Peabody Reflector

Betsega Bekele, MEd'14, helps lead American Portrait, a multiplatform, national storytelling project tied to PBS’ 50th anniversary celebration. The digital-first initiative that launched online in January 2020 is centered on this question: What does it really mean to be an American today? Read More

One program worked much better than the rest: a long-term rental subsidy that held families’ housing costs to 30 percent of their income. Read More

Betsega Bekele, MEd’14 (photo by Jen McDonald) In December 2019, when Betsega Bekele returned to Washington, D.C., as project director for PBS American Portrait, she would never have predicted how well her interests would connect to her new job. “In my 20s, I worked either in the music industry or… Read More

Psychological research demonstrates that noticing errors in what we read is often difficult, and that those errors can affect our later beliefs, even when we know they’re wrong. Read More

Betsega Bekele, MEd’14 (photo by Jen McDonald) In December 2019, when Betsega Bekele returned to Washington, D.C., as project director for PBS American Portrait, she would never have predicted how well her interests would connect to her new job. “In my 20s, I worked either in the music industry or… Read More

Betsega Bekele, MEd’14 (photo by Jen McDonald) In December 2019, when Betsega Bekele returned to Washington, D.C., as project director for PBS American Portrait, she would never have predicted how well her interests would connect to her new job. “In my 20s, I worked either in the music industry or… Read More

Peabody College has found itself working in overdrive to continue meeting the needs of students while also supporting the many constituencies that make up a complex college offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional education. Read More

As teaching has moved online in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, more and more educators are turning to the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt Peabody College for reliable information on evidence-based practices and interventions. Read More

In a landmark moment, Vanderbilt University Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente announced Tuesday that Candice Storey Lee, a former standout student-athlete and three-time graduate of the university, has been named interim vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and interim athletic director, effective immediately. Read More

Randall Harley, a retired professor of special education at Peabody College who was noted for his scholarship on visual impairment education, has died. Read More

Vanderbilt neuroscientist James R. Booth is releasing two large scale neuroimaging datasets on reading and language development to support other researchers studying how academic skills develop in childhood. Read More

Seven professors from Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are on the 2020 list, as well as one from the College of Arts and Science. Read More

Five Vanderbilt alumni have been selected for the 2020 Forbes “30 Under 30.” The list highlights “600 revolutionaries in 20 industries changing the course—and the face—of business and society.” Read More

The goal of the study is to create a multi-year data set that allows teachers, youth workers, researchers and policymakers to promote safety and well-being for Nashville’s young people. Read More

Researchers find that social networks play an increasing role in the fragmented teacher labor market. Read More

A new Vanderbilt report finds that children are highly influenced by what they overhear adults say about others. Read More

Message from Dean Camilla Benbow to readers of the Fall 2019 Peabody Reflector Read More

Couple endows directorship of Peabody's Center for Science Outreach at Peabody Read More

Visionary artist Mel Chin, BA’75, was named Sept. 25 among the class of 26 MacArthur Fellows for 2019. Read More

Betsega Bekele, MEd’14 (photo by Jen McDonald) In December 2019, when Betsega Bekele returned to Washington, D.C., as project director for PBS American Portrait, she would never have predicted how well her interests would connect to her new job. “In my 20s, I worked either in the music industry or… Read More