Steve Graham, Mary Emily Warner Professor of Education, is the 2021 recipient of the William S. Gray Citation of Merit from the International Literacy Association.
Jill Koyama, vice dean and professor: Before joining MLFTC, Koyama was the Ernest W. McFarland Distinguished Professor in Leadership for Education Policy and Reform at the University of Arizona College of Education, where she was director of educational leadership and policy. She also directed the UA Education Policy Center and the Institute for LGBT Studies, and was an associate professor of graduate interdisciplinary programs.
ASU has been awarded two new grants to support education among Arizona’s Tribal communities. The Arizona Department of Education is allocating $1 million to the Preparing Educators for Arizona's Indigenous Communities Project. The United States Department of Education has allocated $1.4 million to the same project through its Indian Educational Professional Development Program.
A group of researchers from Arizona State University has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for almost $1 million to fund the development of hybrid physical-computational platforms to create pathways to position neurodiverse students for success in school as well as in the larger community.
This fall, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College congratulates new tenured professors, full professors and non-tenure-track faculty who have been promoted.
Promotions and tenure
David Carlson, professor: Carlson was promoted from associate professor. His primary areas of research include qualitative inquiry, curriculum studies, and gender and sexuality studies in education.
By: Christine Montecillo Leider, Boston University; Michaela W. Colombo, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Erin Nerlino, Boston University
When the final buzzer went off on March 9, 1968, in the Long Beach Sport Arena, the Compton High School boys’ basketball team had not only secured a state championship, but also a place in high school sports history. Compton High School was the first team in California history to win 66 games without a loss and back-to-back undefeated state and national champions. The 50th anniversary of that historic accomplishment — in 2019 — is a record that remains unbroken.
Sarup Mathur has been named the Ryan Courtney Harris Memorial Endowed Professor at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. A professor of special education in the division of educational leadership and innovation, Mathur is nationally recognized for her work in the field of emotional and behavioral disorders. She is a former secretary and president of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders and the past president of Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders.
This month, Sherman Dorn says Americans' misplaced concerns for their kids have helped conspiracy theories flourish; Leigh Wolf and Ray Buss on establishing community in an online EdD program; and Lauren Harris and MLFTC alumna
Whether or not you’re a student or faculty member doing academic research or writing, organizing and reading scholarly literature can be overwhelming. Combing through lengthy text, field notes and reviews can get cumbersome and clumsy, leaving room for errors or plagiarism.