Category: Colleagues
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Welcome David Leech, Evaluation Specialist
We are excited to welcome David Leech to the School of Education & Human Development! As an Evaluation Specialist, David will support The Evaluation Center on their ongoing projects, including the National Science Foundation’s Hispanic Serving Institution STEM Resource Hub and the National Institutes of Health’s Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. David transitioned from…
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Welcome Amelia Iglesias, Evaluation Specialist
We are excited to welcome Amelia Iglesias to the School of Education & Human Development! As an Evaluation Specialist, Amelia will perform functions related to providing evaluation support activities including literature searches, data collection and analysis, and creating written deliverables. Amelia joins us from CPC Research where she worked as an Evaluation Assistant. Some…
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Sean Michael Morris and the Digital Pedagogy Lab Mentioned in Learning News re: Upcoming Participation in OEB Global Conference in Berlin
Education Innovation: “No Turning Back” Say Experts September 23 – “At this year’s OEB Global in Berlin, speakers from all over the world will share their experience. They are going to be showing how global education and training have been changed forever. They’ll be sharing new ways of learning and training, including setting out a…
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Join us Wednesday, September 29th 12:00-1:00 (during Faculty Retreat time)
Amy Ferrell, Remi Kalir, and Julia Mahfouz will share their research next Wednesday after the faculty retreat from 12:00-1:00! We will use the same zoom link as the retreat or you can email Courtney Donovan for the link.
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CU Denver’s Place-Based ECE BA Degree Program Led by Rebecca Vlasin and Michael Barla Featured in New America Blogpost
The Place-Based BA Program: Meeting Early Educators Where They Are CU Denver’s place-based bachelor’s degree pilot is working to break down many of the key barriers that make it difficult for early educators to earn a degree. CU Denver is partnering with three local early care and education (ECE) programs—Clayton Early Learning, Sewall Child Development Center, and…
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Sean Michael Morris to advise Norwegian university on pedagogical training program
Sean Michael Morris—senior instructor in Learning Design and Technology (LDT) and director of Digital Pedagogy Lab—will advise the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on a new pedagogy program. The pilot program is aimed at supporting pedagogical competence among faculty at the Trondheim, Gjøvik, and Ålesund campuses in Norway. Sean will advise the program…
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Doctoral Students of Color (DSoC) Alumni Lynx Create Scholarship to honor Dean Rebecca Kantor’s Legacy
The Doctoral Students of Color (DSoC) Alumni Lynx created a scholarship to honor and continue Dean Rebecca Kantor’s legacy and true, authentic passion of promoting equity in education and her unconditional support of the DSoC. On the evening of September 15th, at the first DSoC membership meeting the first $1000 scholarship was awarded to Maileen…
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Julia Mahfouz interviewed by EducationWeek
The pandemic and social justice protests over the last 18 months were clarion calls that principals desperately need Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), too. Not just to support students and teachers, but for their own well-being and survival. “Knowledge and training in SEL competencies will help principals become better leaders, improve relationships schoolwide, and create…
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Welcome Keiko Goldman, Business Services Coordinator
Keiko Goldman is transitioning from her temporary position on the Finance team to a full-time Business Services Coordinator, and this role will be split between Finance and HR functions. She will be supporting our team with HR-related topics, for example forms and recordkeeping, hiring paperwork and onboarding activities, and faculty searches. Keiko moved here from…
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Melody Brown and SEHD’s new Couple and Family Therapy Program Featured in CU Denver News
Clinical Assistant Professor Melody Brown, PhD, knows firsthand the importance of intersectionality. This makes her an asset to the School of Education & Human Development, where she teaches in the MA in couple and family therapy (CFT) program. Brown, a licensed marriage and family therapist, uses herself as an example to illustrate what intersectionality means. “I talk…