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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has served on the Social Justice Action, Review of Research Award, and Minority Fellowship Selection Committees, and is a member of AERA Divisions K and G.

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Fuentes Earns the AAHHE Mildred García Founders' Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012. He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Baltimore native studies and researches anthropology specific to the African diaspora. “As Brooks met Naomi Hodge-Muse, co-author of Tales of Koehler Hollow , in 2012. In the 1990s, I began exploring several southern African countries, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland, and Botswana, among other countries.”

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Report: Student Interest in Pursuing Careers in Education on the Decline, But Enrollment in Intro Teaching Courses Rises

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Megan Boren The report – created in partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education – examines responses from teachers-in-training and available student data to discern how members of Generation Z – those born between 1996 and 2012 – view careers in education. in 2022, according to researchers’ analyses of ACT data.

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Applying Principles From Neuroscience to Foster Learning—Four Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

Iconic Gestures: The Finger Some research suggests that retrieval practice, such as speaking new vocabulary out loud, might be much more powerful when combined with physical “iconic gestures” when seeking to teach and learn new words and information (García-Gámez et al., Language Teaching Research , 0 (0). 2014; Schacter et al.,

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A