Sylvia Hurtado Voted AERA President-Elect
Scholar of transition to college, campus racial climate, and equity for historically marginalized groups to lead the American Educational Research […]
Faculty Awards
Megan Franke, Cecilia Rios-Aguilar Named 2026 AERA Fellows
Ed&IS leaders join 34 exemplary scholars selected for prestigious honor The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the selection […]
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar Elected to National Academy of Education
UCLA Education Department Chair is one of 19 distinguished education scholars and leaders elected to academy membership in 2026 in […]
Marvin Alkin Honored with the UC’s Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
Pioneering scholar of evaluation recognized for outstanding research, scholarly work, and teaching and service by an emeritus or emerita professor […]
Fifth Anniversary of UCLA Bunche Fellows Celebrates Professor Walter Allen
Event on May 29 honored the achievements of UCLA graduate and undergraduates centered on the study of Black life; vision […]
Lucrecia Santibañez and Louis M. Gomez Honored as AERA Fellows
Urban Schooling scholars recognized for their major contributions to educational research. UCLA Professor of Education Lucrecia Santibañez and Distinguished Professor […]
UCLA’s Patricia Gándara Honored with Mexico’s Ohtli Award
Prestigious award recognizes those who have set a path for others, benefitting Mexican citizens and culture. Gándara’s contributions have furthered […]
Thuy Vo Dang Honored with UCLA Research Awards
Scholar of the Vietnamese diaspora and community archives receives Society of Hellman Fellows Award and social impact grant from the UCLA Center […]
UCLA Information Studies Professors Win Mellon Foundation Grant
Thuy Vo Dang, Tonia Sutherland, and Michelle Caswell lead collaborative to support paid internships at community archives. UCLA IS professors […]
Groundbreaking UCLA Scholars to Be Honored by AERA Awards
Distinguished Professors of Education Sandra Graham and Noreen Webb and UCLA alumna Dolores Delgado Bernal to deliver major lectures at Annual Meeting in Philadelphia; David G. García to be honored with the Henry T. Trueba Award.
2024 “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings” Include Ten UCLA Ed & IS Scholars
Eleven scholars affiliated with the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies are included in the 2024 “Edu-Scholar Public Influence […]
Michelle Caswell and Anna Robinson-Sweet Win 2023 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition
Research on community-led recordkeeping projects is recognized by the Association for Library and Information Science Education.
Two UCLA Ed Professors Honored with the Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award
Karen Hunter Quartz and Cecilia Rios-Aguilar recognized by their students and UCLA community for supporting their mentees’ academic and professional goals.
Eddie R. Cole Named 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow
Eddie R. Cole, an associate professor of higher education and history in the UCLA School of Education and Information […]
Thuy Vo Dang Honored by the Society for Public Health Education
Scholar of oral history, Southeast Asian diaspora, and community archives recognized for co-authored paper on archiving COVID-19 experience of AAPI communities.
Center X Researchers Receive AACTE’s 2023 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award
Emma Hipolito and Darlene Lee are co-authors of winning article on the well-being of teacher candidates of color.
Safiya U. Noble Honored With North Carolina A&T’s Human Rights Medal
Scholar of internet studies recognized for groundbreaking work in algorithmic discrimination.
UCLA Professor, Civil Rights Leader Gary Orfield Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Gary Orfield, Distinguished Research Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning at UCLA and the co-director of the […]
Anna Markowitz Honored with UCLA’s Society of Hellman Fellowship
Assistant professor of education will lead a project on economic, health, and psychological inequities faced by childcare center teachers and workers.
UCLA Community School Principal Receives IEL Educator Leadership Award
Leyda Garcia, principal of the UCLA Community School in Los Angeles, has been named the recipient of the 2022 Educator […]
Gregory Leazer Recognized by UCLA for Mentorship of Early and Mid-Career Colleagues
Associate professor of information studies lauded for his collegial and compassionate support.
Gregory Leazer to Be Inducted to UCLA’s Faculty Mentoring Honor Society
Associate professor of information studies part of inaugural cohort of campuswide scholars who mentor their early and mid-career colleagues.
Walter Allen, Patricia Gándara Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCLA School of Education and Information Studies faculty members Walter Allen and Patricia Gandara have been named to the American […]
José Felipe Martínez Wins AERA’s Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award
SRM associate professor recognized for article raising concerns about the technical properties of edTPA.