Category: Colleagues

Joining the ‘great conversation’ – The fundamental role of annotation in academic society Annotations can often be seen as an interruption, something to be expunged from carefully maintained library collections and the version of record. However, drawing on their research and writing practice, Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia present a different view of annotation, as a vital mechanism…

Congrats to our colleagues Jody Barker, Rosalinda Martinez, & Geneva Sarcedo for graduating this semester!  

Allen currently serves as the inaugural chief diversity officer at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan. Reporting directly to the president, he serves as the university’s chief diversity and inclusion adviser and strategist, and works collaboratively with internal and external campus communities to develop an open, diverse, inclusive and supportive learning and working environment, with…

Transformative Student Voice Turns Social Justice into Homework Education can be a catalyst for good. But school, especially for K-12 students, can also be a source of frustration. Which is why researchers in CU Denver’s School of Education and Human Development developed Critical Civic Inquiry (CCI), a social justice curriculum devised from disillusion. Read the full article on CU Denver News

Senior Instructor Jarrod Hanson was recently elected chair of Faculty Assembly. The official voice of CU Denver and CU Anschutz Medical Campus professors and instructors, Faculty Assembly advises campus chancellors on matters of academic policy and ethics. Hanson, PhD, teaches in CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development. He holds a PhD from CU…

Chambers, one of two administrators named 2021 Colorado Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year for elementary school, recently helped start a mentorship program for other aspiring Latina education leaders through the Colorado Association of Latino/a Administrators and Superintendents. She talked to Chalkbeat about how the pandemic changed parent-teacher relationships, why online learning will endure, and what…

The CU Denver Early Childhood Education Department (Dr. Rebecca Vlasin, Co-PI and Dr. Michael Barla, Co-PI) was awarded $150K to deepen and sustain their Designing for a Diverse Workforce: A Place-based ECE BA Pathway. The funding supports twenty practicing early childhood educators to continue their BA while working full time. This award honors the memory…

Mancos School District RE-6 has decided on its pick to replace longtime Superintendent Brian Hanson. Todd Cordrey, a former superintendent of Rangely School District who also led two Colorado charter schools, will soon take the leadership reins in Mancos. Read the full article on the-journal.com

Chancellor Marks joined Bud Talbot, associate professor in the School of Education and Human Development, in his backyard Shed of Science to talk about air pollution. Watch the video here