NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
7/22/08
Recent graduate Diane Hui, now a research fellow at the University of Hong Kong, was recently interviewed by the South China Morning Post on the relationship between language and business development in Hong Kong. Watch the video
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7/22/08
Jill McNew, a doctoral student in the department, is highlighted in an Arts & Sciences campaign to recognize outstanding faculty and student work. Click for more
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5/20/08
Congratulations to all of the 2008 graduates from across the Department of Education. Click for pictures
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5/8/08
Debra Barco, project coordinator for CISTL (Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning) has been awarded a 2008 outstanding Staff Award. Click for more
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4/7/08
In an article published by the St Louis Post-Dispatch (STLtoday.com), professor William F. Tate urges a local school district to engage parents during the implementation of a recently adopted mathematics program. Click for the article
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4/1/08
The Department of Education, ranked alongside schools of education at other universities, continues to soar in the U.S. News & World Report's rankings of graduate and professional programs. This year we advanced three places to tie for 38th. The department was ranked No. 46 in 2006 and No. 41 in 2007. Click for more
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3/32/08
Washington University Magazine recently profiled professor Keith Sawyer on his work with collaboration and creativity. Click for the article
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3/20/08
Professor William F. Tate recently commented on academic achievement in St. Louis for the online magazine STLtoday.com. Click for the article
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3/18/08
On Tuesday, March 25th, join the Department of Education for a lecture and reception at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New York City. The lecture featuring Derrick Bell begins at 6:15 pm with the reception following at 7:45 pm. The lecture will be held at the New York Hilton, Grand Ballroom West, 3rd floor and the reception in the Hilton Trianon Ballroom/Petit Trianon, 3rd Floor. Click for the flyer
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2/29/08
Professor William F. Tate recently commented on recent Missouri legislation related to teacher certification. Click to view the release
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2/22/08
Professor William F. Tate, president of the American Educational Research Association, challenges the research community in his AERA President's Column. Click for the article
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12/21/07
Department Chair and Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences William F. Tate was recently featured in a STLtoday.com (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) article challenging educational institutions and city leaders to work together to improve public education. Click for the article
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12/16/07
Department Chair and Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences William F. Tate was featured in a USA Today article focused on recent challenges facing education research. Click for the article
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6/12/07
Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 Chair Choice awards! Click for images from the awards ceremony
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6/04/07
Congratulations to all of our 2007 PhD graduates! Click for images from Commencement
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5/22/07
Professor Keith Sawyer was recently featured in a RECORD article exploring creativity in everyday life. His latest book, "Group Genius," is due out in June. Click for the article
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4/16/07
Department Chair and Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences William F. Tate was recently featured in a USA Today article focused on the state of educational research. Click for the article
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3/20/07
Washington University is co-hosting a reception at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Click for details
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2/8/07
Arnetha F. Ball from the School of Education at Stanford University, will present a lecture entitled "Boarders Are Not Boundaries: A Cross-National Study of Language Use & Generative Change in Classrooms and Communities." The event will take place in the Women's Building Formal Lounge at 10:00am. A reception will begin at 9:30 am.
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11/1/06
Professor Keith Sawyer recently appeared on two programs featured on CNN. The first, "Genius: Quest for Extreme Brain Power" explored the nature of genius and how intelligence evolves. The second, "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta," explored recent advancements in creativity research.
Click for video segment from "Genius"
Click for video segment from "House Call"
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10/12/06
Congratulations to Susan Carter, first grade teacher at Jackson Park Elementary and recent graduate of our MAED program, who has been awarded the prestigious Milken award for excellence in teaching. Along with national recognition, the award carries a $25,000 prize.
Click for the St Louis Post-Dispatch article
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10/11/06
Department Chair and Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences William Tate was recently featured as a guest editor in the August/September issue of Educational Researcher from AERA (American Educational Research Association). The theme of the issue was "Representation of Minority Students in Special Education: Complicating Traditional Explanations." Click to view
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9/8/06
Professor Carol Camp Yeakey was recently featured in an article in the St Louis American about the new Center on Urban Research and Public Policy. The Center will present its inaugural lecture on September 12th at 4 pm in Graham Chapel. Click for the article
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9/1/06
The Department welcomes new and returning students to campus during Orientation 2006. Click to view
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8/24/06
Professor Mary Ann Dzuback will present a paper entitled "Negotiating the University: Women Social Scientists in the United States" at the Women's History Network annual meeting at Durham University (UK) on September 2, 2006. The Conference is entitled 'Thinking Women: Education, Culture, and Society.'
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7/17/06
Department Chair and Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences William Tate was featured in a recent issue of the Record.
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7/17/06
Multiple department faculty members took part in this year's commencement ceremonies. Click to view
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4/21/06
Professor Jere Confrey, Dr. Alan Maloney, Sibel Kazak, Lewis Ford and Kenny Nguyen presented papers and talks at the Research pre-session of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in April. Confrey also presented the interview of Celia Hoyles, winner of the Freudenthal Medal by the International Congress for Mathematics Instruction.
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4/12/06
Congratulations to Department Chair and Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences William Tate who has been named President--elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Click for the full story
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4/11/06
Professor Keith Sawyer spoke about his new book, "Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation," in a radio interview with AllBusiness.com.
