Category: Colleagues

Participation requested in a new study (COMIRB #21-3580) to investigate pediatric drowning or water emergencies. These data will help understand ways to intervene on this preventable cause of harm for pediatric populations. This project is meant for individuals over the age of 18. If you are interested in learning more about the project, the link…

Congratulations on a Successful Comprehensive Review and Reappointment   Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez Assistant Professor, Literacy Education

‘Panic-gogy’: Teaching Online Classes During The Coronavirus Pandemic Sean Michael Morris says that in this unprecedented time, “Recognizing that we’re also human, we also have to figure this out together is incredibly important. The idea of being able to just port what you’re doing in a classroom into an online environment has its own problems.…

Congratulations to Robert Allan, Amy Ferrell, and Remi Kalir on promotion to associate professor and tenure. This important milestone reflects their hard work, teaching talents, professional engagement and service to the university.  

‘Grow Your Own’ program addresses teacher diversity gap The University of Colorado Denver’s Pathways2Teaching program recruits young people of color interested in becoming educators to bridge diversity gaps. Roughly 1,500 high school students across the country have completed the Pathways2Teaching program since its launch in 2010. Dr. Margarita Bianco, an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado…

Introducing Play to Higher Education Reduces Stress and Forms Deeper Connection Course Material A new study found higher education students are more engaged and motivated when they are taught using playful pedagogy rather than the traditional lecture-based method. The study was conducted by University of Colorado Denver counseling researcher Lisa Forbes and was published in the Journal of Teaching and Learning. While many educators in higher education believe play is a method that is solely used for elementary education,…

Engineering faculty and staff understand why people want to become engineers: Engineers get to use their creative side and their analytical side. It’s fun to work on a team. Exploring new technologies is exciting and adventurous. The salaries are very attractive. And, perhaps most important of all, engineers design things that make the world a…

This summer Remi Kalir will be co-facilitating the 2021 Summer Sandbox Series titled “Annotation Makes Thinking Visible” for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in partnership with the Library of Congress. Any SEHD faculty or students who are NCTE members can join. Register here: https://ncte.org/2021-summer-sandbox/