June 30, 2021
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A photo portrait of Charlotte Jacobs sitting on a bench

From research to practice, Charlotte Jacobs is busting myths and inspiring action

Penn GSE’s Dr. Charlotte Jacobs talks about her approach to research, the intersection of research and practice, and how she’s aiming to increase access to her work.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
May 19, 2021
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Janay Garrett, center, with her husband James and their daughter.

Mother Scholar Janay Garrett blends activism, research, and motherhood

This spring, Garrett became Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in Yale’s Office of Gender & Campus Culture and the Alcohol and Other Drugs Harm Reduction Initiative.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Higher Education
May 17, 2021
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Faculty appear in clasrooms in five tiled images. A lavender bar across the bottom reads, “Professional Counseling Master’s Program.”

Professional Counseling Master’s Program Trains Future Therapists Amid a Pandemic

Penn GSE students preparing for counseling careers have strived to deliver mental health services to vulnerable populations via virtual internships while studying remotely themselves.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Alumni
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
April 30, 2021
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Ed Brockenbrough

Zaya Wade and Lil Nas X are making it easier for queer and trans youths to explore their identities

‘To have young people who are taking center stage in the realms that other young people are really sort of using to explore their identity is crucial,’ Ed Brockenbrough recently told USA Today.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
April 20, 2021
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Marcus Wright, a doctoral student in higher education, found that when colleges had to talk about COVID-19, they rarely prioritized first-generation students.

What can college websites reveal about communicating with first-generation students?

Marcus Wright, a doctoral student in higher education, found that when colleges had to talk about COVID-19, they rarely prioritized first-generation students.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education
April 9, 2021
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Vivian Gadsden

Gadsden to deliver AERA Distinguished Lecture

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and Yasmin Kafai will also lead sessions at AERA’s annual meeting.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
April 2, 2021
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Dorinda Carter Andrews, a professor and chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University

Carter Andrews provides a path to decenter whiteness in teacher education during Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color lecture

Dorinda Carter Andrews, a professor and chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, joined Penn GSE faculty, staff, and students as part of the Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color lecture series, now in its 13th year.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
March 19, 2021
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Adam Payne

How organizations dodge diversity, and what we can do about it

Writing in MIT’s Sloan Management Review, Adam Payne, an alum of Penn GSE’s Chief Learning Officer program, and Dana Kaminstein, an adjunct assistant professor at Penn GSE, point to ways that companies dodge diversity and how they can go beyond diversity initiatives to create meaningful change.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Leadership
March 15, 2021
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Howard Stevenson and Nancy Hornberger

Howard Stevenson and Nancy Hornberger elected to the National Academy of Education

Penn GSE’s Howard Stevenson and Nancy Hornberger will be inducted at the National Academy of Education (NAEd) at November’s NAEd Annual Meeting.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
February 22, 2021
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Tobias Harris, left, dribbles a basketball in a 2011 game against the University of Kentucky.

Advancing racial justice through college sports

‘It’s time for college athletics to put their considerable wealth and purchasing power behind supporting black-owned businesses,’ Karen Weaver writes in Forbes.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education

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