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Notable Faculty & Staff Accomplishments

  • Dr. Amaarah DeCuir, senior professorial lecturer, published this guide to responding to religious harassement in schools in Muslim Matters, and this piece in Education Week about how they must support their Arab and Muslim students.[Oct22, 2023]
  • Dr. Jennifer Steele, professor, about the increasing partisanship in the U.S. on education issues in the segment "‘Quantum-Leap Change’: How School Choice, Book Bans and Student Loans Are Taking Center Stage in 2024."[Oct22, 2023]
  • Dr. Antonio Ellis, scholar-in-residence and director of the Institute for Education Equity and Justice in the School of Education,Diverse: Issues In Higher Educationabout how accessibility and belonging are cornerstones of diversity, equity and inclusion in education. [Oct22, 2023]
  • ProfessorDr. Jennifer L. Steelewrote“,” in Education Economics. [Oct 13, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Antonio L. Ellispublished "" about the experience of Black scholarship and faculty in a predominantly White academic spaces. [Oct7, 2023]
  • Professor Dr. Jennifer L. Steele wrote aninFast Companyabout how AI may impact economic inequality. [Oct 6, 2023]
  • Director of the EdD Program and Professorial LecturerDr. William N. Thomas IV, Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Samantha Cohen, and Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Dr. Cheyenne Batista '23 co-presented "Co-Teaching as an opportunity to enact social justice and create humanizingcommunities" at the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate's in Florida. [Oct 5, 2023]
  • Dr. Eugene Pringle, Jr., Senior Professorial Lecturer, on why educators must be on the front line of social activism, emphasized during teacher training. [Sep 25, 2023]
  • Acting Co-Dean Corbin M. Campbell's research was cited in on the value of "good teaching." [Sep 20, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Antonio L. Ellispublished an op-ed in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education about the role of the Black church in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. [Sep 14, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Phelton Moss was featured in this about how students and college are reacting to the affirmative action ruling. [Sep 7, 2023]
  • Dr. Eugene Pringle, Jr., Senior Professorial Lecturer, delivered the keynote address at the Community Action Organization of Western New York's school year kickoff. The addresstitled "The Race"provided inspiration and practical strategies for a successful year in efforts to build with intentionality, engage community and families, and engage in purposeful self-care. [Aug 25, 2023]
  • There is hope from the Biden-Harris administration to continue to build a diverse student body, saysSenior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Phelton Moss in this Inside Higher Ed opinion. [Aug 21, 2023]
  • Professor Dr. Jennifer L. Steele was interviewed on CGTN America about how inflation is affecting families during back-to-school shopping season. [Aug 17, 2023]
  • Read or listen to this EdSurge podcast where Dean Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoyoffered her opinion on why the time has come to reset college legacy admissions practices.[Aug1, 2023]
  • Nearly 15%of children are special education students—a 46-year high.SOE Adjunct Professor Brandi Smithwas highlighted in an Education Week article about the impact of a good individualized education program (IEP). [July 27, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Phelton Cortez Moss in this piece by ABC News. [July 24, 2003]
  • Professor Dr. Jennifer L. Steele published anop-ed on teaching students to do what ChatGTP cannot in The Hill.[July 20, 2023]
  • Dean Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy on what the Affirmative Action decision by SCOTUS may mean in higher education. [July 13, 2023]
  • Adjunct Professor Dr. Cheyenne Batista ’22 was highlighted for her award-winning dissertation in the AU Alumni news. [July 6, 2023]
  • SOE’s Associate Dean Corbin Campbell was about her participation as lead researcher in a new advisory panel to define, support, and elevate college teaching. [July 6, 2023]
  • Dr. Amaarah DeCuirhas beenas an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Leadership for Social Justice Action Committee member. [May 17, 2023]
  • SOE Sr. Professorial LecturerDr. Phelton Mossbecame a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Education Fellow.[May 17, 2023]
  • Assistant ProfessorDr. Emily Petersonwasthe prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award and $1.3M grant tothe role of curiosityin students' learning about scientific phenomena.[April 15, 2023]
  • Dr. Cheyenne Batista(EdD ’22) was awarded the prestigious American Education Research Association (AERA) Division A 2023 Award for Outstanding Dissertation, “‘I Am Not Scary. I Am Strong. There’s a Difference.’ Disrupting Misogynoir and Transforming Interpersonal Conflict for Black Women Education Leaders: A Multiple Case Study.”[Mar17, 2023]
  • Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson, Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation in Education, was awarded $127,000 from the Benedict Silverman Foundation for the initial implementation of a tutoring program utilizing Reading Rescue and Reading Ready. Dr. Belson and her team have secured funding from the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), which covers a large portion of the research budget. [November 17, 2022]
  • More than $1.3M was awarded from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to AU’s Dr. Shari Earnest Watkins and Dr. Brian L. McGowan, Associate Professor, as part of the Collaborative Research-Racial Equity project (CRRE)to examine undergraduate Black students’ postsecondary STEM experiences. [October 14, 2022]
  • Dr. Ocheze Joseph,Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education and Senior Professorial Lecturer, was named a 2022-23Fellow. [June 27, 2022]

