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Congratulations to doctoral student Maegan Ruiz for being awarded 1st Place in the ArtSci+DBBS+UCollege category at the 2022 Graduate Research Symposium!

Washington University Olin Fellow and Master of Arts in Teaching student Jalie Moore has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to participate in an intensive Russian language program.

Congratulations to John Harrop for receiving the Manson A. Stewart Teacher Training Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.

Recent research undertaken by Ph.D. student Rachel Martin, Dr. Andrew Butler, and Dr. Rowhea Elmesky in WashU’s �������꺭������Ƶ explores the connection between students’ perceptions of instructor care and their help-seeking behavior. They surveyed undergraduate students across campus in the spring semester of 2021 and asked: “How do you know when an instructor cares about you?”

Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Zepeda! Cristina has received a Psychonomic Society and Women in Cognitive Science Networking Award for Junior Scientists.

Congratulations to Education doctoral student Rachel Martin! She was awarded a $1,000 Research Development Grant from the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP).

Since 2014, University City High School has reduced suspensions by more than 40% and dramatically changed its school culture. Rowhea Elmesky, associate professor of education, and Olivia Marcucci, PhD ’19, helped make it happen.

Join us in congratulating Dr. Huan Liu for successfully defending her dissertation, entitled "Text Adjuncts and Comprehension with University Level Second Language Readers"!

Congratulations to Janet Frederick for receiving the Beatrice and David Kornblum Endowed Scholarship for the Fall 2020 semester! The purpose of the Kornblum Scholarship is to support graduate students who show exceptional promise in their area of study.

As a Department, we grapple with the harsh past and current realities of US and global life, and what they mean for the current state of education. The challenge that we face as a society is daunting, but it motivates us to continue advancing educational equity wherever we work.