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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.
Upcoming Neag School Events
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Feb
26
Racism In The Margins3:00pm
Racism In The Margins
Friday, February 26th, 2021
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus virtual
Contact Information: kathleen.tonry@uconn.edu
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26
Racism In The Margins Conference 23:00pm
Racism In The Margins Conference 2
Friday, February 26th, 2021
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Other Zoom
Racism in the Margins is a UConn-wide initiative that opens up space for educators across disciplines to collaborate on more socially just approaches to teaching, responding to, and evaluating writing. Please join us to think about race and writing with the two leading scholars.
Presenters:
Vershawn Ashanti Young
Asao Inoue
Registration info: https://ritm.initiative.uconn.edu/conference/Contact Information: kathleen.tonry@uconn.edu, gabriel.morrison@uconn.edu
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Feb
26
Narrative 4 Story Exchange7:00pm
Narrative 4 Story Exchange
Friday, February 26th, 2021
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Other virtual
An Invitation to a Community N4 Story Exchange
Una invitación para un intercambio de cuentos de N4 (para español lea la invitación después de la descripción en inglés, por favor)
Please join us for a virtual Narrative 4 (N4) story exchange sponsored by EO Smith’s Deliberation and Discourse Project on February, Friday the 26th, from 7:00-8:30 pm!
The E.O. Smith Deliberation and Discourse group is offering a unique story sharing experience. Over the course of the past year many people have felt lonely and isolated from family and friends, this Narrative 4 event can help make connections and bring people together.
Narrative 4 is a network of educators, students and artists who use storytelling to build empathy between people. Using a story exchange, Narrative 4 helps people understand that their voices, stories, actions and lives matter, and that they have the power to rebuild and revolutionize systems.
A Narrative 4 event consists of personal and group story exchanges from prompts such as:
-Describe a time you found hope and glimmers of joy during the pandemic.
-What are some lessons you have learned over the course of the past year during the pandemic?
-Who is someone you look up to? Why?
-What was a moment that completely changed your life? How so?
Join us for an evening of sharing, let’s come together to listen and learn. Ages middle school (with parental consent) and up are welcome! To RSVP please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/6pLD9aPkJadUTAq49
Please RSVP no later than noon on February 25, 2021. A secure link will be sent with the prompts for the exchange next week.
Una invitación
Por favor, participen con nosotros en un intercambio virtual de cuentos al estilo de Narrative 4. El Proyecto de Deliberación y Discurso a E.O. Smith les invita a este evento entre las 7-8:30 de la tarde el 26 de febrero de 2021. Estamos muy felices poder ofrecerles esta oportunidad de charlar y crear comunidad en español además de en inglés. Para poder hacerlo, sin embargo vamos a necesitar por lo menos 6 a 8 participantes de la comunidad. Estamos seguros que tendremos conversaciones agradables que nos ayudarán a mejorar la comunidad.
Durante este año de practicar la distancia social a causa de la pandemia, mucha gente ha pasado momentos de soledad y aislamiento de los seres queridos. Es nuestra esperanza que este evento de Narrative 4 pueda crear conexiones y unirnos un poco.
Narrative 4 es una red de educadores, estudiantes, y artistas que usan los cuentos para crear empatía entre las personas. Por usar el intercambio de historias, Narrative 4 ayuda a la gente comprender que sus voces, cuentos, acciones y vidas tienen importancia y que ellos tienen el poder de construir y revolucionar sistemas sociales.
Un evento de Narrative 4 consiste en intercambios de cuentos personales y en grupos pequeños. Posibles temas son:
Describa un momento en que Ud. encontró esperanza y alegría durante la pandemia.
¿Cuáles son aContact Information: anocton@eosmith.org
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Submission Deadline For Critical Literacies In The 21st Century12:00am
Submission Deadline For Critical Literacies In The 21st Century
Monday, March 1st, 2021
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Other Boston University, virtual
More information forthcoming.Contact Information: NECCCC@gmail.com
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Neag in the Media
Three Books: Murder and Mayhem
UConn Magazine (James Kaufman’s reading choices are featured)
UConn Startup Stemify Improves Math Education With AI
UConn Today (Neag School alumnus and current doctoral student Amit Savkar is featured)
Q and A: Supporting Your Child’s Well-Bring During the Pandemic
UConn Today (Sandra Chafouleas is featured about ways parents can support their children’s well-being)
For Students of Color, Online Racism Leads to Real-World Mental Health Challenges
UConn Today (Research on online racism by Adam McCready and colleagues from Boston College is featured)
Raising Her Voice to Amplify Other Voices
UConn Magazine (Neag School alumna and current doctoral student Pauline Batista is featured)
Teaching Science to Address Societally Pressing Phenomena and Challenges
Thinkalong (Todd Campbell co-authors a blog on making science relevant to students’ lives)
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