Sandra Simpkins, UCI professor of education, has been awarded a John Templeton Foundation grant to study how organized after-school activities support character virtue development from childhood through young adulthood. “Little research exists on the issue of the kinds of experiences needed to help keep youth on a virtuous path,” Simpkins said. “Our findings will describe […]
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40-year-old UCI summer institute still elevating K-12 language arts instruction
Now 25 years old, UCI’s Summer Scholars Transfer Institute continues to empower local community college students
June Ahn, UCI associate professor of education, has been awarded a two-year, $397,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences under its researcher-practitioner partnerships program. His project will explore how to scale mentorship via a text messaging application that incorporates social and emotional supports to help stem “summer melt,” in which motivated and academically prepared […]
Paul Hanselman, UCI assistant professor of sociology, has been named a 2018 National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. The honor, which includes $70,000 in grant funding and is awarded annually to 30 early-career scholars engaged in critical areas of education research, supports Hanselman’s study of conditions fostering a growth mindset in school-age students. “Recent […]
Andrew Penner, UCI associate professor of sociology, will be part of the first national effort to study how different approaches to school choice, such as voucher programs and charter schools, can better serve disadvantaged students. The National Center for Research on Education Access & Choice has been established with a $10 million grant from the […]
Di Xu, assistant professor of education, has received a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. The five-year award, totaling $655,237, will fund her research into improving distance-learning experiences in community college STEM gateway courses. Xu will collaborate with two large community college systems to document typical online instructional approaches offered, as well as […]
Emily Penner and Di Xu, both assistant professors of education, have been selected as 2018 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows. They were among 30 early-career scholars – out of a pool of 200 – to receive the $70,000 fellowships to help cover salary and research expenses. Penner will study ways in which school districts […]
Veronica Newhart, Ph.D. ’18, was awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the National Institutes of Health-funded UCI Institute of Clinical & Translational Science TL-1 Training Program. She will examine how interactions via telepresence and human service robots allow home- and hospital-bound populations to maintain social connectedness and engage in technology-mediated experiences that contribute to improved […]