College of Education and Human Development News

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.

CEHD Assistant Professor Natalie R. Davis was named a 2021 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.

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.

Associate Professor Laura Shannonhouse conducted a study about the links among undergraduate students’ individual experiences with trauma, their lifetime suicide risk and their reporting of suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Jennifer Esposito, chair of the College of Education & Human Development’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is the co-recipient of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry’s 2021 Qualitative Book Award.

Georgia State University’s Office of the Provost has recognized College of Education & Human Development faculty members Deron Boyles and Joyce King for their achievement and excellence.

Assistant Professor Natalie R. Davis and colleagues from Northwestern University analyzed three years’ worth of data from an after-school program to better understand how and when students demonstrated moments of self-determination.

The College of Education & Human Development has risen to No. 41 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 rankings of higher education graduate programs, moving up nine spots from last year.

Associate Professor Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad is the 2021 recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English’s Outstanding Elementary Educator in the English Language Arts Award.

Stacey French-Lee, clinical assistant professor and executive director of the College of Education & Human Development’s Child Development Centers, was elected to serve as a governing board member at-large for the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2021 Faculty Awards.

Researchers in the College of Education & Human Development are accepting presentation proposals for an upcoming professional development schools (PDS) conference through April 2, 2021.

The American Counseling Association’s Governing Council will include three CEHD representatives in 2021-2022: Professor Catharina Chang, doctoral student Ashlei Rabess and CEHD alumnus Danica Hays (Ph.D. ’05).

Tina Aldridge (M.S. ’06) has built a successful career as a rehabilitation counselor and advocate for people with disabilities in Georgia.

Chi Sigma Iota, the international counseling honor society, has recognized College of Education & Human Development doctoral students Mary Chase Mize and Ashlei Rabess with 2021 awards for their research and service.

Molefi Kete Asante’s Mays Lecture presentation highlighted how the prevailing European systems of knowledge have devalued other cultures and as a result, American students are left without a well-rounded, global and historically accurate knowledge base.

To gain a better understanding of expert-recommended science trade books and how they may support science learning, a team of College of Education & Human Development faculty and students studied 400 books from the National Science Teachers Association’s 2010-2017 book lists.

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education named CEHD alumnus Sarah Mia Obiwo as the recipient of the 2021 AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Associate Professor Ewa McGrail was one of two Georgia State University faculty members chosen for the Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Award.

Senior guard Corey Allen is finding even more success in his second season with the Panthers.

Molefi Kete Asante, professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University, will deliver the 32nd annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture in a virtual format on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m.

College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Kyndel Tarziers was one of 10 students nationwide chosen as a 2021-2022 Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow.

Faculty in the College of Education & Human Development’s Adult Literacy Research Center received a $15,000 grant from the Atlanta Global Research and Education Collaborative to adapt a trauma intervention program for culturally- and linguistically-diverse communities.

CEHD Associate Professor Stephanie Cross received a $2.5 million grant renewal and a $10.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to redesign and expand a teacher residency program.

CEHD Associate Professor Chenyi Zhang received a $50,000 grant from the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy to incorporate trauma-informed practices into early childhood literacy instruction.

Assistant Professor Ben Shapiro is part of an interdisciplinary team that received a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to create a new type of training model for universities to employ and help people in underserved communities pursue careers in data science.

The Georgia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education awarded its 2020-2021 Mentor Teacher Award to Miriam Miles, a mentor teacher in the CEHD’s CREATE teacher residency program.

CEHD Associate Professor Tim Kellison published a new article on the trend of elected officials approving public funding for professional sports stadiums and its implications for voters, political leaders and sports teams.

Assistant professor of education Jennifer Darling-Aduana on how online learning can become part of a quality, equitable education system.

Mi’Kayla Newell will graduate from her master’s program this month and will continue working on her research in the college’s Ph.D. program in educational psychology.

Lee Green plans to apply the lessons he learned in his master’s program to his coaching and hopes to find ways he can inspire future educators.

Eunji Kim will become a speech-language pathologist at Oakland Meadow School in Lawrenceville, Ga. – a position that she’s confidently prepared to begin.

Ashley Payton plans to become a content creator for both traditional and digital media aimed at children and families.