Click to download the audio file (.mp3)
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3/13/06
Professor Keith Sawyer was recently featured in a Record article on creativity entitled "Being More Creative is Possible, But it Takes Work." Click for the article
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3/13/06
Reading Research Quarterly has accepted an article from assistant professor Rebecca Rogers and Ph.D. candidate Melissa Mosley entitled "Guiding the Reading of Race in a Second Grade Working Class Classroom: Critical Race Theory, Whiteness Studies and Literacy Research." The article will appear in October 2006.
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2/17/06
Professor William Tate is profiled in the Spring 2006 Arts & Sciences Newsletter. Click here for the article
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2/16/06
Research led by Mark Hogrebe, Ph.D., research statistician for the St. Louis Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) is highlighted in Washington University News and Information. Click for the article
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1/10/06
Professor Keith Sawyer is profiled in this month's edition of Time magazine. "The Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind" explores Sawyer's work in creativity and innovation in science, business and everyday life. Click for the interview
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1/8/06
Professor Garrett Albert Duncan recently contributed a viewpoint entitled "The Pitfalls of No Child Left Behind" for the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine. Click for the article
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12/15/05
In November, professor Garrett Albert Duncan and graduate students Glynis O’Garro Joseph and Ryonnel Jackson presented their ethnographic research: “Ogbu, Ethics, and Culture in the Schooled Lives of Black Children and Youth” at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Moral Education (AME 2005) at Harvard University. Joseph and Jackson received Gift-of-Time Foundation Student Presenter Grants to attend the conference and present their research. Graduate students Gail Wolfe and Tina B. Mims also attended. Jackson, Wolfe, Mims, Lisa Satanovsky (PhD in Education, 2005), and Chinyere Oteh (AB Social Thought and Analysis, magna cum laude, 2002) assisted Professor Duncan, AME Treasurer and AME 2005 Program Coordinator, in organizing the conference.
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12/13/05
Carol Camp Yeakey has become the founding director of the Washington University Center on Urban Research and Policy. The Center was established as an interdisciplinary effort to promoting scholarship and debate on critical issues facing urban America. Click for the story
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12/7/05
Keith Sawyer will be part of the Center for the Humanities' Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors fourth annual faculty book colloquium on December 7th. Joining Dr. Sawyer will be Rebecca Lester, Larry May and Carter Revard. The event will take place in the Ann W. Olin Women's Building Formal Lounge at 4:00.
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9/14/05
William Tate has recently published "Access and Opportunities to Learn Are Not Accidents: Engineering Mathematical Progress in Your School" for the Southeast Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science (SERC) at SERVE. Click for the article
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9/1/05
Garrett Albert Duncan was included in a recent article, “How to keep those kids in class? Pay them” in The Christian Science Monitor and appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to discuss the topic. Click here for an excerpt of the CSM article
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6/29/05
Stacy DeZutter has recently been named Junior GSC Representative to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Graduate Student Council. The department congratulates Ms. DeZutter on her academic leadership.
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6/21/05
Jim Wertsch and Sibel Kazak have recently published "Intersubjectivity through the Mastery of Semiotic Means in Teacher-Student Discourse" in the Annual Report of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
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6/10/05
William Tate has assumed his duties as Program Chair of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Proposals are now being accepted at www.aera.net. This year's theme is Educational Research in the Public Interest.
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6/10/05
Each year Department Chair William Tate selects faculty, staff, and students who demonstrate a sprit of service and/or academic excellence that represent the very best in the academic enterprise. The Chair's Choice Awards for 2005 are listed below. Please join us in congratulating our fine colleagues.
Ronald Banfield, Adjunct Teaching Award
Debra Barco, Administrative Service Award
Anilkumer Belvadi, Outstanding Dissertation Award
Marcia Daab, Adjunct Teaching Award
Garrett Duncan, Teaching/Mentoring Award
Mary Ann Dzuback, Distinguished Faculty Service Award
Diane Hui, Graduate Research Award
Glynis O'Garro-Joseph, Distinguished Student Service Award
Ji Shen, Dissertator Award
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6/2/05
Congratulations to our 2005 graduates! Click for a complete list of names and degrees awarded
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6/1/05
Professors Garrett Duncan and William Tate were included in a recent article, "Closing the Achievement Gap: Who's Going to Take the Weight?" in Black Issues in Higher Education. Click for an excerpt
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5/16/05
Congratulations to Professor and Department Chair William Tate who has been named the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences. Click for the story
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4/28/05
Stacy Brock, member of the Educational Studies class of 2005, was recently awarded a Washington University Ethic of Service Award. Click for more
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4/6/05
The Graduate Student Senate has awarded three Department of Education faculty members--Jere Confrey, Garrett Duncan and Keith Sawyer -- with the Special Recognition for Mentoring Award.
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4/4/05
U.S. News and World Report released its latest rankings and the Department of Education climbed fifteen places.
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1/15/05
The work of media specialist Brian Cohen was recently featured in a Library of Congress exhibition From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America. Included were excerpts from Cohen's television documentary "At Home on the Range: Jewish Life in Texas." The exhibition ran in Washington, DC from September through December and will open this year in the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles (11/8/05-2/5/06). Another film, "Pushcarts & Plantations: Jewish Life in Louisiana" was part of a City University of New York (CUNY-TV) celebration of the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America. Broadcasts of the documentary ran throughout November and December. |
