Transformative Work
GSE Alum Encourages Critical Thinking in K-12 Classroom
As a young girl, Pooja Rajan must have asked her father 50 questions a day. Now, she has cut it back to 20 daily questions for Dad, but friends still know her as the one who asks another question before the first one is answered. “It is just how I’ve…
GSE Clinical Internships Open Door for Alum
Six years later, Sean Brown still remembers the call with a parent. The mother expected to hear something critical of her child, but Brown was checking in to say how well the student was doing. “She was crying, and she needed a moment because she was just so moved that…
Shifting Dominant Narratives in Education to Create a World for Everyone
Dr. Esther Ohito’s family culture influenced her to pursue education, and not just because several relatives were teachers. Instead, it was her father instilling a sense of curiosity in his daughter that sparked her career choices. “I remember being really young and reading the newspaper to my father. At the…
GSE Professor Employs Civic Education to Improve Learning in Criminal Justice System
Learning does not happen just inside the walls of a school. That motto is a guiding philosophy for Dr. Benjamin Justice and a key driver of his research. “Schooling is not synonymous with education, and it should not be, and I think that is a throughline in all my work….
GSE’s Urban Social Justice Teacher Preparation Program Prepares Candidates to Address Systemic Issues in Education
Reading is not only a building block for a student’s education but also Dr. Maqueda Randall-Weeks’ career. Her first job in education taught her to think broadly about literacy, and then education overall, propelling her from the classroom to the statehouse to Rutgers. “I knew I could move my kids,…
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Student Success in STEM in Education
While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem like a recent phenomenon, Dr. Janice Gobert has been working with AI since 2000. She is a professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences who wants to see AI play a bigger role in STEM teaching and learning. A Canadian native, Dr. Gobert earned…
Research Spotlight: Dr. Nichole Garcia
Nichole Margarita Garcia, Ph.D., has always been interested in teaching as well as reading and writing books that reflected her experience as a Chicana/Puerto Rican. She is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the GSE’s Department of Educational Psychology. Can you tell us about a new research project you…
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