Anjanette Swift hopes to work in a private practice or outpatient setting and bring the same level of dedication to her patients as her Shepherd Center colleagues did every day during her internship.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Urban Child Study Center has been awarded a five-year, $750,000 grant from the Georgia Department of Education to study the state of Georgia’s implementation of a federally-funded literacy initiative.

Georgia State University assistant professors Claire Donehower and Sarah Hansen have received a five-year, $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support social-communication learning for elementary-aged students with intellectual disabilities.

The Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence has been awarded an $11,000 grant from Crafty Apes VFX, a California-based visual effects company, to support its Careers In New and Emerging and Media Areas (CINEMA) Project.

Assistant Professor Jonte Myers was chosen for the American Educational Research Association’s Fellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning.

Assistant Professor Min Kyu Kim and Department of Learning Sciences alumnus Tuba Ketenci developed and tested a learner profiling model to better understand students’ interactions in online discussion settings.

Jennifer Esposito, chair of the College of Education & Human Development’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is working with Tisha Lewis Ellison from the University of Georgia to better understand what training and support teachers received when they had to shift to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence and Georgia-based nonprofit RestoreHER will host a virtual debut screening and discussion of a documentary entitled, “The COVID-19 LeadHERship Project,” on Nov. 13.

Alba Lucero Villarreal is one of the panelists participating in a virtual conversation among diverse students about their experiences studying abroad.

Georgia State faculty have come together to study how the pandemic is affecting refugees in Clarkston — and help address the community’s unique needs.

Researchers are developing the Belonging and Empathy, With Intentional Targeted Helping (BE WITH) project, which is designed to reduce social isolation, loneliness and elevated suicide risk in racially diverse older adults, the demographic hardest hit by COVID-19.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence will host the 15th Annual Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference on Saturday, Nov. 14, in a virtual format.

Assistant Professor Cori Salmerón was selected for the National Council of Teachers of English’s 2020 Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Program, which provides support, mentoring and networking opportunities for early career scholars of color.

The Prevention Research Center at Georgia State has teamed up with the city of Clarkston, Ga., to distribute multilanguage lawn signs on COVID-19 protections in high-pedestrian areas to help curb the spread of the disease.

In an article published in Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, Professor Catharina Chang and doctoral student Ashlei Rabess consider whether the counseling profession as a whole has a signature pedagogy for multicultural and social justice knowledge.

Professor Beth Cianfrone and Associate Professor Tim Kellison published an article in the International Journal of Sport Communication about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four tournament cancellation and how the related community events had to adapt during a sudden public health crisis.

Assistant Professor Lisa Domke is one of two researchers nationwide chosen for the 2020 Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Literacy Research Association’s Reading Hall of Fame.

Associate Professor Gholnecsar Muhammad studies historical Black literary societies and believes they offer great methods for educators to use in schools.

Associate Professor Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad and CEHD alum Sherell McArthur (Ph.D. ’14) co-authored a study highlighting the history of Black female writers and investigating how Black women today use their voices to make sense of the difficulties they face.

The University Council for Educational Administration has selected Georgia State University as the next host of its Center for the Study of Leadership in Urban Schools, one of eight UCEA centers nationwide.

CEHD Professors Jeff Ashby and Ken Rice were part of an international team who conducted a study focused on COVID-19 traumatic stress, which is unique compared to other traumatic stresses.

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Stevens has received two grants to support her research on mathematics vocabulary instruction and word-problem solving.

In a report recently published by the National Education Policy Center, Associate Professor Kristen Buras outlines how Black communities in New Orleans were disproportionately impacted by Hurricane Katrina and how those same issues are playing out nationally during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Assistant Professor Jennifer Darling-Aduana co-authored a book entitled, “Equity and Quality in Digital Learning: Realizing the Promise in K-12 Education,” which outlines recent research findings and offers digital learning strategies and practices that schools can consider.

Working with a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, professor Cynthia Puranik and colleagues are developing a writing-focused intervention program for students who have language-based learning disabilities.

Assistant Professor Naomi Jessup encourages teachers to facilitate more conversations among students about how to solve mathematical problems and how that knowledge can be applied to students’ lives outside of the classroom.

Clinical professor Brian Williams, also known as “Dr. Science,” on his work to ensure all students can see themselves in science.

Georgia State University’s Technology, Engineering, Environment, Math and Science (T.E.E.M.S.) AmeriCorps Program received the 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

The College of Education & Human Development added several faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year – faculty whose research, teaching and service make significant contributions to the college and its students.

