Education And Psychology
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Tennessee Education Research Alliance receives $1.7M grant to explore opportunities for increasing teacher diversity across Tennessee
Though 37 percent of Tennessee’s students are people of color, only 13 percent of the state’s teachers are. To work toward narrowing that representation gap, the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, a research-practice partnership between Vanderbilt Peabody College and the Tennessee Department of Education, has received a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. Read MoreAug 10, 2022
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Barrera-Osorio, Dustan receive $400,000 grant to study public-private schools in Bogotá, Colombia
Governments of lower- and middle-income countries increasingly are turning to public-private partnerships to operate schools as an alternative to traditional public schools. Vanderbilt professors Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Andrew Dustan have received a one-year NSF grant in excess of $400,000 to lead an interdisciplinary study on the quality of these partnership schools in Bogotá, Colombia. Read MoreAug 9, 2022
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‘Peabody Journal of Education’ issue addresses COVID-19’s impact on education policy, equity and social justice
The latest issue of the Peabody Journal of Education focuses on the pandemic’s consequences for equity and social justice, with insights on the PK-16 education system’s initial response to COVID-19 and how the first year of the pandemic affected education and educational inequality. Read MoreAug 2, 2022
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Humphreys receives $3.7 million grant to study relationship between parent–child proximity and emerging psychopathology
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development Kathryn Humphreys will investigate parent–child proximity and emerging psychopathology with a new five-year research grant in excess of $3.7 million from the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists program. Read MoreJul 28, 2022
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Vanderbilt Blair School of Music and Nashville Symphony expand Curb Youth Symphony partnership
Vanderbilt Blair School of Music and the Nashville Symphony have announced an expansion of their partnership in the Curb Youth Symphony. Beginning with the 2022–23 school year, Nashville Symphony Associate Conductor Nathan Aspinall will serve as conductor and artistic director of the ensemble. Read MoreJul 28, 2022
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Q&A: What can a 50-year study teach us about giftedness?
The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study led by Vanderbilt researchers Camilla P. Benbow and David Lubinski, continues to shape the way we understand giftedness, success and happiness. Read MoreJul 27, 2022
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Grammy Award–winning vocalist Mark Kibble joins Vanderbilt Blair School of Music
Legendary a cappella singer and trailblazer Mark Kibble has joined the Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music as an adjunct instructor of jazz voice. Kibble’s appointment begins this fall, and he will direct the vocal jazz ensemble and teach jazz vocals. Read MoreJul 14, 2022
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Faculty awarded Seeding Success Grants for spring 2022
Vanderbilt has awarded 14 faculty members with grants to support the early stages of pioneering research projects identified as likely candidates for further funding from federal, foundation and industry sponsors. The spring 2022 Seeding Success Grants are the second cycle of this internal early investment funding initiative. Read MoreJun 28, 2022
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Jumpstart Conference to explore intersection of racial justice work, education research Aug. 1
The Initiative for Race Research and Justice at Vanderbilt Peabody College will host its third virtual Jumpstart Conference Aug. 1, bringing together researchers on race from both inside and outside of the field of education. Read MoreJun 23, 2022
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Vanderbilt Humphrey Fellow witnesses human toll of war in Ukraine, hopes for peace as atrocities continue
Former Ukrainian government minister Anna Novosad is creating educational opportunities for those navigating life in a war zone. She will share her experiences at a June 23 virtual event open to the Vanderbilt community. Read MoreJun 15, 2022
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Online instruction blended with face-to-face time is best strategy for students recovering from COVID-19 setbacks
Students are most likely to benefit from online credit recovery when it blends online instruction with face-to-face time, rather than being conducted fully online, according to research published by Vanderbilt professor Carolyn J. Heinrich. Read MoreJun 2, 2022
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Vanderbilt psychologists win access to neuroscience observatory to conduct ‘quantum leap’ experiments on predictive coding in the brain
A team comprising Assistant Professor of Psychology André Bastos, Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Alexander Maier and Ph.D. candidate Jacob A. Westerberg is among three international research teams that have won the opportunity to pursue their exploration of brain function at the Allen Brain Observatory. Read MoreJun 2, 2022
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Q&A: Vanderbilt expert discusses new research on how the brain affects the way we perceive film
The integration of cinema and science is at the foundation of Vanderbilt University professor Daniel Levin’s research. Levin teaches Film and Psychology in addition to other classes that examine how cognitive science and the arts collide. Read MoreMay 27, 2022
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Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership aims to train next generation to implement change
Leaders at the forefront of systemic change make a difference by thinking about how to shift old patterns that have kept people marginalized. Thirteen students nominated by deans across Vanderbilt this year got the chance to engage in such big-picture thinking as participants in the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership’s interprofessional student fellowship. Read MoreMay 11, 2022
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Next Steps at Vanderbilt graduates to join their peers at Commencement
For the first time, graduates from Vanderbilt’s Next Steps program for students with developmental disabilities will walk in the full campus Commencement ceremony. Read MoreMay 6, 2022
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Lipscomb University president named Peabody College Distinguished Alumna
Candice McQueen, who assumed the presidency of Nashville’s Lipscomb University last year, will be honored by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development with the 2022 Distinguished Alumna Award during Commencement ceremonies on May 13. Read MoreMay 6, 2022
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Moms who research moms: Spotlighting VU research on motherhood
They say motherhood is the toughest job you’ll ever love. That’s true for this group of Vanderbilt researchers, who’ve built successful careers around researching various aspects of parenthood while raising their own children. Read MoreMay 5, 2022
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Class of 2022: Megan Jordan works at the intersection of art and social justice
Art, research, social justice, and community are the cornerstones that support the life and work of sociology Ph.D. candidate Megan Jordan, MA’19. Read MoreMay 3, 2022
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Leyva named 2022 LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year by Out to Innovate
Luis A. Leyva, assistant professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, has been recognized by Out to Innovate as the 2022 LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year. Read MoreMay 3, 2022
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Milner to assume presidency, scholars to present research at AERA meeting in San Diego
Vanderbilt professor H. Richard Milner IV will become president of the American Educational Research Association this month when the organization meets in San Diego. Milner, Vanderbilt’s first elected president of AERA, is a researcher, scholar and leader of urban education and teacher education. Read MoreApr 22, 2022