Education And Psychology
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TRANSLATE program secures $1.99M grant to enhance literacy education for multilingual students
Vanderbilt University's TRANSLATE program has secured a $1.99 million federal grant to enhance literacy education for multilingual students in grades 4-6. Directed by Emily Phillips Galloway, assistant professor of multilingual learning and literacy education, the program empowers teachers to leverage students' linguistic diversity, showing promising results in improving reading comprehension. Read MoreJun 25, 2024
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Insights and findings from the Nashville Partnership for Education Equity Research Symposium
In May, the Nashville Partnership for Education Equity Research—a collaboration between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development—hosted its inaugural research symposium at the MNPS Martin Center for Professional Development. The symposium included poster presentations on research projects to improve equity outcomes… Read MoreJun 7, 2024
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Russell leads new professional association for burgeoning education research field
By Jenna Somers Jennifer Russell, professor of leadership, policy, and organizations, is leading a three-year grant program to establish the Improvement Scholars Network (ISN) as an independent professional association aimed at fostering collaboration among scholars and professionals in the education field. The association will focus on advancing innovation… Read MoreJun 7, 2024
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Christensen and Wilkey: emerging leaders in psychological sciences
By Jenna Somers Alex Christensen Eric Wilkey Alex Christensen and Eric Wilkey, assistant professors of psychology and human development, are emerging leaders in the psychological sciences, strengthening Vanderbilt’s expertise in data science and the neuroscience of mathematical learning,… Read MoreMay 15, 2024
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Innovative AI learning technology projects win inaugural LIVE Spark Grants
LIVE, the Learning Innovation Incubator at Vanderbilt University, has awarded the inaugural LIVE Spark Grants to three interdisciplinary teams innovating cutting-edge learning technologies that leverage AI to advance literacy, music education and aid in the care of people with dementia. Selected from a strong pool of applicants,… Read MoreMay 14, 2024
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Welsh leads equity-centered research practice partnership to reduce racial disparities in school discipline
By Jenna Somers Richard Welsh Last year, Richard Welsh, founding director of the School Discipline Lab, reported findings on the persistence of racial disparities in exclusionary school discipline practices. Despite suspensions declining over the past decade as schools reformed their policies, exclusionary disciplinary rates remained higher for… Read MoreMay 13, 2024
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Peabody College hosts linguist Li Wei as a Vanderbilt Global Scholar in Residence
By Jenna Somers Li Wei, professor of applied linguistics and director and dean of the Institute of Education at University College London, visited Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development in April as a Global Scholar in Residence. Li Wei Li studies bilingualism and multilingualism, focusing… Read MoreMay 6, 2024
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Vanderbilt University and Metro Nashville Public Schools launch partnership to boost college admissions from Nashville schools
The new scholarship program, Nashville Vanderbilt Scholars, aims to get more students from Nashville high schools into Vanderbilt classrooms. Read MoreMay 1, 2024
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Vanderbilt scientist collaborates with Cajal Institute in Spain to train a bank of AI models to identify memory formation signals in the brain
The researchers, including Vanderbilt’s team led by Kari Hoffman, focused their efforts on the detection of hippocampal ripples, which are considered biomarkers of memory and are affected by epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Read MoreApr 15, 2024
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Peabody faculty and alumna honored at AERA annual meeting
Ilana Horn Bethany Rittle-Johnson Chezare Warren Mariah Harmon Following Ilana Horn’s selection earlier this year as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, she was inducted on Friday, April 12, at the AERA 2024 annual meeting… Read MoreApr 15, 2024
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Shinn leads new study of cash payments and peer support to reduce homelessness
By Jenna Somers Infancy is the age at which someone is most likely to live in a homeless shelter. If that sounds surprising, consider that poverty is the main reason families with young children become homeless. Given the high costs of childcare across the country, often parents leave the… Read MoreApr 12, 2024
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Leyva advances research on Hispanic-Serving Institutions with $2.4M grant from NSF
In a study supported by a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Luis Leyva, associate professor of mathematics education and STEM higher education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, has made critical progress in research on racial equity for undergraduate Latin* students… Read MoreApr 8, 2024
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tnAchieves coaching supports low-income students’ post-secondary persistence at Tennessee community colleges
First-year college students who receive coaching through the tnAchieves program are more likely to persist into their second year, according to new analysis from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) in collaboration with tnAchieves and the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE). tnAchieves is a non-profit partner… Read MoreApr 8, 2024
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Jessica Logan: a meta-scientist on a mission
By Jenna Somers Jessica Logan Associate Professor of Special Education Jessica Logan has always been interested in child development, specifically the growth of academic skills in young children at risk for learning disabilities. She seeks to understand how children learn and the contexts in which they learn, exploring… Read MoreApr 5, 2024
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A winning model: Bogotá’s charter schools boost students’ academic and social-emotional skills
By Jenna Somers Researchers at Vanderbilt University and William & Mary may have found a promising approach to education reform that could help provide high-quality education to students from low-income families. Results from a study on the quality of public-private partnership schools in Bogotá, Colombia—known as schools in administration—demonstrate… Read MoreApr 5, 2024
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Two A&S psychology faculty receive prestigious awards in vision sciences
Randolph Blake, Centennial Professor of Psychology, won the 2024 Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science Award for lasting, high-impact contributions to vision science. Isabel Gauthier, David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology, won the 2024 Davida Teller Award for exceptional scientific achievements, commitment to equity, and a strong history of mentoring. Read MoreApr 4, 2024
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Vanderbilt hosts global network of women in higher education at CHAT-WHEN conference focused on research collaborations, mentorship
With a goal of establishing international research collaborations among women in higher education, the U.S.-based Chair at the Table Network (CHAT) and U.K.-based Women’s Higher Education Network (WHEN) explored themes related to advancing careers and building partnerships at the hybrid event. Read MoreApr 1, 2024
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AUIB’s College of Education and Human Development welcomes first students
The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the American University of Iraq—Baghdad welcomed its first cohort of students in January for the start of the spring semester. Eighteen students are enrolled in the Teaching Learning and Design (TLD) Program. In 2022, Vanderbilt Peabody College of education… Read MoreMar 18, 2024
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Special education faculty honored by Council for Exceptional Children
Jason Chow Douglas Fuchs Lynn Fuchs Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development faculty members Jason Chow and Doug and Lynn Fuchs were recognized by the Council for Exceptional Children, the major professional organization in the field of special education, at… Read MoreMar 18, 2024
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Golann named director of New Jersey Families Study
Joanne Golann has been named the new director of the New Jersey Families Study, a video ethnographic examination of how families support their children’s early learning. Golann is associate professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development and co-principal investigator… Read MoreMar 5, 2024