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Roberts receives national award for dissertation research

On Oct. 22, the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) Research Committee announced Leslie Roberts, Ph.D., assistant professor of reading at Georgia Southern University, as the recipient of the ALER Dissertation Award for 2020. Robert’s dissertation, “Motivation to Read in the Middle Grades” explores the reading motivations of sixth grade students as well as […]


COE’s Ming Fang He selected co-editor-in-chief of prestigious education journal

At the beginning of 2020, Ming Fang He, Ph.D., professor of curriculum studies at College of Education, was selected as co-editor-in-chief for Educational Studies, the Official Journal of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) included in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) Journal List. Together, Professor Ming Fang He, co-editor-in-chief, Professor Bic Ngo (University of Minnesota-Twin […]


Stevenson and Beck present twice in October

Alma Stevenson, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading and Scott Beck, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning made two presentations during the month of October. They presented a research study, recently published in Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, regarding Mexican American racial identities during the Conference on Immigration to the […]


COE Faculty Awarded Seed Grants 2016

On behalf of the COE Research Committee we would like to announce the two winners for this year’s seed grant competition: Alma Stevenson, Ph.D., and Lacey Huffling, Ph.D., for their study titled, “Developing Scientific Literacy: A socioculturally responsive and ecological approach to science learning” Chelda Smith, Ph.D., and Melony Allen, Ph.D., for their study focused on […]