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EDP Graduate Students Selected for Summer Program in Italy
May. 15, 2019
College of Education graduate students Ashley Kuchar, Oliver Davidson, Marissa Knox, Phoebe Long have been accepted to Cortona Week in Todi, Italy. The students will represent the Department of Educational Psychology in the week-long workshop limited to 100 participants. The interdisciplinary retreat provides a week-long residence where graduate students and…

Educational Psychology Associate Professor Marie-Anne Suizzo Receives Spencer Grant
May. 13, 2019
Associate Professor Marie-Anne Suizzo has received a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation.

Educational Leadership and Policy Ph.D. Student Awarded Dissertation Grant
May. 07, 2019
Dissertation title: “Stakeholder Influence on MBA Curricular Design”

ELP Alumnus Dorado Kinney, Ed.D. '17, Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
May. 06, 2019
Kinney will join a cohort of 40 leaders who will take part in a 10-month leadership program.

Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership Officially Launches, Announces Faculty-In-Residence
May. 06, 2019
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) announces the official launch of the Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership. This program focuses on empowering equity-minded and entrepreneurial leaders and is the only in-person, practitioner-focused, Ed.D. program of higher education leadership at any institution in Texas. This is also…

Growing Up as Rents Rise: How Housing Affordability Affects Parents and Children
May. 02, 2019
An ED Talk by Jennifer Jellison Holme, an associate professor of educational policy and planning.

KHE Professor Jan Todd Named to the 2019 Texas Ten by Texas Exes
May. 02, 2019
Jan Todd, professor of Kinesiology and Health Education and director of the H. Lutcher Stark Center, has been named one of the 2019 Texas Ten by the Texas Exes.

Loukas Appointed Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
May. 01, 2019
Alexandra Loukas has been appointed interim associate dean for research and graduate studies, effective June 1.

Two PHEL Students Named Community College Research Fellows
May. 01, 2019
Ibrahim Bicak and Marisol Garza, doctoral students in the Program of Higher Educational Leadership at the College of Education, were selected as Community College Research Fellows by the Texas Success Center. The fellowships build the knowledge base supporting Texas Pathways and advance Texas community college research and teaching capacity. Fellows conduct research studies…

Special Education Alumna named AISD Elementary Teacher of the Year
May. 01, 2019
Ashley Rivera, M.Ed. ’15, was named Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Austin Independent School District for the 2018-19 academic year.