Category: Colleagues

Ritu Chopra, PhD, was featured in recent KMGH TV (Denver7) news coverage discussing the qualifications and requirements needed to become a paraprofessional in Colorado. Interviewed as an expert source, Chopra provided insights into the role paraprofessionals play in supporting students and the pathways individuals take to enter the profession. Her comments appeared in the station’s…

Play and the Heart’s Refusal to Harden challenges the belief that play is something we outgrow. Drawing from psychology, play therapy, education, social critique, and personal experience, Lisa Kosena Forbes explores how cultures recruit us into seriousness, productivity, and disconnection—and how play helps us resist. This is not a book about becoming more playful for…

Dr. Margarita Bianco has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Luz de Líder Award, one of Colorado Men of Color Collaborative’s highest honors recognizing exceptional leadership, service, and commitment to educational excellence. The award celebrates individuals whose vision, courage, and dedication have created lasting opportunities for students, educators, and communities. Through her impactful…

“We are pleased to welcome Evan Engle-Newman, PhD, LPC, as an assistant teaching professor in the Counseling program. Engle-Newman brings more than a decade of experience as a counselor, educator, supervisor, and mentor. Throughout his career, he has combined clinical practice with a passion for teaching, helping students develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed…

Last week, two PhD students in Early Childhood Policy (Allie Kallman Wegner and Zelalem Kitaw) and two faculty members (Drs. Kristie Kauerz and Cristina Gillanders) took part in a Federal Policy Institute in Washington, DC.  The course was part of SEHD’s participation in a national network of 17 institutions of higher education across the country…