College of Education and Human Development News

The Principals Center has partnered with Fulton County Schools’ Department of Professional Learning and Leadership Development for 12 years on its New Principal Induction Program, which has significantly improved retention rates for new principals in the county.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Principals Center partnered with the Bibb County School District to open its first satellite site in Macon, Ga., which will allow the center to expand its services to middle Georgia.

Jueun Lim reflects on putting her coursework into practice in a Korean dual language immersion classroom, graduating with her bachelor’s degree and connecting with students from diverse backgrounds.

Graduating student Alicia Lakhansingh reflects on the professors who inspired her and the opportunities she’s had to collaborate with other English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) educators in the Cherokee County School District.

The College of Education & Human Development's Scholars Recognition Luncheon brought together students who received CEHD scholarships during the 2024-2025 academic year and the donors who made these awards possible.

As lifelong learners, the Lees are marking milestones together at Georgia State.

Doctoral student Hunggu Cho and faculty members Ken Rice and Jeff Ashby co-authored a study on the impact of COVID-19 stress on working memory, and how mindfulness can mitigate its negative effects.

College of Education & Human Development scholars published a pilot study in Spirituality in Clinical Practice on the effectiveness of training people to care for natural disaster survivors using Spiritual First Aid.

A team of Georgia State University researchers conducted a study to better understand the stress, traumatic experiences, resilience and psychological distress that adults with low literacy levels experience.

Post-doctoral fellow Caroline Simpkins (Ph.D. ’24), Dean’s Doctoral Research Fellow Sara Mahmoudzadeh Khalili and Associate Professor Feng Yang conducted a meta-analysis of 35 studies on the annual fall risk for older adults with mild cognitive impairments or Alzheimer’s disease, to determine if the risks differ between these two populations.

Department of Kinesiology and Health Chair Jerry Wu, alum Matthew Beerse (M.S. '14, Ph.D. '18) and doctoral student Tasnuva Alam published a study on walking stability in children with and without Down syndrome.

Narek Boyajian's interest in social foundations of education is focused on critically examining education’s role in society, culture and history. Their outstanding academic achievements were recognized at the College of Education & Human Development's Honors Day Ceremony.

Clinical Associate Professor Lauren Boden and Assistant Professor Brennan Chandler received a $56,566 grant from the Georgia Department of Education to expand the college's dyslexia endorsement program.

Assistant Professor Brennan Chandler co-authored an article published in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy outlining four teaching routines that educators can use to support word-level reading skills for students with learning disabilities.

Vidya Ramdas-Wilson, who has been passionate about mathematics since childhood, received the Outstanding M.Ed. Student Award in Mathematics Education at the College of Education & Human Development's Honors Day Ceremony.

Janet Eitzen's work and advocacy in health education earned her the Keinon M. Bennett Early Career Teaching Award at the College of Education & Human Development's Honors Day Ceremony.

Carrie Lorig is the 2025 recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award in School Psychology, which is presented to doctoral students in recognition of academic performance, service to the department and professional promise.

Master's student Grace Lee, who's working as a counseling intern for Georgia State Athletics, is the 2025 recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Mental Health Counseling Student Award.

Honors Day awardee Janelle Clay (Ph.D. ’24) wrote her dissertation on school characteristics associated with overrepresentation or underrepresentation of Black students in dual enrollment programs.

Keyonta Brown was inspired by her daughter to pursue a career in early childhood education, and she was recently named the inaugural recipient of the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education's Best All Around Birth-Five Educator Award.

Madison Wilson, whose grandfather inspired her to spread kindness to everyone, received the Lakendra Fort Kindness Award at the College of Education & Human Development’s annual Honors Day Ceremony on April 1.

ShaMiyah Chambliss, who comes from a family of Georgia State University Panthers, continues her family's legacy of excellence as the 2025 recipient of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders' Excellence in Leadership Award.

Ten students and their teachers have been selected as Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) Region 3A winners for 2025.

Georgia State University Associate Professor Natalie King is collaborating with Microsoft and World Wide Technology to provide five AI workshops to 60 elementary, middle and high school teachers from several metro Atlanta school districts this spring.

Md Motasim Billah co-taught a high school American literature class, visited local landmarks and volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank during the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program this spring.

Phuong Anh Nguyen, a mathematics teacher from Vietnam, gained new perspectives from her fellow teachers in the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program at Georgia State University.

This spring, Barbados educator Rolien Thomas learned new classroom management strategies and curriculum development methods during the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program at Georgia State University.

The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Faculty and Staff Awards, celebrating individuals who have helped the college move lives forward.

Three College of Education & Human Development faculty members were awarded grants from the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy as part of the center’s Research Grant Initiative for Early Language and Literacy Practices.

Assistant Professor Chun-Hao (Philip) Huang co-authored a study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research that explores how hip osteoarthritis impacts walking in older adults and what interventions might help them maintain their walking speed and function.

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has selected Joyce King, the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, as a 2025 AERA Fellow.

Students from the College of Education & Human Development’s sport administration program spent three days in February volunteering at the Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Ambetter Health 400.

Georgia State University’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence will host its 36th Annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the university’s Centennial Hall Auditorium.

More than 35 undergraduate and graduate students from the college's sport administration program volunteered at the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship and its related events.

Assistant Professor Ju Lim co-authored a study in Teachers and Teaching on how college students preparing to become early childhood and elementary teachers use technology in classrooms.

In the last decade, Literacy Action Inc. has awarded several grants to the research team at Georgia State University’s Adult Literacy Research Center.

