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• Quarterly peer-reviewed journal publishes special issue on The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE)

  The January 2025 issue of "Gifted Child Today" is a special edition featuring the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary.

• Clinical Associate Professor Patricia Popp receives Lifetime Achievement Award

  Director of Project HOPE-Virginia Patricia Popp received the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY).

• Professor Jayson W. Richardson appointed International Research Fellow

  Richardson has been appointed as an International Research Fellow with SEGi University in Malaysia from 2024-2027

• Assistant Professor Amber Pope is co-editor of new book on LGBTQ+ affirming counseling

  Pope is the co-editor a new book for counselors and mental health professionals on the best practices and interventions in therapy with LGBTQ+ clients and communities.

• Assistant Professor Amber Pope is co-editor of new book on diagnosis and treatment planning skills

  Pope is the co-author a new book for counselors that covers essential skills in diagnosis and treatment planning using contemporary popular culture case examples.

• Associate Professor Katherine Barko-Alva and Maria Pia Oelrich Ph.D. '26 presented at national conference

  Barko-Alva and Oelrich presented on Nov. 18, 2024, at La Cosecha National Dual Language Conference

• In the News: Victoria Carroll Pierson M.A.Ed ’17 featured in VPM News for dual-language immersion program

  Victoria Carroll Pierson M.A.Ed ’17 featured in VPM News article: "English y Español: Richmond to expand dual-immersion education program"

• Training and Communications Specialist for Project HOPE-Virginia Kate Miller featured in local publication

  Training and Communications Specialist for Project HOPE-VIRGINIA Kate Miller highlighted in the November issue of Williamsburg’s "Next Door Neighbors" magazine.

• Assistant Professor Amber Pope and Clinical Assistant Professor Bianca Augustine publish exemplary practices

  Pope and Augustine are co-authors of a new publication, "Exemplary Practices for Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness," endorsed by the American Counseling Association.

• Clinical Assistant Professor Chelsea Smith selected for 2024 Sawubona Class of 30 under 40

  Chelsea Smith Selected for the ACPA Pan-African Network 2024 Sawubona Class of 30 under 40

• Assistant Professor Amanda Simpfenderfer co-edited publication

  Amanda Simpfenderfer co-edited a special edition of "Educational Studies" focused on Queer Quantitative Methods.

• Angelo Letizia Ph.D '14 publishes book

  Angelo Letizia Ph. D '14 published "Poetic Inquiry and Arts-Based Research for the Maintenance of the Republic and What Comes After: A Vision for Metamodernity."

• Jingjing Liu Ph.D. '23 receives outstanding dissertation award

  Jingjing Liu Ph.D. '23 receives 2024 Bellwether College Consortium Outstanding Dissertation Award.

• David Harger Ph.D. '26 featured on "Changing Lives through Education Abroad" podcast

  David Harger Ph.D. '26 was featured on "Changing Lives through Education Abroad" podcast to discuss LGBTQIA+ issues.

• Consuela Tinsley Ed.D. '26 presents at 2024 Lemon Project Symposium

  Consuela Tinsley Ed.D. '26 presented at the 2024 Lemon Project Symposium on the topic of "Transgenerational Trauma: Experiencing 'Sarah Baartman' in Black and Brown Spaces.”

• Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor of Education James P. Barber Publishes Book

  Barber is co-author of a new book that explores how college students address life challenges and develop the self-authoring capacities needed to deal with the ambiguities and complexities of life after graduation.

• Assistant Professor of Higher Education Ray Mitic Awarded Grant from Arthur Vining Davis Foundation

  Mitic is the 2024 recipient of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations/American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for Research on the Liberal Arts.

• Associate Professor of School Psychology Janise Parker Featured in SCP Faculty Fellowship Spotlight

  Strategic Cultural Partnerships (SCP) at William & Mary recently featured a video interview with Janise Parker about her research on the history of the Bray School and a new online course she developed from her research.

• Charmaine Madison M.Ed. '26 named vice president of information services and chief information officer at George Mason University

  A master's student in the online Clinical Mental Health Counseling program and retired cyber operations officer with the Air Force, Madison brings more than a decade of IT leadership experience with the CIA to her new role.

• Assistant Professor Esther June Kim named co-PI on $3.5M Spencer Foundation Grant

  The Spencer Foundation has awarded a $3.5 million Transformative Research Grant to a multidisciplinary team that will transform how Asian American Studies is taught in K-12 classrooms.

• Associate Professor Gladys Krause Earns Fulbright Scholar Award

  Krause will lead students from William & Mary and the Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB) in Columbia to study mathematics education and teacher preparation.

• Jamon H. Flowers Ph.D. '20 Promoted to Assistant Professor at University of Georgia

  A graduate of the Educational Policy, Planning & Leadership program and a Holmes Scholar alumnus, Flowers was recently promoted from clinical assistant professor to a tenure-track position as assistant professor.

• Evelyn Whitt M.Ed. '20 wins Jamestown High School Teacher of the Year

  Evelyn Whitt is an English as a second language teacher at Jamestown High School

• Alynn Parham M.A.Ed. '18 Awarded Virginia Humanities Educator Fellowship

  Jamestown High School Social Studies Teacher, Alynn Parham M.A.Ed. '18, was honored as a 2024 Virginia Humanities Educator Fellow.

• Assistant Professor Kathryn Lanouette publishes article on exploring climate change

  Article published in Taylor & Francis Online: Peer-reviewed journals

• Clinical Assistant Professor Jaimie Stickl Haugen recognized as top-10 cited author

  Stickl Haugen recognized by Journal of Counseling & Development on behalf of the American Counseling Association (ACA)

• Associate Professor of ESL/Bilingual Education Katherine Barko-Alva selected as a W. Taylor Reveley, III Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellow

  Associate Professor Barko-Alva and Sociology Professor Jennifer Bickham Mendez selected as W. Taylor Reveley, III Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellows

• Senior Assistant Dean Dorothy Osborne Receives 2024 Charles and Virginia Duke Award

  Osborne is the first person from the School of Education to receive this honor

• Associate Professor Meredith Kier awarded $1.2M grant from National Science Foundation (NSF)

  Multi-year NSF grant will support the W&M Noyce Scholarship Program through 2029

• Assistant Professor Kathryn Lanouette joins multi-year environmental education collaboration

  Lanouette joins nonprofit Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and a local elementary school to manage an ongoing project addressing climate change and enhancing science education

• Assistant Professor Amber Pope publishes article on virtual reality (VR) simulations

  Article published in Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, the official journal of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES)

• Alumna Yvonne Smith-Jones M.A.Ed. '87, Ed.S. '93, Ed.D. '97, receives 2024 Mentor Award

  Smith-Jones recognized with prestigious award from Women Education Leaders in Virginia (WELV)

• School of Education Inclusive Excellence Champions

  The W&M Office of Diversity & Inclusion celebrated the 2023-2024 Inclusive Excellence Champions at an awards banquet on April 18, 2024.

• Roxane O. Adler Hickey M.Ed. '02, Ed.D. '23 receives saff service award

  Roxane O. Adler Hickey M.Ed. '02, Ed.D. '23, Director of the W&M Washington Center, has received the Staff Service Award from the Alumni Association.