Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, professor of human-centered learning technologies and director of the IDEA lab, was selected for the competitive Amazon Web Services Education Equity Initiative for her work with Adventures in AI, a suite of tools that lets elementary students not only learn how to use AI, but learn how to create it.
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, associate professor of public policy, education and economics, was named a J-PAL Affiliated Professor by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. J-PAL professors use their scholarship to design, evaluate and improve programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty.
David Cole, Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair of Psychology and Human Development, Emeritus; Peabody College graduate students George Abitante and Sophia Mueller; and Christian Bean, former post-doctoral scholar at Peabody College and current assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, won the Editor's Choice Award from Psychological Assessment for the paper, "Relation of negative emotion reactivity and average negative affect to depressive symptoms: A multitrait-multimethod construct validation study of North American adults."
Rachel Frampton, MEd'25, and current Peabody doctoral student, received a Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering affiliate fellowship through the Frist Center.
Christopher Greenslate, EdD'14, had his debut graphic novel, Queen Kodiak, published by Maverick. The book is available on January 27, 2026, and will be distributed by Simon & Schuster.
Ellen Goldring, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy and distinguished research dean, was inducted into the National Academy of Education on November 7th.
Chesney Jacobs and Tim Sims, undergraduate students in the Department of Teaching and Learning, were selected to present their research at the 2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Denver, a national gathering of educators, researchers, authors, and literacy leaders from across the globe.
Craig A. Jordan II, a doctoral student in Educational Leadership and Policy, published an opinion piece in The Hechinger Report about the role of Black fathers as advocates.
Luis Leyva, associate professor of mathematics education and STEM higher education, was invited to give a lecture at the 16th International Congress of Mathematical Education (ICME-16) in 2028. This invitation is a special recognition of about 60 scholars around the world whose research has made significant contributions in the field of mathematics education.
Mark Lipsey, professor emeritus of public policy, won the 2026 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the world's most prestigious award in the field of criminology.
Yinru Long, Ph.D. student in clinical science, won the Smadar Levin Award at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference for her poster, "Effects of daily friend hospitalization: the moderating role of sexual and gender minority (SGM) status."
Nicholas McCoy, BS'25, was named the Dr. Marylin Nicholas National Student Teacher of the Year by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) and Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the premier National Professional Association and Honor Society for Educators.
Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education, received an Ohio State University 2025 Career Achievement Award, which honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and made a difference in the lives of others.
Nicollette Mitchell, a doctoral student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, received the NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship.
Andrew Nalani, assistant professor of human and organizational development, was named an inaugural scholar of the Jackie Bezos Researcher in Residence program, part of the Bezos Family Foundation.
Gabriella Noreen, Ph.D. student in Quantitative Methods, won the 2024-2025 Award for Excellence in Research from the Mensa Foundation for her paper, "In their own voice: Educational perspectives from intellectually precocious youth as adults," published in Gifted Child Quarterly. David Lubinski, professor of psychology and human development, and Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, are co-authors.
Cynthia Osborne, executive director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center and professor of early childhood education and policy, was featured in a Q&A with Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child.
Jessica Perkins, assistant professor of human and organizational development, received the Rising Star Award for Early-Career HIV Adherence Research from the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.
Laura Rogers, PhD'19, associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, received the 2025 Jack A. Culbertson Early Career Award from the University Council for Education Administration.
Colleen Walsh, a postdoctoral fellow co-supervised by Jason Chow, received a $70,000 fellowship from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research to support a project examining youth exposure to violence, firearm ownership, training and carrying, and "red flag" laws.
De'Ja Wood, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, was awarded the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research for 2025-26 and travel funding to present her research at the next AERA Annual Meeting.
Cristina Zepeda, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Human Development, was honored with the Wilbert J. McKeachie Early Career Award for Motivation in Education Research from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