In this Q&A, Associate Professor Sarah Carlson shares more about the general concentration for our college’s educational psychology master’s degree program and what makes the program unique.

Exactly two weeks before walking in her college’s Dec. 19 graduation ceremony, Kyra Harper (B.I.S. '24) began a new position helping students in the same position she was in when she first came to Perimeter College in 1995.

It was important for Danielle Valenza (M.A.T. ’24) to find a master’s program that would prepare her to support students who are deaf and hard of hearing in diverse school settings. She found that in the CEHD's master's program in deaf education.

Shamandi Clark (M.S. ’24) has learned some key features of being an educator: Reflecting on your teaching practices, showing compassion for your students and creating a safe classroom environment.

In her classroom at Give Center West in Gwinnett County, an alternative school setting for students with behavioral challenges, Palak Jani (M.Ed. ’24) finds the most engaging ways to connect with her 11th grade students about physics.

For Ruth Guzman (M.A.T. ’24), becoming a parent volunteer at her children's school showed her firsthand how educators can make a difference for students and their families. It also inspired her to earn her master's degree in special education.

After graduating this fall, Jaquelyn Guerrero (M.Ed. ’24) plans to mentor students who are underrepresented in STEM – including young girls and multilingual learners – to help them consider pursuing careers in STEM.

Cainan Barnes (B.S. ’19, M.S. ’24) served as an academic advisor at Perimeter College’s Dunwoody campus for the last few years while earning his master's degree in instructional design and technology in the College of Education & Human Development.

Brenda Trammel (M.Ed. ’24) earned her master’s in literacy education, honoring her mother's and sister's memories in the process. In this Q&A, Trammel talks about her educational journey and what it means to her.

For the last 18 years, Damarrio Holloway (M.Ed. ’24) has been an expert at the “m” in STEM: mathematics. This fall, he's graduating with a master's in STEM education and a deeper knowledge of the other STEM fields.

Allison Joyce (B.I.S. ’24) spent time working with after-school programs connected to Project Access, where she put the concepts she learned in the bachelor’s program in human learning and development into practice.

Shanequa Sims (B.S.Ed. ’24), who graduates this fall, was inspired by her children to consider a career path in early care and education.

Distinguished University Professor Daphne Greenberg shares more about the adult literacy concentration for the educational psychology master’s degree program, how the program prepares graduates for future career opportunities and what makes the program unique.

Erin Anderson, an instructional technology doctoral student in the Department of Learning Sciences, has received the Kapor Foundation Research Fellowship.

Amani Talwar (M.S. ’16, Ph.D. ’19) concurrently worked on her master’s and doctoral degrees in educational psychology and now works as a researcher at the American Institutes for Research.

College of Education & Human Development Professor Joyce Many has been named the Ferrer Endowed Professor of Multiple Literacies.

New research from Georgia State University’s Georgia Policy Labs finds positive effects on student learning from an online-learning platform used for pandemic recovery.

Department Chair Jacqueline Laures-Gore co-authored an article in Seminars in Speech and Language that highlights how climate change and health outcomes intersect.

Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development has selected the TLAB Mobile Technology Lab and the TOUR Championship as the 2024 recipients of the CEHD Partnership Award.

Associate Professor Min Kyu Kim received a National Science Foundation grant to help students from underrepresented backgrounds gain STEM knowledge and prepare for future success in their classwork.

Associate Professor Feng Yang is the principal investigator on a $429,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study how fall prevention training for adults with Alzheimer’s can teach them fall resistant motor skills.

Georgia State University has received funding for the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program from 2022-2024, and it has provided professional development for 92 international teachers in that time.

The Partnership for Residency Opportunities for Paraprofessionals, Educators and Leaders (PROPEL) Project is designed to create multiple pathways to prepare a diverse group of teachers and educational leaders to work in high-needs areas in urban and rural school districts.

Georgia State researchers are exploring how early intervention to improve mobility in babies with Down syndrome could impact cognitive and language development.

Elena Nightingale (M.S. ’14, Ph.D. ‘19) works in the Georgia Department of Education as an assessment specialist and the department’s lead psychometrician – two roles where she could put her knowledge and expertise from the educational psychology programs into practice.

Assistant Professor Lisa Domke conducted a study with 63 Spanish-English bilingual third and fifth graders to better understand how children read and understand dual-language books.

Three College of Education & Human Development doctoral students have been selected for the American Institutes for Research’s Pipeline Partnership Program Fellowship.

Students and faculty in the College of Education & Human Development’s sport administration program attended and participated in the USA Basketball Women in the Game Conference, held on Georgia State University's campus this fall.

Brad Wilkins, assistant professor at the University of Oregon, will be the featured speaker for the 5th Annual Mike and Terry Metzler Distinguished Lecture.

Associate Professor Jessica Scott and Professor Sue Kasun co-authored a positional essay in Harvard Educational Review on how university interpreting and accessibility services could help facilitate more two-way communication in coursework, research and other activities.

In the educational psychology master's program, Virginia O’Reilly (M.S. ’23) further developed her interest in conducting research in the field and how her work could make a difference for teachers and students.

The College of Education & Human Development welcomes several new faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year – faculty whose research, teaching and service make significant contributions to the college and its students.

This is the second-highest total in university history, and the fifth year in a row the university has topped $140 million in grants.

Michelle Tobar's (B.S. ’19, M.S. ’23) experiences in the educational psychology master’s program prepared her for her work as a clinical research coordinator at Skyland Trail, a nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta.

As director of the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence, Lawanda Cummings (B.A. ’00, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. ’10) hopes to build on the center's legacy, continue and expand its signature events and encourage more conversations about education and literacy.

