Curriculum and Instruction
Cathery Yeh • Associate Professor
Lauren Rigby • Doctoral Candidate, STEM Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction associate professor Cathery Yeh and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education doctoral candidate Lauren Rigby were awarded the 2025 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Linking Research and Practice Outstanding Publication Award. This honor recognizes their research paper, Culturally Sustaining Universal Design for Mathematics Learning, written in collaboration with educators Suzanne Huerta and Claire Engelhard. This national award is presented to a publication that exemplifies excellence in connecting research with practice and reaching practitioner audiences through NCTM’s three practitioner journals.
Educational Leadership and Policy
Armando Lizarraga • Doctoral Candidate
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy doctoral candidate Armando Lizarraga was named a Rising Graduate Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a publication focused on news and commentary on a variety of issues related to diversity in American higher education. The publication annually recognizes 10 rising scholars for their outstanding graduate student work at higher education institutions across the country. Lizarraga is a student in the Program of Higher Educational Leadership and Policy whose work particularly looks at incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, financial aid, and postsecondary education access in carceral facilities.
Center for Community College Student Engagement
The Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) has released a report that examines on a national scope the realities facing community college students who are raising children as they pursue higher education degrees. According to the report, half of all undergraduate student parents attend community colleges and face challenges including those related to time, finances, and access to resources. One third of parenting students disagreed with the idea that their college supports them as a parent. CCCSE is a service and research initiative at the College of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy.
