ELP Alumnus selected as Weber State University PresidentBrad Mortensen, has been selected as the new president of Weber State University. Brad received his PhD from ELP in the Fall of 2009. Congratulations, Brad!
Shawn Coon & Sean Crossland publish book reviewELP students publish book review in Partnerships - A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement hosted by University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
ELP Alumni Receive Canyons School District Administrative AwardsAmber Roderick-Landward and Margaret Swanicke received the District Administrator and School Administrator Awards respectively. Congratulations!!
Drs. Larry Parker & Paula Smith, accept additional appointments at the University of UtahPaula Smith was named interim Associate Vice President for Equity & Diversity and Larry Parker is a new Associate Dean in the Honors College.
Two ELP Alumni receive 2018 Utah Business AwardsUtah Business recently announced their picks for this year’s 30 Women to Watch and CXOs of the Year. Both of the awardees are ELP Alumni. Anjali Pai in the 30 women to Watch category and Brad Mortensen in the CXOs of the Year category. Congratulations!
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Utah panel discussionDr. Paula Smith and her students led a panel discussion on the school-to-prison pipeline and recent legislative efforts aimed at stemming the flow of youth from school to the juvenile justice system.
Drs. Paula and William Smith receive Black Student Union AwardThe Black Student Union at the University of Utah honored Dr. Paula Smith, ELP and Dr. William Smith, ECS, with The Black Student Union’s Annual Legacy Award
Erin Castro and Edén Cortez publication in the AMAE journal.Erin Castro and Edén Cortez have published an article in the AMAE journal. "Mexican and Mexican American Student Reflections on Transfer: Institutional Agents and the Continued Role of the Community College".
Paula Smith receives grant from Office of National Drug Control The Kearns Community Coalition, on which Dr. Paula Smith of the ELP department serves, has received a five-year, $625,000 grant from the Office of National Drug Control to curb alcohol and e-cigarette use among teens.
Jason Taylor co-authors “Improving IPEDS Data Collection on High School Students Enrolled in College Courses"The paper, commissioned by NPEC, will serve as a background for an IPEDS Technical Review Panel which will consider how to modify federal data collection.
Sharon Aiken-Wisniewski appointed co-editor of The NACADA JournalDr. Aiken-Wisniewski appointed as the co-editor of NACADA’s research publication, The NACADA Journal, for 2017-2019.
Erin Castro co-authored an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education.The article, regarding the use of prior criminal history in graduate school admissions, is titled "Higher Ed’s Message to Ex-Felons: No Second Chances"
Liliana Castrellón, ELP doctoral candidate, and Dr. Judith Perez-Torres, ELP alumnus, publish book chapter,The title of their chapter is "I see myself in them: Understanding racialized educational experiences of students of color through critical race service-learning" in the book "Culturally Engaging Service-Learning with Diverse Communities".
ELP graduate, Alonso Reyna Rivarola, has article published.His article, "Undocumented" Ways of Navigating Complex Sociopolitical Realities in Higher Education: A Critical Race Counterstory was published in the Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher education and Student Affairs
- Erin Castro - Harvard EdCast - The intersection of education and incarceration
Dr. Castro, Assistant Professor, engaged one of her incarcerated students, Michael Brawn, in a dialogue exploring the challenges of educating a population within the constraints of a carceral system.
Feng Wei awarded the 2017 National Social Science Funding of ChinaDr. Feng Wei, ELP’s Visiting Professor from Nanjing Normal University, China, was awarded the 2017 National Social Science Funding of China, one of the highest levels of academic funding in the national social science research.
Gerardo Lopez, and Laurence Parker each published a chapter in Critical Approaches to Education Policy Analysis: Moving Beyond Tradition Lopez’s co-authored chapter is titled "When Parents Behave Badly: A Critical Policy Analysis of Parent Involvement in Schools.” Parker’s co-authored chapter is titled "Silent Covenants in the Neoliberal Era: Critical Race Counternarratives on African American Advocacy Leadership in Schools.”
Sharon Aiken-Wisniewski receives the Beacons of Excellence Award from the U of UThe award is given to people and programs across campus who provide transformative experiences for undergraduate students.
Irene Yoon receives Outstanding Reviewer AwardDr. Yoon, receives the Outstanding Reviewer Award for the American Educational Research Journal – Section on Social and Institutional Analysis, at the annual meeting of AERA in Chicago.
Amy Bergerson honored with Distinguished Mentor AwardTo honor and encourage the considerable efforts and accomplishments of faculty who consistently serve as effective mentors of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, The Graduate School established a Distinguished Mentor Award.
Dr. Erin Castro elected to Board of Directors of Utah ACLUErin is excited for this new responsibility and to contribute to the important work that the ACLU is doing throughout the state. Board members serve for three-year terms with a normal limit of two terms.
Jason Taylor 2015 National Policy Summit on Reverse TransferDr. Jason L. Taylor, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership & Policy, presented his research at the opening session of the 2015 National Policy Summit on Reverse Transfer.
- Free Community College?
Dr. Taylor discusses Obama's proposal for free Community College
Dr. Ledesma AERA 2015 Presidential SessionDr. Ledesma, is the lead author for a session entitled, "Toward Collective Action to Reclaim Public Narrative for Justice: Ameliorating on Impoverished Cultural Discourse on Affirmative Action in Higher Education”