Category: EDCI

Rural Teen Writing Contest celebrates diverse rural cultures

A Purdue University College of Education professor is holding the second annual Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest to give rural high schoolers the opportunity to tell their stories. Purdue alumna Dr. Chea Parton, visiting assistant professor in the...
Victoria Lowell

Lowell awarded Office of the Provost’s Innovation Hub Grant

A College of Education faculty member was awarded a Purdue University Office of the Provost Innovation Hub Grant for her project to assist faculty in understanding and implementing extended reality (XR) technologies in their instructional practice.

Hailey Hayes, Tyrina Jones, Kat Mueller, Thomas Penola, Kerris Roberts, Nathan Walker

Education undergraduates named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, Academic All-Big Ten honorees

A number of College of Education undergraduates were among the Boilermaker student-athletes named for their excellence in the classroom as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and/or Academic All-Big Ten honorees for­­ the spring 2023 sports season. Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...
Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney

Morita-Mullaney named associate co-editor of Bilingual Research Journal

The National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) Publications Committee has named a new Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) editorial team, including Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney as an associate co-editor. BRJ is the flagship journal of the NABE. Morita-Mullaney is an associate professor...
Loeb Fountain in front of Beering Hall

Johnson on NAEP scores: Need to strengthen history instruction, provide resources

In a Purdue University News video, Chrystal Johnson, associate professor of social studies education, explained what the recently released 8th grade history scores mean and what educators and policymakers can learn from them. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP),...
Tara Star Johnson and Sunnie Watson

College names new deans for learning, diversity and global engagement

The Purdue University College of Education has named new associate and assistant deans this summer. Associate Dean for Learning Based upon the unanimous recommendation of the Administrative Council (AC) of the College, Tara Star Johnson has accepted the position of...