Vanessa Arredondo (BAE Elementary Education, Bilingual Education, ’14; MEd Curriculum and Instruction, ’16) was named Arizona Rural Schools Association Teacher of the Year for 2020.
Adding to her list of accomplishments, Arredondo is a first-generation college graduate. She came to the United States in third grade. “Like many of the students I teach, I had to learn English while adjusting to a new culture and living with family members,” she says.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
The research of 10 graduate education students from Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College was featured in ASU’s virtual Institute for Social Science Research. Read about their interesting research below.
Sae Saem Sofia Yoon
What’s in a Name? A Narrative Study of International Students’ English Names
Molly Ott, associate professor at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, penned an article for The Conversation about the surprising enrollment increase in for-profit colleges amid the pandemic. Meanwhile, enrollment in public and private nonprofit universities, and community colleges is dropping. What are the factors behind the trend?
Amanda Riske (BA ’03), a PhD student in the Learning, Literacies and Technologies program at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was named a fellow of the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education. She is one of 10 fellows for 2020–21 from universities across the U.S.
Sarah Salinas, a PhD student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, is the 2020 winner of the Jane West Spark Award from the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children.
A meta-analysis study published by Steve Graham and two researchers from the University of Utah found that writing about content reliably enhanced learning, even for content in diverse subjects such as math, science and social studies. Graham, a Mary Emily Warner Professor of Education at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, explained the study and its implications to The Hechinger Report.
After being on the Arizona State University campus for nearly two years, Kagan Sherman has learned how to identify a fellow military veteran.
Ray Buss, a professor in the Educational Leadership and Innovation division at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, received the 2020 David G. Imig Distinguished Service Award.
They are the best and brightest and have brought honor and distinguishment to their disciplines. They’re considered the top researchers that Arizona State University has to offer, and they’re getting their moment in the sun.
Four ASU faculty are being honored with the title of Regents Professor: the most prestigious and highest faculty award possible.