Joan Brasher

  • Infographic: Parent giving

    Infographic: Parent giving

    Dec 31, 2014

  • Peabody ‘Pioneers’ honored

    Peabody ‘Pioneers’ honored

    Each year, on the Friday of Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, the Pioneer Luncheon is held. During Vanderbilt’s Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, Peabody honored alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago at the annual Pioneer Luncheon. The Class of 1964 was the newest group to be included in the… Read More

    Dec 30, 2014

  • Yudin visits Susan Gray School

    Yudin visits Susan Gray School

    Michael Yudin interacts with young students at the Susan Gray School. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) As part of the “Partners in Progress” Back-to-School Bus Tour with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Michael Yudin visited Peabody in September. Yudin is acting assistant secretary for the Office of Special… Read More

    Dec 30, 2014

  • Fall 2014 Staff

    Fall 2014 Staff

    Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Visit Peabody College’s website at peabody.vanderbilt.edu Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development Joan Brasher, Editor Jan Read, Senior Director, Integrated Communications Donna Pritchett, Art Director Chris Collins, Designer Bonnie Arant… Read More

    Dec 30, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Peabody Spirit: Celebrating 100 years of innovation, advocacy and outreach

    Peabody College is celebrating 100 years on its current campus—a century of championing education for the for all children, including those marginalized by ability, socioeconomic status or race. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Research News

    Research News

    The SMPY gifted child study was covered by the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Nature, Scientific American and many other media outlets. Gifted men and women define success differently Researchers spent four decades studying a group of mathematically talented adolescents, finding that by midlife they… Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Honors and Achievements

    Honors and Achievements

    Wyatt Center East Hall/Vanderbilt Evans, Boatman present on AP credits, student loans Angela Boatman, assistant professor of public policy and higher education, will participate in the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, a new $10 million center based… Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Infographic: Alumni Career Outcomes

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Forever Friends

    Forever Friends

    Betsy Hurd Bourner, BS’42, and Christine Slayden Tibbott, BS’42, MA’44, first met at Peabody as undergraduates and have remained friends ever since. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Dean’s personal connection to Susan Gray

    Dean’s personal connection to Susan Gray

    Two of Benbow’s 12 grandchildren attend Susan Gray School on the Peabody Campus. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Korean statue gets new home

    Korean statue gets new home

    A rare Korean funerary statue guarding outside Payne Hall has been relocated indoors. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Opening Doors, Transforming Lives

    Fifty years after its formation, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's commitment to children remains. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Trailblazers

    Trailblazers

    The Posse program celebrates 25 years. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • From the Dean

    From the Dean

    "We hold firm our historic concern for individual learners and for underserved populations." Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Breaking Down Barriers

    Breaking Down Barriers

    Roslyn Clark Artis is Florida Memorial’s 13th president—and its first woman president. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • On the Air

    On the Air

    John Wanzung learned the art of selling during his human development classes. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Turning Theory into Practice

    Turning Theory into Practice

    Alumni created a scholarship in honor of HOD founder Bob Innes. Read More

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    USN marks 100 years

    When the Peabody Demonstration School was on the verge of closing, parents put up their own money to keep the doors open. Read More

    Dec 22, 2014

  • iStock Teacher Effectiveness Data (file folders)

    New tools will help principals harness data for hiring and other decisions

    New tools and resources will help principals maximize the powerful teacher effectiveness data available to them. Read More

    Dec 22, 2014

  • Head Start Begins Here

    Head Start Begins Here

    Peabody psychologist Susan Gray laid the framework for the national Head Start program. Read More

    Dec 21, 2014