Student News, Awards, Publications & Updates


February 13, 2026

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February

  • Ph.D. candidate InJung Cho (Comparative and International Education) published an article titled, “From Streets to Classrooms: Exploring Urban Slum Children’s Identity Development in Jakarta’s Non-formal Education Spaces,” in the International Journal of Educational Development. Adopting photovoice as a participatory visual methodology, the article examines how slum-dwelling children in Jakarta make sense of their experiences in non-formal education spaces through interactions with social actors and material objects that mediate children’s identity development.
  • Josie Pemberton (master's, Rehabilitation Counseling) received the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Association's Graduate Student Award for Leadership. The award honors a graduate student who has made a substantial contribution to the field of rehabilitation in the area of direct service. Ms. Pemberton is a Behavioral Health Technician at Pennsylvania Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services in York, PA. Dr. Robert Froehlich nominated her for this student award.
  • Master's student Ali Schalop (Education Policy) published an article in NEA Today. Her piece, "Americans Want Scientific Research. The Government Cut It Anyway," cites recent polling from Pew that suggests all Americans, regardless of political party, want the federal government to invest in scientific research at the higher education level.

January

Dr. Lionel Howard and Tan Tran pose for a photo together at an event
Dr. Lionel Howard and Tan Tran
  • GSEHD master's student Tan Tran (Museum Education) was selected to receive the 2025-2026 Marcella Brenner Endowment for Museum Education Award. This award was given as a reflection of his academic performance and leadership/service, and honors the legacy of Dr. Marcella Brenner, a pioneering museum education expert who founded GW's Museum Education Program.
  • PhD candidate InJung Cho (Comparative and International Education) received the 2026 Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) East Asia SIG Graduate Student Travel Award for her presentation proposal, "Exploring Public Perceptions and Media Representations of People with Displaced and Refugee Backgrounds and Their Education in South Korea." The award recognizes outstanding proposals and supports graduate students presenting at the annual CIES conference. The award ceremony will take place during the 2026 CIES Annual Conference in San Francisco.