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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…

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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…

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Three College of Education Teams Receive Seed Grants

Dec. 08, 2020

Projects focus on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Flores Awarded Spencer Grant for Writer’s Workshops in Bilingual Classrooms

Jun. 19, 2019

Tracey Flores, assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction, has received a three-year, $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation develop and implement a bilingual, elementary writer’s workshop.

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