Category: Centers

Loran Parker and Willie Burgess

Purdue ELRC takes #NextGiantLeap, names new director

The College of Education named Loran C. Parker as the new director of the Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC). She will succeed Wilella (Willie) Burgess, who has directed the Center for the past 23 years. Parker will officially begin...
Breanya Hogue with the Indiana Youth Institute logo

Hogue accepted to IYI Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship cohort

The Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) named Breanya Hogue to its Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship (ELoC) Cohort 3. Hogue, assistant professor of language and literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, also directs the Purdue CDF Freedom School Program-FUMC,...
Paul Asunda

Purdue CATALYST names Asunda as new executive director

The Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST) named Paul Asunda as its new Executive Director. He succeeds Lynn Bryan, emerita professor of science and STEM education and emerita director of CATALYST, who retired in 2024. The...
A graphic containing the logos for the ELRC and the PURR.

ELRC’s Somalia education evaluation report recognized as a Purdue Fall 2025 Featured Dataset

The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) recognized the College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center’s "Somalia Education Evaluation Reports" as a PURR Fall 2025 Featured Dataset. This selective distinction acknowledges exemplary publications that align with PURR’s mission for open,...
Jennifer Barce, Stephanie Scherer

College faculty attend national forum to advance rural education

Two College of Education faculty represented the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education and Outreach at the National Forum to Advance Rural Education.

Jennifer Barce presenting in front of a classroom. Behind her is a presentation on the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach.

Rural Center director presents Indiana workshops

The national College Board organization, founders of the SAT® and AP® programs, invited the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach to present a workshop at several venues in Indiana in September.