Ganders Lecture as he uses case studies to explore sound as a material and a design resource […]
Professor Beth Ferri, Syracuse University School of Education Associate Dean for Research, is one of seven faculty members elected to serve on the University Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure. Committee members, who serve two-year, staggered terms, work in an advisory capacity to ensure consistency across the promotion and tenure processes and promote high […]
Debra Jacoby, J.D., graduated from Syracuse University in 1999 with a B.S. in Inclusive Elementary and Special Education and Art History. She is currently a Master Teacher of Intellectual Property and Invention Education working with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. As an elementary educational technologist and computer science teacher, Jacoby is a frequent […]
Editor’s Note: Marielle McHale ’22, G’24 is a graduate student in the School of Education’s Higher Education master’s degree program and Certificate of Advanced Study in Intercollegiate Athletic Advising and Support program, due to graduate in August 2024. For her master’s degree graduate assistantship, she gained experience with the College of Engineering and Computer Science’s […]
A new chapter unfolds as Syracuse University School of Education graduate Joshua G. McIntosh G’12 starts 2024 as Executive Dean of John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, bringing with him a wealth of experience and a trail of successes. For more than a decade, McIntosh has charted an unconventional course in higher […]
Professor Melissa Luke, Dean’s Professor of Counselor Education in the Syracuse University School of Education (SOE), has been awarded the 2024 American Counselor Association (ACA) Extended Research Award. Luke’s nomination was sponsored by the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, a division of ACA. The Extended Research Award recognizes an ACA member who has conducted […]
School dress codes promote discipline. But many Black students see traces of racism. For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities. Nowhere have school rules on hair been a bigger flashpoint than in Texas, […]
The path that ultimately led L. Hazel Jack G’24 to Syracuse University to pursue a doctoral degree in higher education from the School of Education was set in motion on Sept. 11, 2001. Jack was working in the airport advertising field after earning a bachelor’s degree in marketing management and advertising from Pace University. She was responsible for her […]
During the spring 2024 Atrocity Studies Annual Lecture—presented by the Syracuse University School of Education—a panel of experts from the Uyghur Human Rights Project and Uyghur American Association, as well as a survivor of the Chinese Communist Party’s concentration camps, will discuss human rights abuses and crimes against humanity perpetrated against China’s Uyghur minority population […]
(CNY Central | Feb. 12, 2024) For years, universities and colleges have seen a decline in people enrolling in education bachelor programs. Syracuse University professor George Theoharis said he’s witnessed it firsthand. He is saddened by the decline but can find some understanding of why there are fewer students enrolled. … In a Brown University […]
Dialog, an application to increase a sense of belonging on campus for student with disabilities, won the fast-paced, seven-day No Code Design Sprint, hosted by Syracuse University Libraries, the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and School of Education (SOE), in partnership with Intelligence++. The final round—a pitch competition—was held in the Whitman […]
Entrepreneur, public servant, philanthropist, motivational speaker, and author DeBorah A. Little ’14, G’16 will become the next Vice Chair of Syracuse University School of Education’s (SOE) Advisory Board. As Vice Chair, Little will work with Board Chair Deborah A. Knoblock ’88, G’90 and Advisory Board colleagues to help implement the Dean’s vision for the School, […]
“Don’t poke the bear!” Professor Ben Dotger tells his class. EDU 304: The Study of Teaching is meeting in Huntington Hall 070B for group reflection on its final clinical simulation of the fall 2023 semester. It’s a basement classroom, it’s a dull winter morning, and it’s not yet 8:30 a.m. But Professor Dotger’s exhortation has […]
Dawn Johnson, Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been named a Senior Scholar Diplomate by the American College Personnel Association. This honor comes as Johnson concludes her five-year term as an ACPA Senior Scholar, an award that goes to faculty members who advocate for integration of scholarship into […]
Combining his background in instructional design with an understanding of diversity and inclusion, Universal Design for Learning, and artificial intelligence, Jacques Safari Mwayaona G’22 is making a name for himself in the field of educational development. A Faculty Development Fellow in Syracuse University’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) and a graduate of the […]
Syracuse University School of Education welcomes Professor Chenggang Zhang—an expert on the relationship among society, education, and modern technologies, including artificial intelligence—as a visiting scholar through November 2024. Professor Zhang is currently a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Dean of the Institute of Social Governance and Development at Tsinghua University, China. He […]
In the Reflections series, the School of Education asks alumni to look back on their distinguished and fascinating lives and careers. Holding a Ph.D. (1996) from Syracuse University School of Education, Marie Wiles has led the Guilderland (NY) Central School District as Superintendent since 2010, having previously served as Superintendent of Clinton (NY) Central School […]
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jing Lei, Professor of Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation, will represent Syracuse University School of Education in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network. The program is designed to facilitate cross-institutional networking and collaboration among academic leaders while building leadership capacity at participating ACC institutions. Lei will join […]
Sam Clark ’24 has known since he was 9 years old that he wanted to be a film director when he grew up. After a family trip to Egypt where his dad took hours and hours of video, Clark found himself enthralled by the footage and the ability to tell stories through film. When it […]
Syracuse University recently caught up with history and social science education major William Johnson ’25. Along with Nathaniel Hasanaj ’25 (international relations), Grace Reed ’25 (broadcast and digital journalism), and Charlotte Bingham ’27 (international relations), Johnson has been studying at Syracuse Strasbourg, one of Syracuse University’s five study abroad centers. In November 2023, these and other students […]
The 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee has announced that Professor Sharon Dotger, School of Education Faculty Director for Teacher Education and Undergraduate Studies, is a 2024 Unsung Hero. Dotger joins other 2024 winners: community member Murjan Abdi, high school student Elbethel Berhane, and Syracuse University student Mia-Marie Fields ’24 […]
Syracuse University Libraries, College of Visual and Performing Arts, and School of Education—in partnership with Intelligence++ and the Blackstone LaunchPad—are hosting a competitive, fast-paced seven-day No Code Design Sprint for up to 20 Syracuse University student teams. The competition was created to harness the power of design thinking, user experience (UX)/user interface (UI) research and […]
Teacher shortages and a predominantly white teaching force are two persistent hiring trends that continue to challenge public schools nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 90% of school districts reported difficulties hiring teachers for the 2023-2024 school year, while—despite a growing population of students of color and significant research on the […]
Applications are now open for the spring 2024 edition of The Breedlove Readers, a book club that encourages middle and high school girls throughout Central New York to celebrate black girl stories through reading, writing, and creating. This year, the book club adds the Marigold Arts Group, which will introduce girls of color to multimodal […]