Articles

Three C&I faculty were recognized at the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) Faculty recognition ceremony on September 14th.

Kendall King, Ph.D was recently honored with the Linda Duttenhaver Distinguished Alumni Award from University of California, Education Abroad Program

We are excited to introduce our newest 2023 faculty to the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

C&I department faculty members, Dr. Clarkson and Dr. Abby Rombalski, will be presenting/supporting at this year’s LEAD Conference.

Current Arts in Education–Culture and Teaching Ph.D. candidate, Đenise Hạnh Huỳnh shares what drives her research and creative expression. What is your Ph.D research focus? Through the embodiment of critical arts based ethnography, my work investigates the creative efforts we make as we unlearn harmful teachings from our upbringings. In particular, I am interested in […]

Lesa Clarkson, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I), was recently honored with the University’s Outstanding Community Service Award. The University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Awards recognize faculty, staff, students, and University-affiliated community partners who, by devoting their time, talents, and expertise to serve the public good, have made significant, […]

Jana Lo Bello Miller, co-director of Elementary Education, and Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr, Associate Teaching Professor in Curriculum and Instruction, are recipients of the prestigious fellowship award on Antisemitism and Jewish Inclusion in Educational Settings from George Washington University. They will travel to Washington D.C. this summer to learn how to recognize, study, and teach antisemitism and […]

Lori Ann Laster, a PhD candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction with a graduate minor in human rights, is the winner of the prestigious PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Scholar Award. Laster is one of 110 scholars within the U.S. and Canada to receive this award. She is also the recipient of a new […]

On April 5, 2023, aspiring teachers from the DirecTrack to Teaching and Elementary Education Foundations programs in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction sat down with Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Commissioner Willie Jett to talk about what supports they need as they head into the teaching profession. Jehanne Beaton, PhD, DirecTrack to Teaching coordinator, […]

Darren LaScotte, a PhD candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I), was recently honored with the 2023 TESOL Award for Excellence in Research for a paper on second language teaching and learning. The paper was written with Professor Emerita Elaine Tarone, a former faculty member in the MA TESOL program in C&I. The […]