Faculty news
- 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”
- Leah Ketcheson, associate professor of Health and Physical Education Teaching in the College of Education, featured in the Public News Service, “Wayne State adapts physical education program for students with disabilities”
- Wayne State University College of Education awarded $1.25 million grant to strengthen special education instruction for students with disabilities
- Tamara Hew-Butler, associate professor of Exercise & Sports Science in the College of Education, featured in The New York Times, “How healthy is watermelon?”
- Mike Addonizio, professor emeritus of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education, featured in Chalkbeat Detroit, "Tentative state school budget agreement could mean massive cuts to Michigan schools“
- Tamara Hew-Butler, associate professor of Exercise & Sports Science in the College of Education, featured in The Atlantic Journal-Constitution, “These foods can help keep you hydrated”
- Tamara Hew-Butler, associate professor of Exercise & Sports Science in the College of Education, featured in The Atlantic, “The new calculus of summer workouts”
- Wayne State University College of Education's Community Health Worker Academy receives MDHHS grant to support expansion of Neighborhood Wellness Center initiative
- Wayne State University College of Education doctoral students Sahar Al-Tweej and Adam Martin named Rumble Fellows
- Stacey Brockman, assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education, featured in Bridge, “The FAFSA woes complicating federal college aid are especially acute for some Detroit students”
- Aja Reynolds, assistant professor of Urban Education & Critical Race Studies in the College of Education, featured in Axios, “Inequities remain across Michigan long after Brown v. Board”
- Tamara Hew-Butler, associate professor of Exercise & Sports Science in the College of Education, featured in Men’s Health, “The thirst trap: There’s a serious downside to all that water you’re drinking”