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Special Education Doctoral Student Receives Grant to Teach Fraction Vocabulary to Students Experiencing Mathematics Difficulty
Jan. 20, 2021
Xin Lin, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Special Education’s Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders program, has received the Candace S. Bos Innovative Grant Award from the Division of Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children. The study will pilot a fraction vocabulary…

Special Education PhD Student Collaborates with Department Chair, Others, on Researching the Immigrant Experience as it Relates to ASD
Dec. 22, 2020
Department of Special Education doctoral student Nataly Lim has co-authored two articles about the struggles of immigrant families with children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with Mark O’Reilly, professor and chair of the department, and several colleagues. The first article, “A Review of Barriers Experienced by Immigrant Parents…

PhD Student’s Proposal to Pair Online Manipulatives and Lessons Garners Grant Award
Dec. 18, 2020
Jiyeon Park, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Special Education’s Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders program, has received the Candace S. Bos Innovative Grant Award of $1,000 from the Division of Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children. Park’s research proposal, “A…

Three College of Education Teams Receive Seed Grants
Dec. 08, 2020
Projects focus on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Miles de Manos / Thousands of Hands is Subject of a New NIH Grant for the College of Education
Dec. 04, 2020
Dean and faculty will leverage strengths of families and communities across Honduras to lead research on a community-based youth violence intervention.

More than $12 million in IES Grants to Support Research Benefiting Students and Educators
Aug. 20, 2020
Grants will benefit students from kindergarten through middle school in math and reading, and will also help prepare teacher trainers.

Gray and Carlson Receive $1.1 Million Grant
Nov. 04, 2019
Jane Gray and Cindy Carlson have received a $1.1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Graduate Psychology Education Program.

Mary Steinhardt Receives $3.3 Million Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Oct. 04, 2019
The project provides resources to African Americans to manage their daily demands of type 2 diabetes.

Kinesiology and Health Education Faculty Member Receives $1.2 Million Grant from NIAAA
Oct. 01, 2019
Miguel Pinedo's project will address gaps in our understanding of barriers that prevent people from seeking and receiving appropriate care for alcohol use disorders.

Special Education Faculty Members Receive $1.4 Million Grant from IES
Jul. 08, 2019
Special Education Assistant Professor Jessica Toste and Associate Professor Nathan Clemens have received a $1.4 million grant to develop teacher expertise in data-based decision making to improve student reading success.