December 2024 Newsletter

Expanding Equity in Educational Research Speaker Series: Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Profs. Marcela Cuellar and Jacob Hibel and Ph.D. student Isabella Cantu presented at the School of Education’s Expanding Equity in Educational Research Speaker Series. Their presentations addressed Hispanic-Serving Institutions and the positive impacts this designation can have on K-12 and higher education—especially at R1 institutions.

“What does it mean to be at this intersection of being both an HSI and an R1?” asked Cuellar. “This intersection might push our thinking both in terms of reframing excellence, which is something that we often attribute to R1 institutions, as well as this idea of ‘servingness’ which is something that is intersected at HSIs.” Read more about this Expanding Equity in Educational Research Speaker Series presentation and view photos.

Dean’s Student Advisory Council Kicks Off 2024–25 Meetings

The 2024–25 Dean’s Student Advisory Council held its first quarterly meeting in November. The council is composed of eight students from School of Education academic programs. “It’s important that our leadership meet with students so we can learn more about their experiences and better understand the challenges they’re facing,” said Dean Tom Smith. “Student perspectives inform and shape the School’s growth, and the members of the council are a conduit for us to hear all student voices.” Read more about the 2024-25 Dean’s Student Advisory Council.

2025-26 Teaching Credential/Master’s Program Deadline

Planning to apply for the School of Education’s 2025-26 teaching credential/M.A. program? Be sure to keep these dates in mind:

• January 8, 2025: General information session
• January 9, 2025: Admission workshop
• January 15, 2025: Priority application/scholarship deadline
• March 1, 2025: General application deadline

Learn more about the 2025-26 teaching credential/M.A. application information sessions and deadlines.

We Want to Hear From You

The School of Education wants to hear about your good news. Please contact us at ed-alumni@ucdavis.edu if you have a professional achievement you’d like to share with us, such as new research publications, career successes, awards, conference presentations, or public service. Your news may be shared with our newsletter and social media audiences. We look forward to hearing from you!

CONFERENCE ROUNDUPS

Featured: Prof. Nicole Sparapani was a distinguished speaker at the Help Group’s Summit 2024 in Los Angeles.

Sparapani presented “Language Interactions as Intervention: Best Practice Approaches to Engage and Motivate Neurodivergent Learners,” emphasizing the valuable perspectives that neurodivergent learners can bring to the classroom when teachers build from their existing strengths and abilities.

Other recent conference highlights include: Elizabeth Castro, Jennifer Higgs, Danny C. Martinez, Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica, and Alicia Rusoja presented at NCTE…Chris Griesemer and Peggy Harte presented their framework on participatory science at the California Science Education Conference…Elizabeth Zeiger Friedmann, Kevin Gee, Robert Linden, and Teresita Martinez spoke at APPAM.

Visit our conference page for a complete roundup of recent SOE research presentations.

Show Off with School of Education Gear

Looking for a way to show off your School of Education pride? You’ll find shirts of all styles, as well as mugs, hats and more with the School of Education logo at the online UC Davis Store. Proceeds from all store sales benefit UC Davis Athletics.

PUBLICATIONS

Abe, Y., Vanora, T., Sinicrope, C., and Gee, K. Effects of the Pacific CHILD Professional Development Program. Final Report. NCEE 2013-4002, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. 

Aristeidou, M., Herodotou, C., Ballard, H., Robinson, L., and Miller, G. (2024). Young volunteers on Zooniverse: exploring the relationship between participation and background characteristic. ARPHA Proceedings 6, 83-87.

Dykeman, K., Reed, S., Friedmann, E., and Kurlaender, M. (2024). Growth Interrupted: An Update on Dual Enrollment Participation Among Public High School Graduates. Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research.

Hart, C.M., Xu, D., Alonso, E., and Hill, M. (2024). COVID-19 in California Community Colleges: College Responses, College Resources, and Student Outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 66(1).

Martin, L. and Dixon, C. (2024). Reenvisioning adaptive expertise as a distributed phenomenon. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 1–20.

Peñaloza, A. C. and Degand, D. (2024). Yo Me Llamo Cumbia: A multimodal autoethnographic analysis on the re-presentation of Cumbia’s AfroIndigenous cantautoras. Multimodality & Society, 0(0).

Raia-Hawrylak, A., Callejas, L., Glover, T. A., Guerriero, L., Kettler, R. J., and Albano, A. D. (2024). Initial Validation of the New Jersey School Climate Improvement Survey. School Psychology Review, 1–13.

Rose, H., Huddlestun, D., Hibel, J., Ebeler, S. E., and Trzesniewski, K. (2024). High School Choice and Expected College Belonging. Journal of School Choice, 18(3), 308–333.

Rusoja, A. (2024). Prólogo. In Duque-Cardona, N., Rodriguez-Gomez, H.M., Pírez-Curell, J. Educación Para La Justicia Global: Una Mirada Desde La Universidad. Universidad de Antioquia.