Keio Gayden, who completed the CEHD’s certificate in career and technical education, won the 2020 Teacher of the Year Award from the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education.

CEHD sport administration master’s student Laura Hicks was chosen for the 2020 McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship, a program that supports students from minority populations who want to become collegiate athletics leaders.

Distinguished University Professor Daphne Greenberg and other Georgia State faculty have created the first post-doctoral fellowship training program in the country specifically designed to support new Ph.D. graduates interested in studying adult literacy.

In a recently-published collection of papers, Associate Professor Michelle Zoss and other educators explain how incorporating the arts in their English language arts classrooms can help high school students better connect with the material they’re learning.

Darryl Farley (M.A.T. ’19, Cert. ’19) wrote and published a children’s book entitled, “I Will Be Here,” which depicts the impact Black fathers can have on their kids.

CEHD faculty members Brendan Calandra and Lauren Margulieux have established a new project to increase computational literacy among K-12 students in rural and low-income communities.

Associate Professor Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad and Assistant Professor Yinying Wang are 2020 recipients of the American Educational Research Association’s Early Career Award.

Dean’s Doctoral Fellow Wade Morris and CEHD Professor Chara Bohan analyzed history textbooks published between 1870 and 1920 and found that over time, Southern accounts of Civil War events influenced those published in Northern history books.

Dean’s Doctoral Fellow Cassandra Hinger explores social justice advocacy, or the ways psychologists can promote policies and practices that give disadvantaged groups the tools and support they need to improve their lives.

Dean’s Doctoral Fellow Meredith Wells conducted a study published in Sports Biomechanics focused on female distance runners and how running downhill affects their chances of sustaining injuries.

Dean’s Doctoral Fellow Meng-Wei Lin and Assistant Professor Feng Yang conducted a study to better understand gait stability for people with MS and use this knowledge to design more effective interventions for preventing falls.

Dean’s Doctoral Fellow Scott Cohen and Assistant Professors Jessica Scott and Patrick Enderle conducted a study to gauge ASL resources available for educators and how well they communicated nuanced scientific concepts.

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), selected CEHD students Jamian Coleman and Ashlei Rabess for its Minority Fellowship Program for Doctoral Mental Health Counselors.

Four Georgia State University faculty established an initiative to increase the number of elementary mathematics specialists in high-need urban schools.

Professor Catharina Chang has received two national awards for her leadership, advocacy and contributions to the counseling profession.

Retired professor Mike Metzler recently published a book about his experiences with cancer entitled, “My Two Journeys in Cancer World: Team Mike Versus the Prairie Dogs.”

Assistant Professors Natalie King and Lauren Margulieux have been chosen for the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Iris Feinberg collaborated with the Institute for Healthcare Advancement to create easy-to-read resources related to COVID-19 for those who work with adults with low literacy.

College of Education & Human Development faculty members Brian Williams, Nancy Schafer and Diane Truscott established a new project to provide access to quality science instruction at Title I elementary schools in Atlanta.

As school leaders continue to make decisions and guide their staff, CEHD alum Dan Sims recommends a style of leadership that treats people with understanding but also holds students and staff to high academic standards.

Georgia State experts offer strategies to help families stay healthy and connected through the summer months.

Dihema Longman set a goal to earn her doctorate by her 40th birthday and this semester, she’s achieved that goal, graduating with her doctorate in teaching and learning and a concentration in mathematics education just before her birthday on May 20.

Charles Hight is graduating this semester with his doctorate in teaching and learning alongside his daughter, Bethany, who has earned a master’s degree from Georgia State’s School of Public Health.

Cindy Fujimoto is becoming a triple Panther this semester, graduating this spring with her doctorate in teaching and learning.

Four students graduate this spring with a Certificate of Career Readiness from Georgia State University’s Inclusive Digital Expression and Literacy Program.

Pharmacy technician and CEHD early childhood education student Candy Sydney has found hope and positivity in her program and in her conversations with Clinical Associate Professor Laura Meyers, who has collected and delivered more than 80 masks to Sydney and her colleagues since the pandemic began.

Kellan Morris (B.S.E. ’19), a first-year sixth grade social studies teacher at Mason Creek Middle School in Douglas County, Ga., discusses being named Middle School Teacher of the Year and her experiences teaching during a pandemic.

Assistant Professor Chenyi Zhang has received a $3,000 Natural Hazards Center grant to study the quality of parent-child relationships during a pandemic.

