CEHD Restructures Two Departments
CEHD Restructures Two Departments
The College of Education & Human Development has restructured and renamed two of its departments, effective July 1, 2018.


The College of Education & Human Development has restructured and renamed two of its departments, effective July 1, 2018.

This past Monday, Ernest G. Welch MFA Jack Michael woke up in Bisbee, Arizona, drove to Douglas, AZ, and then crossed into Agua Prieta, a city in Sonora on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal honored Georgia State University’s ongoing commitment to close the achievement gap and provide all students with high-quality teachers this week, recognizing the 2018-2019 class of Woodrow Wilson Georgia Teaching Fellows at the State Capitol.

The Theatre Arts Guild at Georgia State University's Perimeter College is sorting through 50 years of costumes weighing in at 2,000 pounds -- a project that has temporarily taken over the stage in the Clarkston Campus's Cole Auditorium.

Georgia State University Perimeter College student Clovis Simons is a nationally ranked chess player who shares his skill in the game with local school students and community groups. His involvement is helping students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

College of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor Tim Kellison received a $10,000 grant from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Studies Centre to examine how local residents prioritize environmental programs associated with the Olympic and Paralympic Games held in their cities.

The State Bar of Georgia recognized recently retired Georgia State Law professor Roy Sobelson’s service to legal education and the justice system during its annual meeting in June.

Clinical Assistant Professor Jacob Hackett and Assistant Professor Nadia Behizadeh received a $49,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program to train local middle school teachers to incorporate social justice content into their curriculum.

Joyce Gist Lewis (J.D. ’99) and Sutton Connelly (J.D. ’09) have been elected to the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors and were installed during the State Bar’s annual meeting in June. They will serve for two years.

When Lauren Sudeall Lucas, associate professor of law and faculty director of the Center for Access to Justice, wrote “Keeping Gideon’s Promise: Using Equal Protection to Address the Denial of Counsel in Misdemeanor Cases,” she wanted to engage practitioners and policy-makers with its ideas and influence their thinking about how to advance indigent defense reform.