Publications & Presentations

  • Dr.Ocheze Joseph, Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education, was on how teachers who take part in tutoring enter the field with greater experience. [May 30, 2023]
  • DeanCheryl Holcomb-McCoyand SOE Child Development Associate (CDA)Assistant DirectorGabrielle Harrisare featured in the five-part DCTV documentary,Stronger Start: Building Better Child Care. Watch all five episodes.[May 17, 2023]
  • SOE Sr. Professorial LecturerDr. Phelton Mossthe keynote address, "Building Racially Just Schools: Addressing Salient Issues Facing Students Who Have Been Racially Minoritized,” at the Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN) Institute.[May 17, 2023]
  • Scholar-in-ResidenceDr. Gregory. C. Hutchings, Jr.,joined theBlack Agenda Radio's podcast, "School Safety for Black Students," toa recent study reflecting that law enforcement has a more significant presence in Black and Latino schools than in white schools.[May 17, 2023]
  • This summer, SOE Sr. Professorial LecturerDr. Phelton Mosswill launch a new,All Means All, discussing education policy issues with a focus on underserved groups. Stay tuned to our social media platforms for more details.[May 17, 2023]
  • Urban Teachersfaculty memberDr. Deepa SrikantaiahaHolistic Education Review, "Plurality, Equity and Meaning Making with Indigenous Knowledges," about how indigenous knowledges differ from Western scientific concepts, and their importance in education.[May 17, 2023]
  • SOE Sr. Professorial LecturerDr. Phelton Mossan op-ed, "Book Bans: An Act of Policy Violence Promoting Anti-Blackness," forThe Crisis.[May 17, 2023]
  • Associate DeanDr. Corbin Campbellpenned aUSA Today, "Should You Use College Rankings to Pick a Good School?" Campbell's,Great College Teaching: Where It Happens and How to Foster It Everywhere, will be released next week. View theof her recent book talk.[April 15, 2023]
  • Associate ProfessorDr.Elizabeth A. Wordenreleased a,Citizen Education in a Divided Society: Lessons from Curricula and Practice in Northern Ireland,teaching citizenship after the Northern Ireland conflict.[Apr15, 2023]
  • Professorial LecturerDr. William Thomaswrote anon,"Discovering Motivational Awareness with African Epistemology," forMedium.[Apr15, 2023]
  • Sr. Professorial LecturerDr. Antonio Ellis, ProfessorDr. Sarah Irvine Belson,and SOE studentschapters to the,Critical Literacy and Its Impact on Black Boys’ Reading Readiness.[Apr15, 2023]
  • Professorial LecturerDr. Tracy Spesiaa chapter, "Embracing edTPA: Our Journey With Data-Informed Practices," inEffectively Using Data for Educator Preparation Program.[Apr15, 2023]
  • Professorial LecturerDr. Terence Ngwawroteof the,Re-Envisioning Education: Affirming Diversity and Advancing Social Justice.[Apr15, 2023]
  • SOE DeanDr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoyandDr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, President Emerita of Spelman and Bennett Colleges, co-authoredfor higher education faculty and staff inDiverse: Issues in Higher Education. [Mar17, 2023]
  • Instructional Coach for Urban Teachers in Dallas and SOE Adjunct InstructorCalago Hippsshares hisand histo become an educator.[Mar17, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Amaarah DeCuirthe newly released book,. [Feb15, 2023]
  • School counseling professionals, led byDean CherylHolcomb-McCoy,inThe Chronicle of Higher Educationabout the recent Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course debate. Read the letter. [Feb15, 2023]
  • Assistant ProfessorDr. Robert Shanda National Education Policy Center (NEPC) review,. He was alsowas quoted in two articles highlighting timely topics:and. [Feb15, 2023]
  • , Associate DeanDr. Corbin M. Campbelldescribes her research on student-centered teaching and equitable student outcomes. [Jan 18, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Eugene Pringlepublished two book chapters: "Leveraging the Mentorship Experiences of Black Males with Doctoral Degrees" inand "Foundations of a Resilience Model Pipeline for Black Male Well-Being and Leadership Principles" in.[Jan18, 2023]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Phelton Moss(ASCD) about how Black boys express their personality and character through their sneakers..[Jan 18, 2023]
  • the Noodle podcast "The Most Interesting People in Higher Ed" (Episode 19) featuring SOEDeanDr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy.[Jan 18, 2023]
  • , the Richmond National Public Radio affiliate, interviewed and quoted Assistant ProfessorDr. Robert D. Shandabout the proposed Education Savings Account policy in Virginia..[January 18, 2023]
  • SOE isto have a land acknowledgment statement, which made news inabout the university's Indigenous inclusion, whereDean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoywas quoted.[Jan 18, 2023]