Felicia Mayfield's (B.S. '75, M.Ed. '80, Ed.S. '87) legacy as an educator continues through the college's Felicia and Rodney Mayfield Scholarship, which she established with her husband to support CEHD students.

During the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the College of Education & Human Development's sport administration program will be cheering on several alumni working behind the scenes.

Georgia State University’s Office of the Provost has selected College of Education & Human Development Associate Professor Lauren Margulieux and Associate Dean DaShaunda Patterson to receive 2024 university faculty awards.

College of Education & Human Development Professor David Houchins and Kris Varjas, associate dean for research and doctoral studies, have been appointed Distinguished University Professors, effective July 1.

The appointment of Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State is intended to recognize a sustained and outstanding record in scholarship and instruction, and to provide the impetus for continuing high achievement.

Assistant Professor Kathryn McCarthy received the 2024 Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences Early Career Impact Award from the Society for Text and Discourse.

The College of Education & Human Development’s health literacy certificate program gives students a more comprehensive understanding of health literacy and how it can be incorporated into their work.

The College of Education & Human Development's Project NURTURE received the American Educational Research Association's Claudia A. Balach School University Partnership Research SIG 2024 Award.

Associate Professor Sue Kasun worked with colleagues in the U.S. and Mexico to develop additional science curricula that combines Western science understanding with Indigenous Mexican science knowledge. The work has also been used to provide a culturally responsive pedagogy workshop with many of Atlanta Public Schools’ dual language teachers.

Professor Beth Cianfrone co-authored a study with CEHD alum Glynn McGehee (Ph.D. ’19) and doctoral student Jackson Sears to analyze one NBA franchise’s esports brand extension.

Mary Martinez (B.S.Ed. ’24) initially put her educational goals on hold while she raised three children, but she recently completed her bachelor's degree in middle level education and plans to become a teacher and literacy specialist.

Bryelle Partridge (B.S.Ed. ’23) knew family members and fellow classmates who struggled in school because of their learning disabilities. Seeing how her teachers responded to those students inspired her to become an educator.

Second grade teacher Daisha Denson (B.S.Ed. ’22) remembers one high school teacher giving her the support and encouragement she needed to succeed – and to consider becoming a teacher herself.

Tiffany Parker is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Sport Administration Undergraduate Student Award, which recognizes a student who best exemplifies the ideals of the sport administration program and shows exceptional promise as an emerging leader in the sport business industry.

Master's student Ally Tankersley is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Student Clinician Award, which recognizes a student for excellence and creativity in clinical skills in speech-language pathology.

Leah Harris is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding M.A.T. Student Award in Social Studies Education, which recognizes a social studies education student for their academic achievement, teaching expertise, community service and commitment to excellence.

Associate Professor Jonathan Cohen, Department of Learning Sciences chair Brendan Calandra and CEHD alum Timothy Hicks (Ph.D. ’20) conducted a year-long study of an after-school computing program for middle school students.

Arly Cruz-Aboytes is the 2024 recipient of the College of Education & Human Development’s Outstanding B.I.S in Human Learning and Development Student Award, which recognizes a student who shows potential through research, community involvement and leadership.

Philip Ehrenberg is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Master’s Student in Learning Technologies Award, which is given to a student who has achieved distinction in the study of instructional design and technology.

Associate Professor Min Kyu Kim and colleagues developed and evaluated a pilot version of the AI-Supported Scaffolding system, a web-based application to help students enhance their information literacy and argument writing skills.

Caroline Simpkins (M.S. ’19, Ph.D. ’24) applied the lessons she learned from her 15 years as a ballet dancer and teacher to her doctoral program at Georgia State University.

Amber White (M.A.T. '24) graduates this spring with a master's degree in deaf education and plans to support students who are deaf and hard of hearing in the Cobb County School District.

Susan Belmonte is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. in Teaching and Teacher Education Award, which is given for academic achievement, teaching expertise, community service and a commitment to excellence.

Assistant Professor Ben Shapiro, doctoral student Sierra Gilliam and colleagues recommend using interaction geography to map and study classroom participation over space and time.

Assistant Professor Yin-Chan “Janet” Liao co-authored a study to learn how professional development for faculty and staff members in a college of education could affect how they think about CS education.

Exercise science student Fajar Shahid is interested in working with people who have been diagnosed with an illness and finding ways to support their health and healing. She was recently recognized for her academic achievements at Honors Day.

Several CEHD faculty co-authored an article on designing computing activities that could be added to teaching methods courses for English language arts, mathematics and science education students.

Brendan Calandra and Jonathan Cohen co-authored an article on middle school students’ confidence and motivation in reusing and remixing when learning to code.

Elementary education student Tikerrya Hill is a 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate in Elementary and Early Childhood Education Award, which recognizes excellence and scholarship in the program.

School counseling master’s student and Honors Day award recipient Angela Jiang hopes to have bring more underrepresented groups to the school counseling profession and have an impact on students the way her professors have impacted her.

Halla Nour believes there’s a ripple effect when it comes to teaching: Whether you work with students for a semester or an academic year, your influence extends for years to come. She was celebrated for her excellence and scholarship in our elementary education program at Honors Day.

Whitney Decaminada has demonstrated outstanding work with site-based action research and clinical experiences as part of the Tier II educational leadership program, and she was celebrated at the College of Education & Human Development’s annual Honors Day Ceremony.

Allison Wayne was recognized for her academic performance in the school psychology doctoral program, her service to the department and her professional promise at the College of Education & Human Development's Honors Day Ceremony.

