Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Andrea Guiden Pittman co-authored "How Black Teachers Lost When Civil Rights Won in Brown v. Board" in The Conversation. [May 16, 2024]

American University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed former Assistant Professor Dr. Emily Peterson to Associate Professor at the School of Education. [May 28, 2024]

Senior Professorial Lecturers Drs. Antonio L. Ellis and Phelton C. Moss co-wrote the Wiley article “Breaking the Silence: Student Affairs’ Role in Black Male Faculty Well-Being at Predominantly White Institutions.”  [May 28, 2024]

Dr. Phelton C. Moss penned the Hechinger Report op-ed “Black Principals Play a Key Role in Transforming Education. We Need More of Them,” where he discussed the critical role Black principals have played in the development of Black teachers. Additionally, he co-wrote (with EdD student Brianna Nargiso, '25) “5 Truths About Brown V. Board of Education,” an ASCD op-ed declaring that teachers must ensure students’ understanding of the enduring significance of the Brown v. Board of Education case. [May 28, 2024]

Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education and Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Ocheze Joseph was quoted in the Education Week article "These Preparation Programs Are Creating a 'Tutor to Teacher' Pipeline," which discusses how tutoring is giving aspirant teachers early experience in teaching. [May 28, 2024]

SOE’s Child Development Associate (CDA) program was featured in a Council for Professional Recognition profile, “The Rewards of Reaching Out.” The spotlight highlighted the Advancing Early Education Collaborative, which created the CDA program to allow Black or Latina women who live or work Washington, DC's Wards 7 or 8 to excel in the field.[May 28, 2024]

Senior Professorial Lecturer Dr. Amaarah DeCuir was named Advisor of the Year at American University’s 2024 University and Student Achievement Awards, an inaugural event which honored individuals who contributed to key accomplishments on campus in the last year. [May 28, 2024]

Undergraduate Advisor Jody Hagen-Smith was awarded Outstanding Sophomore-Senior Advisor by American University's Dean of Undergraduate Education and Academic Student Services. [May 28, 2024]

SOE Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy was celebrated as a Read to Succeed honoree at “Read to Succeed 2024.” The event honored Reading Partners and their committed community supporters, which includes the AU School of Education. [May 28, 2024]

American University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed former Provost Associate Professor Dr. Brian McGowan to Full Professor at the School of Education. [May 28, 2024]

Dr. Phelton Moss was awarded a scholarship to participate in the Aspen Institute Justice and Society Seminar in June. He also gave a speech honoring Black teachers who were formative in his life at the White House during its events celebrating President Biden’s proclamation of National Teacher Appreciation Week. [May 28, 2024]

Dr. Eugene Pringle, Senior Professorial Lecturer, delivered the keynote presentation at the Georgetown Day School event Discover HBCU, where he discussed the impact and cultural influences of historically Black colleges and universities. [May 28, 2024]

Adjunct Instructor Dr. Jasmine Rogers conducted the session “Language Comprehension and Linguistically Responsive: Black Language Use in Structured Literacy Lessons” at the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s Spring 2024 OSSE Literacy Conference. EdD alum Dr. Tomiko Ball, ’22, held the session “Disrupting Power Dynamics Within Literacy Instruction: Connections and Comprehension” at the event. [May 28, 2024]

Research Assistant Professor-in-Residence Dr. Lauren Shea represented SOE as lead researcher and co-principal investigator at the 2024 National Science Foundation ITEST Principal Investigators Meeting, “Innovating Equitable STEM Learning for the Future Technological Workforce,” where she presented her research team's STEM Tales Project. [May 28, 2024]