Alumna and doctoral student Jasmine Juarez is combating the myth that Latina/o students are not interested in STEM fields by demonstrating that passion for math and science can easily be activated by teachers.
PhD Educational Psychology alumnus Ken Fujimoto's analysis of data helped the City of Chicago improve its quality rating system for child care providers.
Ebony McGee was drawn to STEM fields like math and science from a young age. As a high schooler in Chicago, she earned a scholarship to begin studying engineering at Illinois Institute of…
PhD Special Education alumna Nicole Koonce is investigating how use of language dialects leads to misdiagnosis of literacy and language development problems.
PhD Educational Psychology student Ethan Arenson is investigating how systems for scoring the progress of math and science students can be tweaked to produce better results for teachers.
PhD Literacy, Language and Culture student Colleen Whittingham is investigating how the gaze, gestures and use of bodies in speaking between children and parents impacts literacy learning.
How does the strength of connectivity between student and school affect Black male students with special education needs? PhD Special Education student Kari Smith is on the case.
The College's Danny Martin, PhD, professor of curriculum and instruction, argues that STEM education without a moral component is another tool to marginalize Black and Latina/o learners.
Doctoral student Maisie Gholson is investigating how Black girls' social networks at school impact their opportunities to learn math and the effects on their pursuit of STEM careers in the future.
