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Notable Faculty & Staff Accomplishments

  • ʰǴڱǰDr. Bridget G. Trogdentalked with Inside Higher Ed about working with STEM students and encouraging them to participate in voting in "Can Professors Get Some STEM Students to Vote?" [Aug 28, 2024]
  • Dr. Samantha Cohen, Senior Professorial Lecturer, co-wrote the piece "Advancing Equity Through Participation in Faculty Learning Communities" in The CRTL Beat, a newsletter by AU's Center for Research, Teaching, and Learning. [Aug 12, 2024]
  • ʰǴڱǰDr. Jennifer Steelewas quoted by CBS News about whether summer vacation is a good idea for students. [Aug 12, 2024]
  • Dr. Jennifer Steele, Professor, joins the call for a post-pandemic overhaul of the US Education system in The Baltimore Sun.[Aug 8, 2024]
  • ʰǴڱǰDr. Jennifer Steelewas interviewed about the need for a post-pandemic reset of educaiton with the National Desk. [Aug 7, 2024]
  • Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Antonio L. Ellis wrote an opinion piece in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reflecting on the 83 birthday ofEmmett Till the intersectionality of his experiences as a person of color and a stuttering disability. [Aug 6, 2024]
  • Four SOE faculty presented their research at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), the foremost international conference in the science of reading, in Copenhagen. Dr. Jasmine Rogers, Dr. Alida Anderson, Professorial Lecturer Anne Karabell, and Dr. Sarah Irvine Belsonpresented. [July 16, 2024]
  • Dr. Jasmine Rogers (EdD ’24) and formerSenior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Phelton C. Moss developed with NAACP for the documentary The Right to Read, which discusses Black students’ literacy as it’s connected to civil rights. [July 10, 2024]
  • Dr. Jennifer Steele, Professor, weighed in on about the learning loss, including too much screen time,during the COVID lockdown. [June 10, 2024]

  • Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Andrea Guiden Pittman co-authored "How Black Teachers Lost When Civil Rights Won in Brown v. Board" in The Conversation. [May 16, 2024]

  • American University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed former Assistant ʰǴڱǰDr. Emily Petersonto Associate Professor at the School of Education. [May 28, 2024]

  • Senior Professorial LecturersDrs. Antonio L. Ellis and Phelton C. MosstheWileyarticle “Breaking the Silence: Student Affairs’ Role in Black Male Faculty Well-Being at Predominantly White Institutions.”[May 28, 2024]

  • Dr. Phelton C. MosstheHechinger Reportop-ed “Black Principals Play a Key Role in Transforming Education. We Need More of Them,” where hethe critical role Black principals have played in the development of Black teachers. Additionally, he(with EdD studentBrianna Nargiso, '25) “5 Truths About Brown V. Board of Education,” anASCDop-edthat teachers must ensure students’ understanding of the enduring significance of the Brown v. Board of Education case. [May 28, 2024]

  • Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education and Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Ocheze Josephwas quoted in theEducation Week"These Preparation Programs Are Creating a 'Tutor to Teacher' Pipeline," whichhow tutoring is giving aspirant teachers early experience in teaching.[May 28, 2024]

  • SOE’sChild Development Associate (CDA)program wasin a Council for Professional Recognition profile, “The Rewards of Reaching Out.” The spotlightthe Advancing Early Education Collaborative, which created the CDA program to allow Black or Latina women who live or work Washington, DC's Wards 7 or 8 to excel in the field.[May 28, 2024]

  • Senior Professorial LecturerDr. Amaarah DeCuirwasAdvisor of the Year at American University’s 2024 University and Student Achievement Awards, an inaugural event whichindividuals who contributed to key accomplishments on campus in the last year.[May 28, 2024]

  • Undergraduate AdvisorJody Hagen-Smithwas awarded Outstanding Sophomore-Senior Advisor by American University's Dean of Undergraduate Education and Academic Student Services.[May 28, 2024]

  • SOEDean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoywasas a Read to Succeed honoree at “Read to Succeed 2024.” The eventReading Partners and their committed community supporters, which includes the AU School of Education.[May 28, 2024]

  • American University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed former Provost Associate ʰǴڱǰDr. Brian McGowanto Full Professor at the School of Education.[May 28, 2024]

  • Dr. Phelton Mosswas awarded a scholarship toin the Aspen Institute Justice and Society Seminar in. He alsogave a speech honoring Black teachers who were formative in his life at the White Houseits events celebrating President Biden’sof National Teacher Appreciation Week.[May 28, 2024]

  • Dr. Eugene Pringle, Senior Professorial Lecturer, delivered the keynote presentation at the Georgetown Day School event Discover HBCU, where he discussed the impact and cultural influences of historically Black colleges and universities.[May 28, 2024]

  • Adjunct InstructorDr. Jasmine Rogersconducted the“Language Comprehension and Linguistically Responsive: Black Language Use in Structured Literacy Lessons” at the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s Spring 2024 OSSE Literacy Conference. EdD alumDr. Tomiko Ball, ’22, held the“Disrupting Power Dynamics Within Literacy Instruction: Connections and Comprehension” at the event.[May 28, 2024]

  • Research Assistant Professor-in-ResidenceDr. Lauren SheaSOE as lead researcher and co-principal investigator at the 2024 National Science Foundation ITEST Principal Investigators Meeting, “Innovating Equitable STEM Learning for the Future Technological Workforce,” where sheher research team's STEM Tales Project.[May 28, 2024]