Bruin Excellence in Civic Engagement Awards Celebrate Alumni Transforming Communities
Mary Jo Madda, Ed.D. ’23 and Ashley Gutierrez, M.Ed. ’19, among 40 Bruins honored by UCLA Alumni Association for their impact in California and beyond.
Author: Paolo Cantos
UCLA Ed&IS’ Doctoral Candidate, Xinyi Zoe Mao, Recognized for Student and Early Career Council Dissertation Research Funding Award
Mao is among ten scholars recognized for the 17th Annual Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Student and Early Career Council Dissertation Research Funding Awards. Her research focuses on children’s attention, executive functions, and self-regulation in classroom settings.
Resurrecting the Black Body
Q&A with author Tonia Sutherland and Book Excerpt
Sutherland, an internationally recognized expert on Black archival practices, employs a lens of critical archival, digital, and cultural studies in her examination of the technology and societal mores around the ways that Black Americans are portrayed posthumously online.
A New Vision for Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at HBCUs
Q&A with Lori Patton Davis and Book Excerpt
Lori Patton Davis has channeled her expertise as a higher education and student affairs professional and a researcher into her new book, “Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Primer for Presidents, Administrators and Faculty,” that provides a vivid picture of what it is to be a Black LGBTQ+ college student.
A Valuable Lesson
A new textbook exploring the rich — and largely untold — history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders gets ready for its close-up.