April
- Doctoral student Vicky Lee (Ph.D. in Education, Human-Technology Collaboration concentration) published a book review of Learning Analytics Enhanced Online Learning Support, in Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning. She thanked Dr. Natalie Milman and Dr. Jonathan Eakle for their support and guidance, saying, "I am so grateful for the feedback you have given me to make this article publishable. I learned a lot throughout the process, and am excited to keep up with the momentum as I continue to work on current and future projects."
March
- Master's student Nanako Tojo (Higher Education Administration) was a featured Storyteller at the OneGW Community Summit. She spoke during the Lunch Community Session: Imagining Otherwise: Choosing Love and Connection in Uncertain Times. After her talk, she said, "The audience who are mostly student affairs professionals and some students at GW attentively listened to me. Some listeners told me that they got a perspective that they never thought of before, and they wanted to use the learning in their advising and teaching. I am glad about the comments and my achievement." Ms. Tojo is an international student from Japan.
- Master's student Nanako Tojo (Higher Education Administration) published a post titled, "The Weight of Silence: Revealing the Inner Conversation of an International Graduate Student," for ACPA-College Student Educators International. Ms. Tojo, who is Japanese, reflects on her personal struggles with academic participation in the U.S. to highlight the "weight of silence" felt by international students and to advocate for the implementation of culturally relevant support by higher education practitioners.
- Master's student Ali Schalop (Education Policy) published an article in NEA Today titled, "The Discipline Gap That No One is Tracking."
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. Mina Attia and counseling doctoral students Shiyu Tang and Lester Wu published an article titled, “Vicarious Trauma and Secondary Traumatic Stress Experiences of Helping Professionals,” in the International Journal of Migration, Health, and Social Care.
- 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.