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Meghan Zametske, first-year PhD student in ECS, presented at the 8th Annual AIICOnly a first-year PhD student, and Meghan has already presented at the 8th Annual AIIC Symposium as part of Dr. Benally's ECS-7618 Colonial Post-Colonial Theory in Education course.
LGBTQIA+ Youth and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Sonny Partola, a first-year PhD student in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society, presented at the Pride, Not Prejudice Conference, a conference for Utah educators, students, and caregivers.
Chelsie Acosta, M.Ed. student, authors Salt Lake Tribune op-edChelsie's editorial, "Black Lives Matter in School; Racism, Disposability and Dehumanization within Education," was written as part of Dr. Alvarez Gutiérrez’s ECS 7820: Juvenile (In)Justice & Education seminar.
Former Ph.D. student, Dr. Josephine Amoakoh co-authors an article with Dr. William Smith“Diamonds on the Sole of Their Boots”: The Experiences of African Immigrant Men in STEM Careers in the USA has been published in "Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men"
Maleia Boyd, graduate student, pens op-ed for Salt Lake TribuneThe piece, "Stop the school to prison pipeline", was written in conjunction with Dr. Alvarez Gutiérrez’s ECS 7820: Juvenile (In)Justice & Education seminar.
Taylor Knuth first year Ph.D. student has Op Ed published in the Salt Lake TribuneTaylor’s article, A better way to prevent violence in schools was completed as an assignment in Dr. Alvarez Gutiérrez’s ECS 7820: Juvenile (In)Justice & Education seminar.
Dr. Hyres responds to Washington Post Op-EdDr. Alexander Hyres, Assistant Professor wrote a post for Black Perspectives on Black Studies in American public schools.
- Sonny Partola, first year Ph.D. student has Op-Ed published in the Salt Lake Tribune
Sonny’s article was completed as an assignment in Dr. Alvarez Gutiérrez’s "Juvenile (In)Justice & Education" seminar.
F-SCDRP opinion piece published in Education WeekDr. Leticia Alvarez Gutiérrez along with the Family-School Collaboration Design Research Project published in Education Week: Family-School Relationships Are the Missing Link in COVID-19 Era Education
William Smith wins two mentorship awardsThe University of Utah and the Spencer Foundation have both honored William Smith, chair of the Education, Culture & Society department in the College of Education and professor of Ethnic Studies in the School of Cultural and Social Transformation, with awards recognizing exemplary mentorship.
Nuo Xu has editorial published in the Salt Lake City TribuneNuo’s article "Resist virus-fueled racism against Asians in Utah” was completed for an assignment in Dr. Alvarez Gutiérrez’s graduate course, ECS 6823/7823: Immigration & Education.
Indigenizing the CurriculumDr. Cynthia Benally, an assistant professor in the college's Department of Education, Culture & Society, is featured as a guest editor and contributor in the most recent edition of the Journal of American Indian Education.
New ECS undergraduate course for spring semesterThe Department of Education, Culture and Society is offering a new undergraduate course during the Spring 2020 semester — Home, School and Community Relations.
ECS first year Ph.D. student, Maeve Wall, has opinion letter published in Salt Lake TribuneMaeve's article "Beneath the Surface of Child Sex Trafficking in Utah" was completed for an assignment in the Juvenile (IN)Justice & Education course.
Leticia Alvarez Gutierrez receives the Second Annual Ruby Chacon Social Justice Arts AwardCongratulations to Leticia on receiving this award presented by the Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts.
- Alex Hyres writes Op-Ed piece for Wahington Post
"Why Charlottesville students walked out — and what it will take to keep them from doing it again" provides some historical context for the recent high school student walkouts in Charlottesville, Virginia
Dr. Belinda ’Otukolo Saltiban announced as new UVU chief inclusion and diversity officerBelinda Saltiban received her Ph.D. from the ECS department in 2012. In her new role, Dr. ’Otukolo Saltiban will provide leadership in areas that promote inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and opportunity. Congratulations, Belinda!
ECS graduate wins seat in California Board of Education electionCongratulations to Melissa Moreno for her win in Yolo County Board of Education, Trustee, Area 2 election!
William Smith Receives Two Awards from 12th District of Omega Psi Phi FraternityEducation, Culture & Society Professor, William Smith, has received an unprecedented two of four awards this year from the 12th District Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He is now nominated for the International Award given in July 2018
Experience of black doctoral students underscores need to increase diversity in STEM fields William Smith, Education, Culture & Society Professor, co-authored that explores challenges faced by black male students
Dr. Gutiérrez & students presented at the 3rd Annual Breaking the Pipeline SymposiumThe students presented their research findings from the course Dr. Gutiérrez taught in fall 2017 titled: Juvenile (IN)Justice & Education. The ECS Department is very proud of the research that these students completed to share at the symposium.
Education Can't Solve Poverty - So Why Do We Keep Insisting That It CanAlterNet education editor Jennifer Berkshire talks with historian Harvey Kantor about how the US gave up on the idea of responding to poverty directly, instead making public schools the answer to poverty.
Clayton Pierce book awarded Outstanding Academic Title by ChoiceCongratulations to Dr. Pierce, Education, Culture & Society assistant professor, on this prestigious award for his book Education in the Age of Biocapitalism.
New Publication by Dr. Dolores Calderon"Uncovering Settler Grammars in Curriculum" from the Special Issue on De/colonizing, (Post)(Anti)Colonial, and Indigenous Education, Studies, and Theories
Recent Publication by Karen A. JohnsonDr. Karen A. Johnson’s new book African American Women Educators examines the lived experiences and work of African American women educators during the 1880’s to the 1960’s.