Georgia State University assistant professor Laura Shannonhouse has research-based COVID-19 guidelines for caregivers, volunteers and individuals who are supporting the older adult populations in their areas.

In the College of Education and Human Development, associate professor Gholnecsar Muhammad has developed a better way to teach youth by giving voice to their own identities and experiences.

Professor Gary Bingham offers research-based principles that every parent of young children (ages 0-6) should keep in mind during the COVID-19 crisis.

Jeff Ashby, professor and co-director of the college’s Center for the Study of Stress, Trauma and Resilience, has eight tips for people managing stress in the face of shelter-in-place orders and social distancing.

Assistant Professor Erin Mason spent 13 years as a school counselor and has five main tips for those looking to provide quality school counseling in an online format.

Associate Dean Walt Thompson and his colleagues at the American College of Sports Medicine encourage people to find ways to reduce their sedentary behavior while under shelter-in-place orders.

Could humility be the solution to our partisan divide? Associate professor Don Davis investigates whether it may help mitigate an antagonistic political culture.

Assistant Professor Chad Killian is working to create a series of free, online teaching modules that high school physical education teachers can use to connect with their students.

Recipients of the College of Education & Human Development’s 2020 Faculty Awards were recognized at a luncheon in their honor on March 11.

Most U.S. students struggle to meet grade-level writing standards. Georgia State education researcher Cynthia Puranik is working to improve children’s performance on the page.

Linda Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, will deliver the 31st annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in Georgia State University’s Florence Kopleff Recital Hall.

The Department of Educational Policy Studies received an award under the Provost’s Visiting Scholars Program to bring Professor Joel Warrican from The University of the West Indies to visit Georgia State University.

The Georgia State University College of Education & Human Development’s online master’s degree programs have been ranked No. 35 in the country in the U.S. News & World Report 2020 Best Online Education Programs rankings released on Jan. 14.

The College of Education & Human Development awarded its 2019 Partnership Awards to Clayton County Public Schools and Global Village Project at the college’s Fall Graduate Commencement on Dec. 17.

Perimeter College nursing students promote health literacy by using the “teach back” method when seeing patients at Grace Village Medical Clinic.

College of Education & Human Development graduate student Daria Manior was selected as a Forbes Under 30 Scholar for the second consecutive year.

The College of Education & Human Development’s sport administration program is collaborating with the NCAA and Atlanta Basketball Host Committee on a series of academic initiatives focused on sport event management slated for spring 2020.

As an educational specialist for ATL PBA, master’s student Alita McCalmon connects with educators and students across Atlanta on projects from WABE, an NPR station in town, and the city’s Public Broadcasting Service station.

CEHD faculty members Dennis Gilbride and Franco Dispenza will continue preparing cohorts of clinical rehabilitation counselors for positions in vocational rehabilitation agencies thanks to two recent federal grants.

Associate Professor Beth Cianfrone is the 2019 recipient of the Sport Marketing Association’s Stotlar Award, which recognizes a university faculty member for their outstanding contributions to sport marketing education and graduate mentorship.

Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development is expanding its teacher residency programs to rural districts in Georgia with its new Network for Urban and Rural Teachers United for Residency Engagement (NURTURE) Project.

Faculty members Christopher Tullis, Sarah Hansen and Claire Donehower have established a new initiative to combat the shortage of educators and behavior analysts who can support young children with high-intensity needs.

Georgia State University Professor Terri Pigott will coordinate a five-day research institute designed to teach early career STEM educators important data analysis skills necessary for high-quality STEM education research.

Thaddeus and Natasha Johnson (Ed.D ’19) share a passion for justice. But that’s not all. Married 10 years, the couple also share the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies as their home away from home.

CEHD alum Roxanne Russell (Ph.D. ’11) created a program teachers can use to design their own reading presentations and recently received a patent for the program’s key features.

Metro Atlanta needs more science and math teachers. It also needs more diverse teachers. A new Georgia State project aims to deliver both.

The Center for Sport and Urban Policy is honored for its work helping sports organizations become leaders in sustainability.

Howell Wechsler, director of U.S. programs for FHI 360, will be the featured speaker at the 2nd Annual Mike and Terry Metzler Distinguished Lecture, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. in Georgia State University’s Speaker’s Auditorium.

