Recent Posts
Online Racism Leads to Real-World Mental Health Challenges
by: Shawn Kornegay February 25, 2021
For college students of color who encounter online racism, the effect of racialized aggressions and assaults reaches far beyond any single social media feed and can lead to real and significant mental health impacts – even more significant than in-person experiences of racial discrimination, according to a recently published study from researchers at UConn and Boston College.
Three Books: Murder and Mayhem
by: Shawn Kornegay February 25, 2021
James C. Kaufman, professor of educational psychology in the Neag School, is an expert in creativity and practices what he preaches. He’s published more than 35 books and more than 300 papers. He’s won countless awards, including Mensa’s research award. He says researching past “3 Books” columns was “a bit intimidating, since they were generally filled with quality, intelligent nonfiction or literature. I unabashedly love genre fiction — I have grown to prefer entertainment over enlightenment.”
Q and A: Supporting Your Child’s Well-Being During the Pandemic
by: Shawn Kornegay February 25, 2021
Nearly a year since the nation went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, just about everyone is struggling to maintain a semblance of normality. Parents of school-aged children have taken to social media and countless news stories have been written on the difficulties of balancing remote learning with remote working.
Neag School Alum’s Startup Improves Math Education With AI
by: Shawn Kornegay February 24, 2021
In 2013, Neag School alumnus and current educational psychology doctoral student Amit Savkar ’07 Ph.D., ’17 MA, also a UConn associate professor in residence of mathematics, began looking into the reasons why so many students were dropping out of or failing math classes early in their college career.
Cardona Tapped as Education Secretary of the United States
by: Shawn Kornegay February 23, 2021
President Joe Biden tapped Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP to be the country’s top education official and, once fully confirmed, Cardona will become the first UConn alum to hold a Cabinet-level position in the White House.
How Can Principals Help — Not Harm — Learning During COVID?
by: Stefanie Dion Jones February 8, 2021
In a newly published research study, Neag School Associate Professor Jennie Weiner and colleagues at several other universities examined the extent to which principals had created the sorts of conditions in their schools that support continued learning and teaching during the pandemic. Specifically, the researchers sought to understand how, and whether, principals were fostering something called “psychological safety” in their schools.
10 Questions With Connecticut’s Superintendent of the Year
by: Shawn Kornegay February 3, 2021
Paul Freeman ’09 Ed.D. is in his 10thyear as the superintendent of Guilford (Conn.) Public Schools and has almost 30 years of administrative and teaching experience in schools in Connecticut. Freeman earned an Ed.D. in 2009 from the Neag School of Education. In addition to having recently been named the state’s Superintendent of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), he had been recognized in 2014 by the Neag School as Outstanding Superintendent of the Year.
Dean Gladis Kersaint Named Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
by: Stefanie Dion Jones January 22, 2021
Gladis Kersaint has been named UConn Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives; her appointment begins March 1. Read the Provost’s announcement.
