Dr. Michelle Purdy recently joined Dr. Jason Johnson for a conversation, “Back to Black Colleges?,” on Dr. Johnson's podcast, “A Word…with Jason Johnson.” Jason Johnson is a political contributor at MSNBC, host at Sirius XM, politics writer at theGrio.com, professor of politics and journalism at Morgan State University, and author of the book Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell.
Dr. Michelle Purdy was quoted in The New York Times article "Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’.
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yeo-eun Kim who has won the 2022 Paul R. Pintrich Dissertation Award from Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Students in the “Gender and Education” spring course at Washington University in St. Louis are examining issues surrounding gender and sexuality in education — issues like representation in curriculum, experiences of LGBTQ students and teachers and disciplinary policies ranging from dress codes to Title IX compliance. “In many ways, these are perennial issues in education,” said course instructor Lisa Gilbert, a lecturer in education in Arts & Sciences. “However, they’ve taken on increased urgency given the political activism on both sides of the issue in our current moment.”
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Cristina Zepeda on her new tenure-track faculty position at Vanderbilt University!
Congratulations to doctoral student Maegan Ruiz for being awarded 1st Place in the ArtSci+DBBS+UCollege category at the 2022 Graduate Research Symposium!
St. Louis Public Radio | The initiative, known as the St. Louis School Research-Practice Collaborative, has brought together researchers from Washington University, Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, with educators from St. Louis Public Schools, Confluence Academies and KIPP St. Louis.
Washington University Olin Fellow and Master of Arts in Teaching student Jalie Moore has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to participate in an intensive Russian language program.
Congratulations to John Harrop for receiving the Manson A. Stewart Teacher Training Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
Recent research undertaken by Ph.D. student Rachel Martin, Dr. Andrew Butler, and Dr. Rowhea Elmesky in WashU’s Department of Education explores the connection between students’ perceptions of instructor care and their help-seeking behavior. They surveyed undergraduate students across campus in the spring semester of 2021 and asked: “How do you know when an instructor cares about you?”
Assistant Professor of Education, Dr. Ebony Duncan-Shippy, was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor's article discussing Critical Race Theory (CRT) in American schools.
The Department of Education has received a $30,000 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant from Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the purpose of recruiting male candidates and teacher candidates of color in hard-to-staff content areas such as special education, math, and science.