Jennifer Esposito, chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Distinguished University Professor, has been named the 2024 recipient of the American Educational Research Association's Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award.

Augustina Mtui, who has been teaching English to students in Tanzania’s Meru district for the last 17 years, participated in the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program at Georgia State University this semester.

CEHD sport administration students greeted fans, served as ticket takers and sold official merchandise during the Savannah Bananas' world tour stop in Lawrenceville, Ga.

English teacher Josseling Estela Hernandez Espinoza was one of 22 teachers from 21 countries who participated in this semester’s Fulbright program at Georgia State University.

CEHD doctoral student Afroze Shaikh has recently been named a 2024 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)/CDC Student Fellow in Injury Prevention.

Sherman Day was a long-time Georgia State faculty member who held posts as professor, department chair, dean and for nearly two years as interim president.

Students in the College of Education & Human Development's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders have learned how to work with children and adults with Down syndrome during internships at Gigi's Playhouse in Atlanta.

Four sport administration master’s students earned first place honors at the 2024 College Sport Research Institute Conference Case Study Competition.

CEHD researchers conducted a study to learn more about stuttering rates for adults who struggle to read and to better understand the relationship between their speech and reading skills.

The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 Faculty and Staff Awards, which recognize and celebrate individuals who have helped the college move lives forward.

Fourteen students and their teachers have been selected as Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) Region 3A winners.

The College of Education & Human Development's Adult Literacy Research Center hosted its first mini conference to bring together affiliate faculty and students from across campus to share their research projects and network.

Science education doctoral student Camila Gasparin was inspired by her teachers, her family and the scientists she saw on TV growing up in Brazil to study science education.

Assistant Professor Naomi Jessup co-authored an article in Studying Teacher Education about her experiences in a critical friendship group for elementary mathematics teacher educators and how they benefited from participating in the group.

Former zookeeper Danielle Nawy is working on her master's degree in science education. She hopes to become a high school science teacher, where she can share her biology and zoology knowledge with her students.

Georgia State’s 40 Under 40 program annually celebrates the most influential and accomplished Georgia State graduates who embody the values of the university.

Georgia State University is partnering with Atlanta Public Schools, Gwinnett County Public Schools, the Newton County School System and Rockdale County Public Schools to help reduce the teacher shortage in Georgia.

Ruha Benjamin, the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, will deliver the 35th annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Feb. 8, 2024, at 5 p.m. in a virtual format.

Communication sciences and disorders master’s student Calia Howse was selected for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Minority Student Leadership Program.

Cecilia Butler (M.A.T. ’23) was one of nine paraprofessionals who earned her Master of Arts in Teaching in Special Education this year through Project GREAT.

Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate Hannah Jernigan has learned how speech-language pathologists give back to their clients and their communities.

Teaching and learning doctoral student Justice Ejike has been selected for a Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education Fellowship, a program supported by the National Science Foundation.

Malini Laxman will graduate this fall from Georgia State University's master's program in communication sciences and disorders — a program that combined her interests in health, foreign languages and public service.

A team of Georgia State University and Georgia Tech faculty have received a three-year, $394,020 Google community grant to support teaching assistants in university computer science programs to develop and incorporate more inclusive teaching practices.

Professor Cynthia Puranik worked with faculty members at the University of Cincinnati and Mount St. Joseph University to observe kindergarten teachers’ classrooms for a more in-depth look at their writing instruction.

CEHD alumnus Wade Morris (Ph.D. ’22) published a new book entitled, “Report Cards: A Cultural History,” which details the history and impact of the report card on the American education system.

In an article published in English Journal, Associate Professor Nadia Behizadeh outlines five principles that teachers can use to encourage students to express themselves in their writing while following evidence-based practices for teaching writing skills effectively.

In an article for The Reading Teacher, faculty members Gary Bingham and Chenyi Zhang outline several ways that educators can help Pre-K students develop their early writing skills in multiple languages.

Assistant Professor Cori Salmerón and fourth grade teacher Jessica Kamphaus co-authored an article in Language Arts about Kamphaus’s translanguaging teaching practices and how they help students learn important writing skills.

In a recent paper, faculty members Rebecca Rohloff Clough and Gary Bingham recommend that educators more closely connect the standards between preschool and elementary school for a more continuous learning experience across grade levels.

CEHD Assistant Professor Renata Love Jones co-authored a study to find out whether a specific curriculum project could help improve bilingual students’ language and literacy skills – particularly their argument writing.

Faculty members Gary Bingham and Rebecca Rohloff Clough co-authored a study in Reading and Writing on preschool teachers’ knowledge of early writing skills and how this knowledge affects their teaching practices.

Assistant Professor Rosalyn Harvey-Torres and three colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin co-authored a study about two teachers’ efforts to encourage writing skills in multiple languages, and what educators can learn from their model of practice.

College of Education & Human Development alum Wade Morris (Ph.D. ’22) teaches at United World College East Africa, an international boarding school at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Assistant Professor Jennifer Darling-Aduana and instructional technology doctoral student Kristin Hemingway co-authored a study on using scripted curriculum in an online, asynchronous setting, where students complete a course at their own pace.

Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development selected the Alliance Theatre Institute and Project Access as the 2023 recipients of the CEHD Partnership Award.

In the Stuttering and Bilingualism Lab, Assistant Professor Ai Leen Choo and her graduate students are working to better understand how stuttering can impact children and adults’ cognitive functioning and their experiences in schools and the workplace.

Spurring advancements in education technology, Georgia State partnership benefits students and educators around the world.

