Transformative Work
GSE Professor Shares Reimagined Model on Civic Education at National Conference
Every teacher is a civic teacher. That’s what Dr. Nicole Mirra, Associate Professor of Urban Teacher Education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education (GSE), and her longtime colleague Dr. Antero Garcia presented at the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU Conference & Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 6….
GSE Doctoral Student Explores the Equation to Calculus
Rasha Abadir loves problems. Particularly, math problems. As a young girl, she was fascinated by the variety of ways to solve them. Years later, Abadir’s love of problem-solving led her to pursue a degree in mathematics, and, ultimately, a career in education. “All students can learn math,” Abadir said. “That’s…
GSE Professors Named in Top 200 RHSU Edu-Scholars Public Influence Rankings
Rutgers Graduate School of Education (GSE) is pleased to announce that three of its faculty members, Dr. Marybeth Gasman, Dr. W. Steven Barnett, and Dr. Nicole Mirra, have been recognized amongst the top 200 education scholars in the country in the 2024 RHSU Edu-Scholars Public Influence Rankings. From left to right: Dr. Marybeth…
Ensuring a Legacy of Educational Excellence and Equity
In her 32 plus years as an educator, Dr. Wanda J. Blanchett has taught and inspired countless people, from her early career to her current position as Dean of Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Dr. Blanchett has learned her own lessons too. “The biggest lesson that I’ve learned is it’s…
GSE Alum Excels as Educational Entrepreneur
As a child, Dr. Juail Goode played school in the summer. She lined up imaginary students in the long hallway of her Newark high-rise and then led them to lunch in her family’s kitchen. Dr. Goode made grade books by stapling blank pages she had ripped from real ledgers, given…
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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