Diversity - Students

GSEHD offers students a wide array of programs to choose from, but what unites our students is each program’s commitment to make a difference. Through courses, partnerships, internships, and study abroad programs, GSEHD students actively use their studies to be of service to marginalized and underserved communities.

Student Features on EdFix

EdFix is GSEHD’s official podcast hosted by Dean Michael Feuer. EdFix aims to open the conversation about the practice and promise of education, as well as tackle some of education’s most complex issues through discussions with researchers, practitioners, policymakers. Amongst regular guests on EdFix are GSEHD students who are using their research and studies to work towards positive and inclusive changes in the realm of education.

Episode 4: "He looks like me!" How a Book Club for Boys Inspired a Culture of Reading at a D.C. School In 2010, only 20% of the students at D.C.’s Truesdell Education Campus could read on grade level. Eight years later, more than 87% can read on or above grade level--and they love reading! How did this school turn it around? Principal Mary Ann Stinson and Assistant Principal Michael Redmond II, both GSEHD doctoral students, share their creative strategies, data-driven approach, and unwavering commitment to closing the opportunity gap in their school community.


 

Organizations

ARC Multicultural Student Group

The ARC

The ARC is an open and inclusive space for underrepresented students to create community, discuss issues and share personal experiences. The Arc strives empowers underrepresented populations by honoring their individual experiences, facilitate educational opportunities and conversations for the GSEHD community, and affirm and celebrate the unique nature of our students.

PRIME @ GSEHD logo

GSEHD PRIME

Partners + Relationships = International Meaningful Experiences (GSEHD PRIME) was launched in order to build connections and friendships between GSEHD's international and domestic students. The purpose of the program is to provide incoming international students with a support network to help with their transition to DC and life as a graduate student, while at the same time providing domestic students the opportunity to learn about other cultures, explore DC, and connect to the GSEHD community.


 

See How GSEHD Students are Making a Difference

Doc Candidate Sravya Gummaluri Receives 2024 AMCD Emerging Graduate Student Leader Award

March 19, 2024

PhD in Counseling student Sravya Gummaluri was selected as 2024 Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development Emerging Graduate Student Leader.

GW Faculty, Students & Alumni Help Revise 2024 UNESCO Global Citizenship Education in a Digital Age Teacher Guidelines

March 19, 2024

Dr. Engel along with a team of GW students and alumni helped to write and revise the UNESCO Global Citizenship Education in a Digital Age Teacher Guidelines.

Dr. Nakamura and Student Published, "From Tradition to Transformation: The Social Entrepreneurial Journey of Japanese Women"

March 19, 2024

Dr. Yoshie Nakamura, student Jessica Hinshaw, and colleague published article in the New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development Journal.

Doctoral Student, Catherine Wigginton, Published Book

Wigginton's book explores motherhood, friendship and America’s racial reckoning.
March 19, 2024

Wigginton's fiction book, “Rebecca, Not Becky,” is co-authored with Christine Platt and explores motherhood, friendship and America’s racial reckoning.

Faculty/Student Publishes Chapter: "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices to Support Muslim Americans at Work"

March 19, 2024

Dr. Susan Swayze and doctoral candidate Nadia Butt (Human and Org Learning) published a chapter in the "Handbook of Workplace Diversity and Stratification."

GSEHD Faculty, Students, Alumni Share Research and Keynotes at 2023 JCT/Bergamo Conference

March 19, 2024

GSEHD was well represented by our faculty, students and alumni at the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT) Conference in Dayton, OH.

Doctoral Candidate, Denise Soukup, Wins Award for Inclusivity

March 19, 2024

Soukup was recognized as an Outstanding Inclusive Administrator by the Loudoun County Public Schools Special Education Advisory Committee.

GSEHD Student, Joseph Braswell, Featured on Sesame Street

March 19, 2024

Watch two episodes of Sesame Street's 'Sesame Workshop' to see GSEHD student Joseph Braswell in action in the classroom.