Faculty members Jonte Myers and Terri Pigott have received a three-year, $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to create a post-doctoral program aimed at improving K-12 mathematics and science outcomes for historically underrepresented groups.

One Georgia State University College of Law student has always been an advocate for expanding her horizons. Now, as the Georgia State University 2023 “Study Abroad Student of the Year,” Niki Nourollahi (J.D. '23) traces her global journey back to her childhood growing up in Atlanta, Georgia.

Associate Professor Lauren Margulieux, Assistant Professor Yin-Chan Liao and Department of Learning Sciences Chair Brendan Calandra have received a one-year, $418,509 National Science Foundation grant to incorporate computing skills into collegiate teacher education programs.

After working 23 years as a school custodian, Tylan Bailey (B.S.E. ’21) has the degree and the job he’s always wanted — as a classroom teacher.

CEHD alum Lisa D. Thompson (Ed.D. ’21) and Associate Professor Kristina Brezicha co-authored an article on literacy-focused school improvement plans and how they impact students’ literacy skills over time.

Students and faculty in the College of Education & Human Development's sport administration program participated in an experiential learning opportunity at the TOUR Championship hosted at East Lake Golf Club.

Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development welcomes five new faculty for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Assistant Professor Lauren Beasley co-authored a study highlighting college athletes’ mental health literacy and how to reduce stigmas around mental health diagnoses on college campuses.

Associate Professor Tamika La Salle-Finley edited a new book entitled, “Creating an Inclusive School Climate: A School Psychology Model for Supporting Marginalized Students."

How can parents help transition their young children from spending all their time at home to spending part of the day at an early care center? Stacey French-Lee and Tonia Durden offer recommendations as the school year begins.

As the new school year gets underway, CEHD Associate Professor Thomas Crisp recommends that parents and guardians consider reading books to their kids that address different emotions that come with the first day of school.

Twenty-five Gwinnett County Public Schools teachers attended orientation for Georgia State University's STEM education master's program as part of a new partnership between the university and the school district.

The funding will boost the training, hiring and diversification of mental health professionals.

Five Georgia State University alumni will be honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award, the GSU Alumni Association's highest honor, at the 60th annual Distinguished Alumni Award reception and ceremony on Friday, Oct. 13.

Associate Professor Yinying Wang, a faculty member in our educational leadership program who studies leadership and decision-making, offers her recommendations for new principals beginning in their new roles this fall.

In 2017, Tylan Bailey (B.S.E. ’21) decided to go back to school to earn his bachelor's degree in health and physical education, and now he shares his passion for it with students at Briar Vista Elementary School.

The grants support early stage research initiatives by faculty members across the university.

Representatives from the College of Education & Human Development and its Project NURTURE program attended the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s 2023 Washington Week.

During the 2023 grant cycle, the Women’s Philanthropy Network is providing more than $300,000 in funding support to nine college- and unit-level initiatives.

College of Education & Human Development Associate Dean Kris Varjas has been named president-elect for the International School Psychology Association, effective July 1.

Georgia State’s College of Education & Human Development has partnered with Gwinnett County Public Schools to help 25 middle and high school teachers earn their Master of Education in STEM Education.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has awarded Georgia State’s Georgia Policy Labs $1.85 million to study the effects of remote instructional delivery and recovery strategies on student outcomes in grades K–12.

As she graduates this spring, Lisa Bracken (Ed.D. ’23) reflects on her career and what she learned from her classmates and faculty in the College of Education & Human Development's educational leadership doctoral program.

Thanks to an AmeriCorps VISTA grant, students and faculty in Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies are developing an outreach program for LGBTQIA+ youth in Atlanta experiencing homelessness.

The National Science Foundation has named Georgia State University Associate Professor Natalie King one of the 2023 recipients of its Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers.

After an 18-year career in law enforcement, Marcus Hodge, degree in hand, plans to make an impact on the educational system.

Max Budnick, a mathematics student at Georgia State’s Perimeter College, and Emily Smith, a neuroscience major on Georgia State’s Atlanta Campus, are among just 413 students nationwide who were recently named Goldwater scholars.

The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2023 Faculty and Staff Awards, which recognize and celebrate individuals who have helped the college move lives forward.

Terri Pigott, a professor with a joint appointment in the School of Public Health and College of Education & Human Development, was one of 24 faculty members nationwide selected as a 2023 American Educational Research Association Fellow.

Assistant Professor Jonte Myers co-authored a paper in TEACHING Exceptional Children on how educators can teach mathematics content online while ensuring that students with learning disabilities are supported.

Assistant Professor Karie Brown authored a book chapter on how she designed and taught a co-created mathematics education course that included regular feedback from her students about what they wanted to gain from the class.

Assistant Professor Daniel Edelen co-authored an article on how positioning theory can help educators see how they invite students to learn mathematics in their classrooms.

Assistant Professor Jonte Myers and his colleagues collected and reviewed studies published from 1978-2020 detailing how researchers implemented interventions for sixth-12th grade students with mathematics difficulties.

Assistant Professor Ben Shapiro and doctoral student Sierra Gilliam are working on a National Science Foundation-funded project with researchers interested in how teachers can encourage productive mathematics conversation among their students.

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Stevens, Associate Professor Audrey Leroux and CEHD graduate students Megan Mowbray and Grace Lee conducted a study on word-problem vocabulary instruction for students with mathematics difficulties.

Professor Susan Auslander and CEHD alumnus Kayla Myers co-authored a study in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education on the effectiveness of elementary mathematics specialist endorsement programs.

College of Education & Human Development alum Armin Marquez (M.S. ’16, Ph.D. ’20), Professor Beth Cianfrone and Associate Professor Tim Kellison published a study in the Sports Innovation Journal on high school athletic directors’ decision-making processes around digital ticketing and other technological advancements.

