UCLA Ed&IS Heads to AERA in Chicago
UCLA Wasserman Dean Christina (Tina) Christie “The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies is a place that produces critical […]
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The SMASH Project: UCLA Ed&IS Combine Departmental Expertise to Study Hate Speech
The SEIS interdisciplinary partnership collaborates with the Organization for Social Media Safety, as part of UCLA’s campus-wide Initiative to Study Hate.
Urban Schooling Alumnae Co-Author Book on Anti-Blackness in Schools
Joi Spencer and Kerri Ullucci open difficult conversations with their classroom teacher expertise, Spencer’s lived experiences as a Black student.
MLK Day: A Message from Christina Christie, Wasserman Dean
Today, we honor the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—our nation’s revered social and racial justice leader. […]
Literacies of Love: Trauma, Healing, and Pedagogical Shifts in an English Classroom
Excerpt of award-winning dissertation by Sharim Hannegan-Martinez, Ph.D., ’20, synthesizing existing research in the fields of public health, social epidemiology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, ethnic studies, and education to achieve a more robust understanding of trauma, its effects, and the under-theorized but agreed upon intervention to child trauma: loving relationships.
The Walls Around Opportunity: The Failure of Colorblind Policy for Higher Education
An excerpt from the book and Q&A with author Professor Gary Orfield about his perspective on social and economic barriers to higher education.
Faculty Interview: Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Chair, Department of Education
In October, UCLA education professor Cecilia Rios-Aguilar was appointed as Chair of the Department of Education at the UCLA School […]
Philip Goodrich: Navigating Free Expression on Campuses
MSA student offers recommendations for how student government leaders can take the lead, set an example.
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.
Fall Convocation Heralds the 2022-2023 Academic Year
Wasserman Dean Christina Christie and Amanda Tachine of Arizona State University kick off the fall quarter at SEIS.
SEIS Celebrates First In-Person Commencements Since 2019
Ceremonies for the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 took place at UCLA on June 11.
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 […]
UCLA at AERA 2022 – A Preview
UCLA SEIS will participate in more than 150 sessions exploring the AERA Conference theme, “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century.”
Tyrone Howard Wins the 2022 AERA Social Justice in Education Award
Scholar of education and social justice directs the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools and the Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families.
APA Task Force Features UCLA Expertise for Congressional Briefing on Violence and Threats Against School Personnel
(Updated 03/18/22) Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at UCLA SEIS, takes part in research supported by the American Psychological Association on the pandemic’s side effect of harassment and bodily harm against teachers and other school staff.
Tyrone Howard Voted AERA President-Elect for 2022-23
Scholar of urban education and equity directs the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools.
William A. Sandoval Selected as Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
William A. Sandoval, a professor at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, has been named as a member of The American Association […]
Liz Kleinrock: New Book Addresses Questions and Challenges Educators Have About Antibias and Antiracist Work
UCLA alumna at the forefront of promoting antibias, antiracist work in school communities nationwide.
New Study Looks at the Impact of Screen Free Zones in College Classrooms
UCLA SEIS Graduate Students Laura Rhinehart and Salvador R. Vazquez join with UCLA Psychology Professor Patricia M. Greenfield in new study with implications for student performance and instructor evaluations.
“The Campus Color Line” Named winner of Frederick M. Ness Book Award
The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom, by Eddie R. Cole, an associate professor of […]
The Strategies of Resistance
An excerpt from Daniel G. Solórzano and Lindsay Pérez Huber’s book Racial Microaggressions: Using Critical Race Theory to Respond to Everyday Racism that analyzes how microaffirmations within Communities of Color reclaim the dignity and humanity that everyday racism takes away.
Making the Case for Social Justice Educators in America’s Schools
New book, “Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators,” details UCLA Center X efforts to transform teacher preparation, educator support, and schools through focus on social justice
UCLA Computer Science Model Expanding in Los Angeles Unified Schools
$1M National Science Foundation grant will expand UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools’ effort to close learning gaps and increase opportunities in STEM for low-income students of color at two LAUSD schools in South Los Angeles.
Norma Feshbach: 1926 – 2021
Scholar of empathy in children founded UCLA program that became the Human Development and Psychology division of SEIS.