Faculty news
- Jeremy Singer, assistant professor teaching of research for Detroit PEER in the College of Education, quoted in Bridge Michigan, “Michigan school district uses gas cards, camp trips to boost graduation rates”
- Tamara Hew-Butler, associate professor of Exercise & Sports Science in the College of Education, featured in Superlife, “Hydration myths exposed: Are you drinking yourself sick?”
- Christine Hancock, assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in the College of Education, featured in Chalkbeat Detroit, “This bill would close a funding gap for future Michigan early childhood educators”
- Francesca Pernice, professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education, featured in Los Angeles Times, “‘At this Hollywood clubhouse, people with mental illness find purpose and belonging”
- Congratulations to Megan Price on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Legislation would allow more student teachers to be paid
- College of Education Division of Academic Services wins Homecoming Office Decorating Competition
- Wayne State University College of Education receives NSF grant to advance equity in teaching data literacy in Detroit
- Wayne State University College of Education receives $600,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation to study impact of mixed-income neighborhood initiatives on Black youth
- Rema Vassar, professor in the College of Education for the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, featured in Diverse, “Change schools, we can change the world”
- Rema Vassar, professor in the College of Education for the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Clyde Barnett III, featured in Diverse, “Centering black children in education: A fugitive space for resistance, counter-narratives, and radical love”
- Congratulations to Melanie Markwart on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Planting seeds for success: SEED Pathways grows a community of culturally responsive educators to help multilingual learners blossom
- Jeremy Singer, assistant professor teaching of research for Detroit PEER in the College of Education, quoted in the Chalkbeat Detroit, “Michigan’s vulnerable students continue to miss school at higher rates than their peers”
- Denise Taliaferro Baszile, Dean in the College of Education, featured in Detroit Free Press, “Educators' Night offers new teaching and learning opportunities in Midtown Detroit”
- Wayne State University, WSU Welcome Center and College of Education, featured on CBS News Detroit, “Detroit Cultural Center Association hosts Educators' Night”
- Rema Vassar, professor in the College of Education for the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, featured on WDET, “Why educator says Wayne County judge’s reaction to sleeping girl was ‘unfair’”
- Jeremy Singer, assistant professor teaching of research for Detroit PEER in the College of Education, quoted in the Chalkbeat Detroit, “Detroit public school students improve in some areas on Michigan’s standardized tests”
- Alumnus Seth Marano aspires to move from the mound to management after earning master’s in sports administration from the Wayne State University College of Education
- The power of a practicum: Wayne State University College of Education's applied behavior analysis program helps alumna Erica Vanhook find her calling, build her confidence and advance her career
- Internship put exercise and sport science alumna Jillian Weiss on path to career in emergency medicine
- Tamara Hew-Butler, associate professor of Exercise & Sports Science in the College of Education, featured in CNN, “Baking soda water is the new health trend. Here’s what experts think”
- Sarah Lenhoff, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Detroit PEER, featured on WDET, “Chronic absenteeism in Detroit”
- Sarah Lenhoff, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Detroit PEER, featured in Bridge Detroit(via Chalkbeat),“Still segregated and unequal: The reverberations of Milliken v. Bradley in Detroit 50 years later”
- Jeremy Singer, assistant professor of research for Detroit PEER in the College of Education, quoted in the Detroit Free Press, “50 years after SCOTUS made a decision in Detroit desegregation cases, schools remain divided”