The $300,000 grant will help fund new GSUPEP instructional classes at the U.S. Federal Penitentiary and expand current course offerings at Department of Juvenile Justice facilities in Georgia.

Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation, will deliver the 34th annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in a virtual format.

The U.S. News 2023 Best Online Programs rankings assessed more than 1,800 graduate and undergraduate programs offered online by regionally accredited institutions — the highest number of degree programs evaluated in the online rankings’ 11-year history.

Started in 2018, Georgia State’s 40 Under 40 program annually celebrates the most influential and accomplished Georgia State graduates who embody the values of the university.

Educators in several states use the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach to reading intervention for students with dyslexia. Assistant Professor Elizabeth Stevens and colleagues reviewed this intervention method to learn whether current research supports its use.

Several College of Education & Human Development faculty and staff members worked with Georgia State University’s Office of International Initiatives to host a group of international teachers on campus through the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program.

A team of Georgia State University researchers has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health to improve health services for non-native English speaking minority communities.

Several undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Education & Human Development's sport administration program volunteered at the SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 3.

Associate Professor Lauren Margulieux received $234,268 in funding from Google to work with teacher education faculty members at the university on incorporating computer science lessons into their curriculum for all K-12 grades and then study how these lessons are used in classrooms throughout Georgia.

Panthers soccer captain Clayton Dawes is uniquely prepared for a career in sport administration.

Londyn Garner established The Neighborhood Fun Leader to pursue her passion for working with kids and fostering their health and creativity.

Assistant Professor Rosalyn Harvey-Torres is one of two researchers nationwide chosen for the 2022 Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Literacy Research Association’s Reading Hall of Fame.

The College of Education & Human Development selected Sheltering Arms Educare Center, the Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School as the 2022 recipients of the CEHD Partnership Award.

Ai Leen Choo, assistant professor and director of the college’s Stuttering and Bilingualism Lab, details her research on stuttering, explains some common misconceptions and discusses International Stuttering Awareness Day.

I-Min Lee, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Harvard University, will be the featured speaker for the 4th Annual Mike and Terry Metzler Distinguished Lecture.

CEHD student Meridith Rose, who established a company that provides speech-language evaluations and therapy sessions via teletherapy, was selected for the third cohort of Georgia State University's Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund.

Assistant Professor Chavez Phelps co-authored an article outlining research on Black students’ school experiences and recommendations for how educators can rethink school safety for their most vulnerable students.

The College of Education & Human Development welcomes 20 new faculty for the 2022-2023 academic year – faculty whose research, teaching and service make significant contributions to the college and its students.

CEHD sport administration students volunteered at the TOUR Championship hosted at East Lake Golf Club, learning the valuable skills needed to organize a major sporting event.

The versatile punter, kickoff specialist and placekicker is ready to become the Panthers’ next special teams star.

Former Georgia State cross country coach Nate Houle (M.S. ’15), with the help of his wife and former Panther runner Kacee (B.S. ’11), beat stage 4 carcinoma and got back on the track.

The Georgia State University Alumni Association has named three new members to its Board of Directors and 18 new members to the Young Alumni Council board.

Assistant Professor Kathryn McCarthy and affiliate faculty Scott Crossley received National Science Foundation funding to gather experts in educational technology and related fields. They tasked the group with identifying barriers to online learning and brainstorming possible solutions that would ensure all students can participate in digital learning experiences.

Associate Professor Don Davis and colleagues received a $6 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to better understand intellectual humility.

Professor Susan Auslander and Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation Carla Tanguay received Georgia Department of Education grant funding to prepare high-quality elementary mathematics specialists.

Jennifer Owen (M.Ed. ’16, Ed.S. ’17) developed an online marketplace called Co-CreatED to give teachers, administrators and school systems a virtual platform to connect with vetted professional development training providers.

Associate Professor Natalie King partnered with Girls Inc. of Greater Atlanta’s STEM-based Eureka! Program to host a STEM summer camp for middle school girls of color.

Sport administration master’s student Cordero Tanner founded a company called Athleaders 360 that teaches coaches and organizations how to create a supportive environment for youth sports teams.

Damion Carpenter (A.S. '21), a long-time Atlanta Braves employee and a Georgia State Sport Administration student, received a replica of the diamond-studded version given to the 2021 Braves World Champion team.

Abdoulaye Djire (B.S. ’19), who was selected for Georgia State's Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund, created an app to showcase the hidden gems in users' hometowns and the cities they visit.

Georgia State University announced it has signed the EPPs for Digital Equity and Transformation Pledge, committing to prepare educators with the skills to successfully use technology for learning in face-to-face, hybrid and online classrooms.

A team of Georgia State research administrators has developed a pioneering college-to-career pathway training program.

Three faculty members and one affiliate faculty from the College of Education & Human Development’s Department of Learning Sciences received 2022 seed grants from Georgia State's Center for Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy to implement language and literacy intervention programs.

Representatives from the College of Education & Human Development traveled to the nation’s capital to attend the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s 2022 Washington Week, an annual event highlighting key issues in education and advocating for quality teacher preparation.

Associate Professor Yali Zhao is one of two inaugural recipients of Georgia State University's Virtual Exchange Faculty Fellowship.

Communication sciences and disorders master’s student Raveena Kumar will apply what she’s learned as both a clinician and a patient to her budding career as a speech-language pathologist.

The College of Education & Human Development received a $106,928 grant from the Georgia Department of Education to help teachers earn their dyslexia endorsement.

