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Northside ISD Names School for Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Alumna
Nov. 13, 2018
Linda G. Mora, Ph.D. ’05, was honored by the school district where she spent the remaining 14 years of a career that lasted almost five decades when it named an elementary school for her. Mora served as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and curriculum supervisor for students in Ben Bolt-Palito…
College of Education Faculty and Student Projects Win President’s Awards for Global Learning
Nov. 13, 2018
College of Education faculty and student part of the winning teams for the Africa, East Asia, and Latin American regions of the President's Award for Global Learning.​
Curriculum and Instruction Graduate Student Creates Online Community for Black Female Writers
Nov. 12, 2018
Fourth-year doctoral student Tiye Naeemah Court has created Feminessay, an online community where black women around the world can share their own stories and narratives.
Vietnam War Veterans Share Their Stories with Professor Ricardo Ainslie in New Film
Nov. 12, 2018
For more than 10 years, Ricardo Ainslie has been interviewing seven Vietnam War veterans from Central Texas to better understand their lives before, during, and long after the war.
Educational Leadership and Policy Alumna Named Faculty Member of the Year by State Association
Nov. 05, 2018
Danielle Alsandor, M.Ed. ’06, Ph.D. ’11, is the 2018 recipient of the Faculty Member of the Year Award from the Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators (TACUSPA). While attending UT Austin, Alsandor studied with Professor Marilyn Kameen in the Program of Higher Education…
Helping Youth Gain Real-World Skills Using Virtual Reality
Nov. 04, 2018
Elizabeth Gabriel Nov. 4, 2018 Many teenagers’ fascination with virtual worlds online can result in isolation from natural and cultural environments, says College of Education Curriculum and Instruction doctoral students Wenting Ellen Zou and Hsiao-Ping Hsu. “Yet education is in constant change and technology plays a vital role in changing the ways…
Philip Stanforth quoted in Business Insider Australia
Nov. 04, 2018
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Stephanie Cawthon: Deaf-friendly Starbucks — more stores should follow in their steps
Nov. 03, 2018
Educational Psychology Professor Stephanie Cawthon explains that "deaf people have unique experiences and perspectives that can benefit and be of value to an inclusive, hearing-dominant society" in an op-ed for The Hill.
Educational Leadership and Policy Alumna Christy Ponce named President of Temple College
Nov. 02, 2018
Special Education Ph.D. Student Nataly Lim and Professor Mark O’Reilly Published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Nov. 01, 2018
Nataly Lim, who is studying Autism and Developmental Disabilities, and Mark O’Reilly, chair of the Department of Special Education, along with three other scholars evaluated 18 studies examining the effects of heritage language instruction on treatment outcomes for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. Should Heritage Languages be…

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