Peabody Reflector

  • Boy signing the word 'Book' in American Sign Language while studying with his parents

     $3.2M grant to fund Vanderbilt study of reading skills in children who are deaf or hard of hearing

    Participate in this study. Vanderbilt University has been awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to better understand how children who are deaf or hard of hearing excel at reading. Millions of children are hearing impaired and these individuals tend to have below-average… Read More

    Sep 4, 2019

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    Murry named University Professor

    Velma McBride Murry, who holds the Lois Autrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development, has been named University Professor of Human and Organizational Development and University Professor of Health Policy. Read More

    Aug 26, 2019

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    Tech-based HIV prevention program proves effective for rural African American families

    Technology may be a viable option for reducing HIV risk for African Americans in rural communities, according to a new Vanderbilt report.  Read More

    Aug 23, 2019

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    Tennessee Educator Survey highlights ways leaders can support teachers

    Vanderbilt partnered with the Tennessee Department of Education to evaluate teacher perceptions and monitor school climates and culture across the state. Read More

    Aug 21, 2019

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    Preschoolers can do more math than you think

    More complex math concepts can be easily introduced through simple games and tasks at home, according to a new Vanderbilt report. Read More

    Aug 16, 2019

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    Toddler brains resist learning from screens, even video chat

    Vanderbilt study finds little ones need to interact with real, live humans in order to learn new information. Read More

    Jul 31, 2019

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    Recent Peabody graduate transforming lives of the sight-impaired

    James Boehm, who earned a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Peabody College in May, turned a life-changing incident into a mission to help others recovering from traumatic injuries and blindness. Read More

    May 29, 2019

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    Recent books by Peabody alumni

    The Flicker of Old Dreams (2018, HarperCollins) by Susan Henderson, MEd’92 Mary Crampton has spent all her 30 years in Petroleum, a small Western town where she lives at home, working as the embalmer in her father’s mortuary. Though some townsfolk… Read More

    May 15, 2019

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    Peabody People: Shaiza Rizavi, BS’91

    Shaiza Rizavi (second from left) with her family, from left to right: Kira, Nicholas, Anna, Jon and Daniel Friedland Transformative Lens The new Rizavi–Friedland Chair will attract and retain star faculty leaders For Shaiza Rizavi, a money manager and managing member of the New York-based brokerage… Read More

    May 15, 2019

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    Photo Essay—The Susan Gray School: 50 years of national leadership in inclusive early childhood education

    The Susan Gray School’s concept of “no barriers” between typically developing children and children with developmental disabilities is exemplified by these playground friends in 2013. Photo by Lauren Holland From the very beginning, when ground was broken in 1966 for the John F. Kennedy Center at George Peabody… Read More

    May 15, 2019

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    Peabody People: Nyree Ramsey, BS’97, MEd’00, and Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, BS’96

    Ecclesiastes, left, and Ramsey are working together to rejuvenate and transform a long-neglected, 25-block corridor that stands in the shadow of an elevated expressway constructed more than 50 years ago. Photo by Greg Miles Neighborhood Rebirth When Nyree Ramsey visited New Orleans in 1995, three words… Read More

    May 15, 2019

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    Ideas in Action – Recent books by Peabody Faculty

    Methods for Teaching in Early Education, First Edition (2019, Routledge) by Jennifer Ledford, PhD’12, assistant professor of special education; Justin D. Lane; and Erin E. Barton, PhD’07, associate professor of special education A comprehensive textbook offering a thorough introduction to early childhood teaching methods, this volume offers a… Read More

    May 15, 2019

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    Ideas in Action – Thought Leaders

    Peabody faculty members frequently contribute ideas to public discourse. Here is a selection from media mentions and appearances in recent months: Inc. Camilla P. Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, and David Lubinski, professor of psychology… Read More

    May 15, 2019

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    Ideas in Action – Notes and Honors

    Milner delivers the annual Brown Lecture in Education Research for the American Educational Research Association in Washington, D.C. H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Teaching and Learning, delivered the American Educational Research Association’s 2018 Brown Lecture in Education Research. The lecture took place in October in Washington,… Read More

    May 14, 2019

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    Ideas in Action – Also Noted

    Laurie Cutting, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Special Education, has been honored with a $3 million National Institutes of Health MERIT Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The grant will support her investigation of how the neural networks associated with reading, math… Read More

    May 14, 2019

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    Autism and Innovation

    Temple Grandin visits Vanderbilt for the Chancellor’s Lecture Series on Thursday, November 29, 2018. (Photo by Claire Barnett) Peabody College senior Claire Barnett, left, poses with autism advocate Temple Grandin before Grandin’s appearance at Vanderbilt in November as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series. A senior majoring in human… Read More

    May 14, 2019

  • Gary H. Cheek, director of the Bass Military Scholars Program

    Peabody to participate in Bass Military Scholars program

    Peabody College is one of five Vanderbilt graduate schools selected to participate in the new Bass Military Scholars program. Starting this fall, the program will begin funding six scholarships annually at Vanderbilt for eligible active-duty military and veterans. The program is funded by a $25 million gift from… Read More

    May 14, 2019

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    From the Dean

    Photo by John Russell The sky threatened on a muggy afternoon in early September when about 150 of us gathered near the front steps of the Mayborn Building. I was hoping the bottom would not drop out, but the occasion was too important not to celebrate—and also long… Read More

    May 14, 2019

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    Strong Connection: A visionary renovation of two iconic Peabody buildings links the college’s progressive past with a bright future

    In 1914 students and faculty of George Peabody College for Teachers gather outside the new Home Economics and Industrial Arts buildings.   By Randy Horick, MA’82 Featured on the cover of Paul Conkin’s history of Peabody College is a wide-angle, black-and-white photograph of a multitude assembled in front… Read More

    May 13, 2019

  • Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos addresses the Class of 2019 in his final Commencement as chancellor on May 10, 2019. (Joe

    Zeppos offers ‘eight words’ of advice in farewell Commencement address

    Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos encouraged graduates at Vanderbilt Commencement to be the brave leaders that America and the world desperately needs—leaders who focus on making the world better for others, not just themselves. Read More

    May 10, 2019