The Women’s Philanthropy Network (WPN) at Georgia State University selected a diverse set of college and unit-level initiatives to receive grants ranging from $10,000 to $75,000 to foster student success and improve student opportunities.

Assistant Professor Erin Mason and doctoral student Adrianne Robertson co-authored an article that updates and expands the Transforming School Counseling Initiative's school counseling tenets to incorporate anti-racism practices.

The new university initiative establishes interdisciplinary research hubs to address some of society’s most pressing issues, including pandemic preparedness, climate solutions, crime victim protection, equity and access, and public health.

College of Education & Human Development Professor Emeritus Jackie Lund is the 2022 recipient of the Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America’s Luther Halsey Gulick Award.

The pandemic has produced a mental health crisis with effects that may reverberate for years — even decades — to come. At Georgia State, researchers are working to gain insights into the emotional toll and identify how people are finding hope even as the threats persist.

Using a new grant, environmental health researchers at Georgia State are examining the effects of air pollution in metro Atlanta childcare centers.

Gennie Hendrick (B.S.Ed. ’12, M.S. ’22) shifted from a 13-year career in the Lanette L. Suttles Child Development Center to earning a master's in communication sciences and disorders this spring.

Georgia State researchers dispel some common myths about aphasia after a high-profile diagnosis for actor Bruce Willis put the language disorder in the spotlight. 

Assistant Professor Naomi Jessup co-authored an article that explores how schools began relying heavily on Black parents to be responsible for their children’s learning during the pandemic, and how math curriculum designed to be one-size-fits all doesn’t allow students across all backgrounds to be successful.

CEHD doctoral student Myung Ha Sur is one of five students nationwide selected for the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America Ruth Abernathy Presidential Scholarship.

The College of Education & Human Development remained in the top 50 colleges of education across the country in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 rankings of higher education graduate programs.

College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Vanessa Louis was one of 15 students nationwide chosen for the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education Fellowship Program.

The College of Education & Human Development and its Department of Counseling and Psychological Services hosted a virtual celebration to formally dedicate the Ken Matheny Center for the Study of Stress, Trauma, and Resilience.

The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2022 Faculty Awards.

Professor Gary Bingham co-authored an article in American Educator that details specific practices that early childhood educators can incorporate into their teaching to support literacy development for children ages 3-5.

Joyce King, the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Society of Professors of Education's William H. Watkins Award.

Assistant Professors Lauren Margulieux and Ben Shapiro and their colleagues have proposed a new teaching theory called “multiple conceptions theory,” which they presented at the 17th Association for Computing Machinery Conference on International Computing Education Research.

Shorter winter seasons, less snowfall and melting ice caused by climate change will have major implications for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the future of winter sports, as outlined in a new report co-authored by Georgia State University associate professor Tim Kellison.

Emma Presberg (M.A.T. ’21) is one of five teachers statewide chosen for the Georgia Science Teacher Association’s (GSTA) 2022 Teachers of Promise, which celebrates science educators in the first three years of their career.

Several Georgia State online master’s programs have been ranked as the best in the country, according to the 2022 Best Online Rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

The research revealed a positive and significant association between COVID traumatic stress and PTSD symptoms, suggesting that the pandemic is a unique traumatic stressor.

William F. Tate IV, president of Louisiana State University, will deliver the 33rd annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in a virtual format.

The 40 Under 40 program honors, recognizes and celebrates the most influential and impactful Georgia State graduates under the age of 40 who embody the values of the university.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence received a $361,000 AmeriCorps VISTA grant to launch a street outreach program for homeless and runaway LGBTQ+ youth in downtown Atlanta.

Assistant Professor Chavez Phelps co-authored a new book entitled, “Building Great Mental Health Professional-Teacher Teams,” which details how educators and school mental health professionals can work together as a team to better support students.

Joyce King's newest book, “We Be Lovin’ Black Children: Learning to Be Literate About the African Diaspora,” shares what she and other researchers have learned about preparing teachers for diverse classrooms and celebrating African Diaspora literacy and heritage knowledge.

Professor Gary Bingham and colleagues from Michigan State University and Texas A&M University have received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to support preschool-aged children’s early writing development.

Jennifer Esposito, chair of the College of Education & Human Development’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is a co-recipient of the American Educational Studies Association’s (AESA) 2021 Critics’ Choice Book Award.

Georgia State University has received a transformational $5 million gift from Snap Inc. to support the preparation of educators to integrate computer science across the curriculum and continue to diversify the computer science education field.

Aliyah Bradley-Davino plans to change special education policies and programs for all students of color.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence will host the 16th Annual Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference on Saturday, Nov. 13.

Associate Professor Feng Yang co-authored a study to determine whether vibration training – an intervention used to improve physical function for people with MS – could also improve cognitive function and overall quality of life.

Three Georgia State University faculty members have received $1 million grants from two philanthropic foundations to better collect and disseminate educational assessment data.

Assistant Professor Renata Love Jones is one of two researchers nationwide chosen for the 2021 Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Literacy Research Association’s Reading Hall of Fame.

Associate Professor Jerry Wu has received a two-year, $429,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study motor, cognitive and language development in infants with Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes physical and cognitive developmental delays.

Professor Beth Cianfrone co-edited a book that highlights how universities and their athletic departments can collectively create nationally-recognized brands.

Associate Professor Yinying Wang created a workbook that leaders in education and other fields can use to identify and understand biases that affect their work.

Distinguished University Professor Deron Boyles wrote a book that delves into key themes of John Dewey’s philosophy and how those can be applied to both educational policy and teaching practices.