  • SOE is the first AU school to have a land acknowledgement statement, which made news in thisDistrict about AU’s Indigenous inclusion, where Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy was quoted. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • Associate DeanDr. Corbin Campbellwas an invited panelist at the, sponsored by the Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities. The convening brings together higher education scholars and leaders from across the US to discuss issues related to the support of college teaching, learning, and equity. In this presentation, she talked about her forthcoming book (Harvard Education Press, 2023),Great College Teaching: Where it Happens and How to Foster it Everywhere.[Dec 15, 2022]

  • Dr. Phelton Cortez Moss, Education Policy Advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senior Professorial Lecturer of Education Policy and Leadership, convened an education brain trust to make recommendations for Congress’s Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys. The commission recommends policies to improve upon, or augment, current government programs, and is chaired by Congress member Frederica Wilson. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • Director of the Education Policy and Leadership Program and Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Reuben Jacobsonwas a panelist for the talk, ","at the Jefferson Educational Society Global Summit in Erie, PA. He also served as moderator for the panel discussion, “,” hosted by Brookings. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • Faculty memberLynne Brenner Ganekwasabout actor LeVar Burton’s lifetime achievement Emmy award. She was a creator of Reading Rainbow, which first aired on PBS in 1983 with Burton as host. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • (formerly Urban Teachers), a national teacher residency program and partner with the SOE, was highlighted in media across the county this month. In the, and on Baltimore-based, Urban Teachers was featured as a robust, qualified teacher pipeline in cities with an urgent need for more teachers. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • Dr. Samantha Cohen, Executive Director of EdD Program and Senior Professorial Lecturer, was quoted on how successful teachers engage their students regardless of the modality - online or in person, in. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Amaarah DeCuirpublished the article "," in the American Association of University Professors' (AAUP)Journal of Academic Freedom. [Dec 15, 2022]

  • Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Sherita Flake was a lead conference speaker at theNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Baltimore, MD. Title: “The Black STEM Teacher Pipeline: Critical Reflection and Liberatory Action.” [Dec 1, 2022]
  • Associate ProfessorDr. Jennifer Steele began serving as an Associate Editor of the With a 5-year Impact Factor of 6.246, AERJ is a flagship journal of the American Educational Research Association, publishing articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning. [Nov 20, 2022]
  • Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Sherita Flake was a lead conferencepresenter at the Annual Conference of theNational Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, where she presented, “The Black STEM Teacher Pipeline: Investigating the Problems, Policies, and Practices that Disrupt the Pipeline.”[Nov 17, 2022]
  • Assistant ProfessorDr. Emily Grossnickle Petersonwas identified byas one of the most productive early career scholars in an analysis of publishing trends in educational psychology journals. The study, "Individual and Institutional Productivity in Educational Psychology Journals from 2015-2021,” ranked the articles scholars published in the top five educational psychology journals.[Nov 17, 2022]
  • Drs. Samantha Cohen and William N. Thomas IVpresented "Supporting Educational Leaders in Creating an Equity-centered Culture of Continuous Improvement" at the.[Nov 17-20, 2022]
  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Altheria Calderapublished an inEducation Weekabout how LA City Council Member Nury Martinez's words on the leaked recording reflects the ways Black boys are pathologized by institutions. [Nov 17, 2022]
  • Dr. Amaarah DeCuir- Senior Professorial Lecturer, CTRL Senior Inclusive Pedagogy Fellow, and AUx Faculty Fellow - was invited by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association to be on a panel of international scholars to discuss the policies and practices common in American public schools to advance equity for religious-marginalized students. Watch a video recording of the talk, "."[Nov 17, 2022]
  • Professorial LecturerDr. Rebecca Lubinpresented research at the International Conference on Urban Education's 2022 Conference, "," a solutions-based biennial global event.[Nov 17, 2022]
  • ProfessorDr. Vivian Vasquezco-authored her latest book, "," which is in pre-release (available Feb. 2023). It focuses on working with K-6 students to help them think through multiple perspectives, explore diverse texts, and use the power of story to develop life skills to discuss vasttopics with critical curiosity. [Nov 17, 2022]
  • Drs. Tomiko Ball and Samantha Cohen presented at the CPED Conference on the topic: . [Oct 13, 2022]
  • Professor Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss presented at the United We Stand summit to combat hate-fueled violence at the White House. Read a Q&A with her, and watch the recording.[Sep 21, 2022]
  • Scholar-in-ResidenceDr. Andre Perry, aSenior Fellow at Brookings, published the , whichseeks to mobilize a new generation of leaders to invest in the assets critical to wealth creation and economic growth in Black communities. The work indexesassets and opportunities Black people have in critical quality of life areas – health, housing, business, employment, and education. [Sep 19, 2022]
  • In March, the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference included SOE ITEP facultyDr. Elizabeth A. Worden, Dr. Michael Gibbons, Dr. Jisun Jeong, and program alumAdam Medadi(MA '22) as members of its planning committee and as presenters and participants.[Mar17, 2023]
  • Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success Advisory Board memberEric Waldoof the DC College Access Program (DC-CAP). Read more. [Feb 15, 2023]

  • InstructorAnnie Murphy Karabell, DirectorDanielle Gervais Sodani,and ProfessorDr. Sarah Irvine Belson, members of the Institute for Innovation in Education, are doing a year-long course for the District of Columbia Public School principals called the Science of Reading for School Leaders. It is part of a larger project where SOE has worked with 27 DCPS schools over the last three years.[December 15, 2022]

  • Scholar-in-Residence and Director of the Summer Institute for Education Equity and Justice (SIEEJ),Dr. Antonio Elliswas elected chair-designate of the Exemplary Contributions to Practice-Engaged Research Award Committee within the American Educational Research Association (AERA). [Nov 17, 2022]

  • President BidenappointedElizabeth Ryan, Adjunct Instructor in SOE, to be the new Administrator of OJP’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Ryan is president of Youth First, leading the shift from incarceration to community-based services and resulting in the closing of youth prisons in 6 states. [May 4, 2022]