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Assistant Professor Amato Nocera

Jul 22, 2020

Meet Amato Nocera: ‘I Believe That Learning Happens in Community’

Meet Amato Nocera, an assistant professor of educational equity and social studies, who joins the NC State College of Education faculty in Fall 2020. 

NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Lam Pham

Jul 22, 2020

Meet Lam Pham: ‘I Think People Learn by Doing’

Meet Lam Pham, Ph.D., an assistant professor of educational evaluation and policy analysis who will join the NC State College of Education faculty in Fall 2020. 

NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Chandra Alston

Jul 22, 2020

Meet Chandra Alston: ‘I Hope My Students Learn to Become Reflective, Justice-oriented, Caring Practitioners’

Meet Chandra Alston, Ph.D., an assistant professor of literacy, policy analysis and program evaluation who will join the NC State College of Education faculty in Fall 2020. 

NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Anna Egalite speaks with students

Jul 20, 2020

Associate Professor Anna Egalite Examines Charter School Landscape in Recently Released Paper

Associate Professor Anna Egalite, Ph.D., is providing an in-depth analysis of the current charter school landscape through a recently published paper entitled “The National Charter School Landscape.” 

New wolf statue on central campus.

Jul 16, 2020

NC State College of Education Awarded $4.3M in Research Funding April-June, 2020

Faculty and researchers at the NC State College of Education, including the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, were awarded $4,371,540 to support 16 projects from April 1 to June 30, 2020. 

Shiyan Jiang

Jul 14, 2020

Assistant Professor Shiyan Jiang Helps High School Students Understand Artificial Intelligence Through Work on Grant-funded Project

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is rapidly changing the workforce and Assistant Professor Shiyan Jiang, Ph.D., is helping high school students explore and understand the technology through her work on a new grant-funded project. 

Associate Professor Dennis Davis, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Jackie Reylea, Ph.D.

Jul 9, 2020

Associate Professor Dennis Davis and Assistant Professor Jackie Reylea Will Help English Language Learners with Reading Comprehension Difficulties Through $1.4M Department of Education Grant

Young English language learners can often struggle with some of the more complex aspects of written language, leading to difficulties in reading comprehension. To address this issue, Associate Professor Dennis Davis, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Jackie Reylea, Ph.D., will use a $1.4 million grant to develop a new small-group intervention for English language learners in grades 3-5. 

Sylvia Nassar, Ph.D., professor of Counselor Education at the NC State College of Education

Jul 9, 2020

Professor Sylvia Nassar Provides Recommendations for Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling as Guest Co-editor of Journal of Counseling and Development

Professor Sylvia Nassar’s experiences with discrimination as a child of immigrant parents was a contributing factor to her ultimate career as a counselor with a focus on multiculturalism and social justice. She recently expanded on that work as the guest co-editor of a special edition of the Journal of Counseling and Development. 

Three children lay on the floor to read together

Jul 1, 2020

College of Education Faculty Offer Tips to Prevent Summer Learning Loss

Students can often fall behind in their learning during the summer months, and that phenomenon could be amplified this year by the fact that schools have been closed since March to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). To help prevent summer learning loss, College of Education faculty are offering their tips for helping students continue to learn. 

Belk Center posdoctoral scholar Melissa Whatley

Jun 18, 2020

Belk Center Postdoctoral Scholar Melissa Whatley Co-authors White Paper to Provide Overview of International Higher Education Research and Propose Organizational Framework for Future Research in Field

Research on international higher education has expanded and diversified over the past few decades, but Belk Center Postdoctoral Scholar Melissa Whatley said an increase in structure and organization in the field could help provide further clarity for research that informs policies and practices. To begin to address this issue, she co-authored a recently released white paper entitled “International Higher Education Research: The State of the Field.”