Seven College of Education & Human Development doctoral students were selected for the 2021-2022 cohort of the Provost's Dissertation Fellowship.

College of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor Erin Mason was awarded a $2,259 research grant from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision to study how affinity groups – groups of people who come together around a shared interest – may make anti-racism training more effective.

College of Education & Human Development alumnus Calvin Cole (Ph.D. ’16) received a five-year, $713,515 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to better understand and treat the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer-related muscle wasting.

College of Education & Human Development alumnus Clarice Thomas (Ph.D. ’18) was one of 10 people nationwide selected for PEN America’s 2021-2022 Writing for Justice Fellowship Program.

College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Daun Kwag was chosen for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling’s new Racial Disparities and Oppression Related Research Grant Program.

Tom Farrey, executive director of the Aspen Institute's Project Play, will be the featured speaker for the 3rd Annual Mike and Terry Metzler Distinguished Lecture, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 15, at 11 a.m.

Georgia State University Professor Cynthia Puranik and Distinguished University Professor Daphne Greenberg have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to support teachers and students in adult secondary education.

Associate Professor David Johnson co-authored a book on atheist scientists’ religious views, and how leaders in science and religion can discuss the connections between their two fields.

Iris Feinberg, research assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and associate director of the College of Education & Human Development’s Adult Literacy Research Center, published an article in Perspectives in Adult Education on building a culture of health literacy in the midst of a global pandemic.

Associate Professor Thomas Crisp co-edited a new book that will serve as a resource for scholars of children’s literature, librarians, media specialists, teachers and teacher educators who are interested in incorporating authentic nonfiction literature into their work.

College of Education & Human Development doctoral students Glenda Chisholm, Caleb Collier, Claudia Hagan, Laura Peña-Telfer and Ethan Trinh have been chosen for the Center for Equity and Justice in Teacher Education's inaugural research initiation grant program.

Assistant Professor Jessica Scott co-authored a book offering research and guidelines for faculty in university-level deaf education programs, examining teacher preparation for the deaf community at a time when more researchers are studying how various communication approaches impact students’ language and literacy learning.

Jennifer Esposito, chair of the College of Education & Human Development’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, co-authored a new book to help students understand how to incorporate intersectionality into qualitative research.

College of Education & Human Development Associate Professor Andy Roach and Emily Graybill, director of Georgia State University’s Center for Leadership in Disability, are co-principal investigators on a new five-year, $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to study a professional development program for special education teachers.

During the first week of classes for the 2021-2022 academic year, the College of Education & Human Development hosted welcome back events for students, faculty and staff in the college’s first floor lobby.

College of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor Min Kyu Kim and College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Daniel Takabi received a three-year, $399,681 grant from the National Science Foundation for an interdisciplinary project on artificial intelligence and privacy.

New research from the Georgia Policy Labs finds that students spend less than half their normal classroom time on virtual learning during the pandemic.

The College of Education & Human Development welcomes 11 new full-time faculty for the 2021-2022 academic year – faculty whose research, teaching and service make significant contributions to the college and its students.

The city of Atlanta has been ranked the 10th healthiest metropolitan area in the United States, according to the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2021 American Fitness Index.

As millions of kids head back to the classroom, Erin Mason, assistant professor of school counseling, discusses how schools can support mental and emotional well-being.

CEHD alumnus LaTonya Brown (B.S.E. ’95, M.Ed. ’98) launched a nonprofit organization this year to connect at-risk youth ages 10-24 with the resources they need to be successful academically and professionally.

Developed by Georgia State’s School of Public Health and Adult Literacy Research Center at the College of Education & Human Development, the toolkit contains videos and brochures on diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and healthy eating published in 13 languages.

Georgia State will be responsible for the learning analytics portion of the project, a collaborative effort by Georgia universities and other partners.

CEHD alumnus Caroline Gilling (M.S. ’21) was one of 24 people nationwide selected for the Women in Sports Tech (WiST) 2021 Fellowship.

Funded with grants from JPMorgan Chase, the CINEMA Program operated by Georgia State’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence is building the next generation of Atlanta’s film, television and digital arts workforce.

Education professor Chara Bohan on how the Lost Cause narrative came to dominate U.S. history books — and the lingering effects of our miseducation.

College of Education & Human Development alumnus Daniella Bass (M.A.T. ’19) was named a 2021 recipient of the Georgia Department of Education’s Exemplary ESOL Teacher Award.

Doctoral students Brandon Attell, Lauren Coleman, Adrianne Robertson and Carina Windom were invited to participate in the inaugural Gates Notes Deep Dive, a new virtual discussion series with The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Educational leadership doctoral student Teruko Dobashi-Taylor was named an Atlanta Public Schools Equity Champion for her work as assistant principal at Toomer Elementary School in Atlanta.

A beloved fixture of the Georgia State Child Development Program for four decades, Danny Darby helped shape its reputation, has taught countless students and teachers, and even welcomed the children of former students to its classrooms.

Georgia State University faculty members Tonia Durden and Stacey French-Lee have received a two-year, $800,000 grant from the Early Educator Investment Collaborative to expand and diversify Georgia’s early childhood education workforce.

Assistant Professor Garrett Delavan is the lead co-editor for an upcoming special issue of Language Policy that will offer a research-based conversation on what scholars call “dual language bilingual education gentrification” and provide a roadmap for future research projects.

Four metro-Atlanta students have been named 2021 Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) STAR Student Region Winners for region 3A. Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development serves as the region 3A sponsor for the program.

Georgia State’s CREATE program aims to build better, more equitable schools by giving teachers the tools they need.