April
- Dr. Bernhard Streitwieser and a panel of two Refugee Educational Advancement Laboratory (REAL) students, Mia Cleary and Maryann Chiu, and Laura Wagner, Director of Refugee Access for the Presidents Alliance on Higher Education and Migration, presented on Friday, April 11 on, "The Future of Refugees and Education," for the Elliott School's Foreign Aid Teach-in on Refugees and Education.
- GSEHD student Doo Rhee Lee (PhD in Education, Comparative and International Education) and Dr. Laura Engel presented, The Global Governance of Education: Cities as Critical Policy Spheres, during a session of the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum on April 15.
- GSEHD doctoral student Heather Jorgenson (Ph.D. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction concentration), recently presented, "Professional Learning Leaders’ Perspectives on How Automated and Personalized Feedback Reports Can Support Teacher Learning," at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference in Orlando. This study explored professional learning leaders’ (PLLs’) perspectives on the clarity and usefulness of automated, personalized feedback reports through a semi-structured interview and survey. These reports were designed to provide detailed insights into teachers’ performance while facilitating argumentation-focused discussions with student avatars in a simulated classroom environment.
March
- GSEHD faculty, along with an alumna and student, presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference in National Harbor, MD: Dr. Tiffany Sikorsky organized a symposium, Understanding How Learners Seek Coherence in Science, which included speaker and alumna Dr. Mary [Beth] E. Short (Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction). Dr. Short also presented, "Spacetimematter Entanglements in a Digital Environmental Story." Doctoral student Lauren Browning (Ph.D. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction concentration) presented at a roundtable, "Fidelity of Implementation to Three-Dimensional Critical Components: A Systematic Review," and presented a paper, "Teachers’ Views About Integrating Earth Science Into High School Biology, Chemistry and Physics Curriculum." Dr. Jonathon Grooms and Ms. Browning both presented as part of a related paper set, "Evolving Partnership to Advance Earth Science Across a Large District’s Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Courses." Dr. Grooms also presented a paper, "Partnership Participation and Teachers’ Changing Views of Reform Science Teaching."
- Doctoral student and GW Presidential Fellow Nina Balandina (Comparative and International Education) presented two papers with her doctoral advisor, Dr. Bernhard Streitwieser, at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) meeting in Chicago on Monday, March 24th. The papers were, "An American University in loco patriae: Afghan Students Learning in Crisis," and "Reflections by German and Finnish educators on the suspension of partnerships with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine."
- GSEHD student Mary Catherine Boehmer (Educational Technology Leadership) presented, "Beyond the Hype: Practical AI Adoption for Organizations," for PyData Boston. Watch the presentation video >
- Dr. Bernhard Streitwieser and six Refugee Educational Advancement Laboratory (REAL) students—Katy Coleman, Ayla Deniz, Amina Iman, Alia Marzyie, Nikki Paris, Abigail Strait, and Megan Ward—collaborated on an intensive short-term writing project for UNESCO Paris’ section for higher education on “the development of a draft subsidiary text on the recognition of refugees’ qualifications and the development of complementary pathways” for the Intergovernmental Conference of the State Parties to the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education.
- GSEHD student InJung Cho (Ph.D. in Education, Comparative and International Education Concentration) published her first peer-reviewed journal article titled, "Exploring urban slum education through photovoice with children: Concepts and techniques for research," in the Journal of Participatory Research Methods.
- Student Ali Schalop (master's, Education Leadership and Policy) published a piece titled, "How school HVAC systems affect learning," on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's website. Ms. Schalop is a Research Intern at the institute.
- Dr. Sarah Ray mentored master's student Fern Zaky (Organizational Leadership and Learning) in developing a poster presentation titled, "Redefining Professionalism: How Unnatural Hair Colors, Tattoos, and Hairstyles Impact Queer People of Color at Work." This collaborative work was also presented at the 2025 AHRD International Research Conference in the Americas.
- Counseling student Francesca Myhrvold won the Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Ethics essay competition. She will receive $100, and her essay will be published on the Chi Sigma Iota website. Ms. Myhrvold will also receive a one-year membership renewal in CSI and a certificate.
February
- Doctoral candidate Amanda Baker (PhD in Education, Comparative and International Education Concentration) and Dr. Laura Engel's paper was selected as the 2025 Best Article Award by the Comparative and International Education Society's Study Abroad & International Students SIG. The paper is titled, "Collaborative Cosmopolitan Capital in In-Service Teacher-Led K12 Study Abroad Programs."
- Master's student Daniella Aron-Schiavone (Rehabilitation Counseling) was chosen as a 2025-2026 Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow. This is a very exciting development, as only ten students are chosen each year, often doctoral level students. Leadership Fellowships and Internships are designed to help graduate counseling students and professionals in the early years of their counseling careers to develop leadership skills for the benefit of the counseling profession.
- Four GSEHD students will be competing in GW's second annual 3 Minute Thesis event: Dex Burns (Human and Organizational Learning), Abdullah Clark (Human and Organizational Learning), Minsoo Khang (Counseling), and Ben Tellie (Curriculum and Instruction). GW's competition will feature 24 contestants from five GW schools. Developed by The University of Queensland, the 3MT® competition cultivates students' academic, presentation, and research communication skills. Since 2011, the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT competitions are now held in over 600 universities across more than 65 countries worldwide.