The College of Education & Human Development added several faculty this academic year – faculty whose research, teaching and service make significant contributions to the college and its students.

After leading the Panthers in the big win over Tennessee, quarterback Dan Ellington (B.I.S. ’20) aims to get the team back to a bowl game while becoming the best player in the Sun Belt Conference.

Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development, Clayton County Public Schools and Curriculum Associates will work together on a new $1.2 million grant program to support Clayton County middle school teachers implementing the county’s math curriculum in their classrooms.

Atlanta’s historic Summerhill neighborhood and its main artery, Georgia Avenue, are in the midst of a renaissance. And it all started when Georgia State bought a Major League Baseball stadium.

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors, selected College of Education & Human Development graduate students Jacklyn J. Byrd and Nicolas Williams for its Minority Fellowship Program.

College of Education & Human Development alumnus Cynthia Kuhlman (M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’80) has been named one of Georgia State University’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award honorees.

CEHD professor Joe Magliano and assistant professor Kathryn McCarthy are co-principal investigators in a research project that will analyze students’ reading comprehension through a two-year, $599,973 grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

College of Education & Human Development professor David Houchins has received a four-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Center for Special Education Research to study a blended learning literacy program in juvenile justice schools.

The College of Education & Human Development’s sport administration master’s program has been ranked No. 11 in North America and No. 13 internationally by SportBusiness International, a news organization that offers insight and analysis in the business of sport.

Associate Professor Gholnecsar “Gholdy” Muhammad’s is putting a professional development model she created into practice this summer through two summer institutes connected to her STEM is LIT(ERACIES) project.

Associate Professor Eva van Leer is working on a Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance-funded project to study a voice quality identification system.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Adult Literacy Research Center awarded $10,000 in grant funding among three Georgia State University students to further their research in adult literacy.

The Green Sports Alliance named the College of Education & Human Development’s Center for Sport and Urban Policy one of its 2019 Environmental Innovators of the Year, a designation given to both individuals and organizations for their tremendous work in the sports greening movement.

In his educational leadership career at both the local and state levels, Darren Clay (B.S.E. ’10, M.Ed. ’11) has found innovative ways to keep students engaged, support teachers and provide thoughtful school leadership.

Associate Professors Nadia Behizadeh and Stephanie Cross and CEHD doctoral student Clarice Thomas recently published a case study about critical friendship groups in the Journal of Teacher Education.

In an article in the National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin, CEHD Assistant Professor Yinying Wang considers how schools can develop school leadership from what she calls a “social network perspective.”

Assistant Professor Patrick Enderle received National Science Foundation grant funding for a STEM-related after-school project that teaches college students about multicultural education and culturally-relevant teaching practices.

Roberta Gibson reflects on her time as a teacher resident and how that full academic year in the classroom prepared her to become a teacher, coach and assistant principal at Cross Keys High School in Atlanta.

Associate Professor Diane Truscott and co-author Vera Stenhouse recently published a study in “Urban Education” that highlighted possible connections between culturally-responsive teaching practices and teacher dispositions.

College of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor Katie McCarthy received a $50,000 Spencer Foundation grant to study how combining different types of learning strategies might improve science text comprehension.

Georgia State University College of Education & Human Development associate professor Cynthia Puranik has received a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to study a writing intervention program.

James Sanders Freels and Mandel Ayele Merceron Montilus graduated this spring with a Certificate of Career Readiness from Georgia State University’s Inclusive Digital Expression and Literacy (IDEAL) Program.

Georgia State University College of Education & Human Development faculty members Christine Thomas and Natalie King have received a six-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address the shortage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers in urban schools, especially Black and Latinx men.

The College of Education & Human Development’s TEEMS AmeriCorps program is the 2019 recipient of the Carl V. Patton President’s Award for Outstanding University Program.

College of Education & Human Development Professor Christine Thomas is the 2019 recipient of the Benjamin Banneker Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Associate Professor Thomas Crisp has been named vice president/president-elect of the Children’s Literature Association, an international nonprofit organization that studies children’s literature.

The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2019 Faculty Awards, who have published extensively, mentored numerous educators and peers, secured significant grant funding, and represented the CEHD in school systems, community organizations and in their disciplines.

Georgia State University is part of a national group of leading innovative institutions that has received a $2.4 million grant from the Strada Education Network to redesign the college-to-career pathway.

Walter C. Farrell, Jr., National Education Policy Center Fellow at the University of Colorado-Boulder, explored the growing trend of privatizing public education as the guest speaker at the 30th annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Feb. 20.

Walter C. Farrell, Jr., National Education Policy Center Fellow at the University of Colorado-Boulder, will be the featured speaker at the the 30th Annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in Georgia State University’s Student Center East Ballroom.

The College of Education & Human Development’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence has started a new program this year to prepare local youth for careers in the burgeoning film, media and entertainment industry in Georgia.

Mackenzie Rector, a master’s student in the College of Education & Human Development’s sport administration program, worked as a Super Bowl Experience area manager and learned the ins and outs of hosting a large-scale fan event.

Representatives from the National Football League and Mercedes-Benz Stadium visited Georgia State University for “NFL Campus Connection: Inside the Super Bowl,” a series of panel discussions highlighting the ins and outs of planning Super Bowl LIII.

CEHD alumnus Randy Lieberman discusses his experiences on Atlanta’s Super Bowl LIII Host Committee, the attention to detail it takes to put together the Super Bowl and what lessons he’s learned from the experience.

Award-winning author Renée Watson read excerpts from her work, discussed her writing process and shared thoughtful commentary on diversity in children’s literature at the College of Education & Human Development’s third annual Lecture on Diversity and Justice in Children’s Literature.

Award-winning author Renée Watson will deliver the third annual Lecture on Diversity and Justice in Children’s Literature on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 1 p.m. in Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development, room 1030.

Since participating in the Early College program, Porsche Sims has enrolled in the College of Education & Human Development and discovered her passion for working with children with special needs.

Interdisciplinary studies undergraduate student Lamonta Parker reflects on the science of learning, his time in the Early College program, and the advice he’d give prospective Early College and Georgia State students.

College of Education & Human Development alumnus Ingrid Thompson-Sellers (Ph.D. ’12) has been named the eighth president of South Georgia State College in Douglas, Ga.

College of Education & Human Development student Indya Armstrong, a senior in the college’s middle level education program, learned skills like time management and self-discipline by participating in the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence’s Early College program.

A new semester brings fresh opportunities to achieve academic success. Georgia State is excited to welcome back all of our new and returning students for the spring 2019 semester.

Assistant Professor Gholnecsar Muhammad received a three-year, $749,895 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to study a professional development model designed to improve secondary school teachers’ literacy instruction in STEM content areas.

Georgia State is leading the way in training teachers for dual-language classrooms.

With Black Girls WRITE, assistant professor Gholnecsar Muhammad recreates a 19th-century literary tradition for modern-day students.

CEHD postdoctoral scholar Stacey McElroy and faculty members Don Davis, Cirleen DeBlaere and Ken Rice recently published a study in the Journal of Counseling Psychology highlighting the links between conflict and relationship quality in interethnic couples.

College of Education & Human Development faculty are lending their expertise to state- and federally-funded training and evaluation programs that prepare rehabilitation counselors, school psychologists and vocational services staff to support Georgia residents with disabilities and those who need mental health services.

Assistant Professor Melissa Zeligman and Associate Profesor Franco Dispenza recently developed a research project focused on the connection between counselor wellness and mindfulness, or the practice of paying attention to one’s experiences moment by moment.

Assistant Professor Marisa Franco received a two-year, $339,384 diversity research supplement from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Fogarty International Center to participate in a research project on a smoking cessation intervention in China and Vietnam.

College of Education & Human Development alumnus Vesta Jones (M.Ed. ’73) has been named one of Georgia State University’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni.

Associate Professor Sue Kasun participated in a nine-month Fulbright-García Robles U.S. Scholar program at the State University of Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico, and is now reflecting on how she can apply what she learned to her classes with CEHD students and other upcoming projects.

Ethan Trinh (M.A.T. ’18), who began his doctorate in teaching and learning this fall, thinks about education from a multicultural perspective and encourages other teachers to do the same.

Anita Corsini (M.Ed. ’05), host of HGTV’s “Flip or Flop Atlanta” and co-founder of Red Barn Homes, started her career as a math teacher and appreciates what being an educator taught her about thinking on her feet. 

College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Jacob English is one of five graduate students awarded a 2018 NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant.

Assistant professor Laura Shannonhouse will be the principal investigator on a two-year, $699,362 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to conduct research on preventing suicide and promoting life with older adults.