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GSEHD Welcomes First Cohort of Students to Program in Partnership with Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University

Dean Michael Feuer, Dr. Colin Green and Sevinj Mammadova welcomed 25 students at the official opening of the Master of Arts in Education and Human Development program at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (ASPU). Dr. Jafar Jafarov, Rector of ASPU; Dr. Emin Amrullayev, Minister of Education; Mr. Lee Litzenberger, U.S. Ambassador; and Mr. Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan Ambassador, also joined the event.

Dynamics of Creativity: How Early Drug Discovery Scientists Experience Creativity

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The Freedom of Forgiveness: Perspectives from Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Dr. Erica Brown as quoted in the GW Today article about the Mayberg Center's Conversations that Matter event, "The Freedom of Forgiveness: Perspectives from Judaism, Christianity and Islam."

Who do I want to be? Learning to lead humanistically

Dr. Shaista E. Khilji delivered a keynote at PWiC's (Pakistani Women in Computing) GetHired 2020 virtual event. Her talk was entitled, "Who do I want to be? Learning to lead humanistically."

Faculty Member Presents on Collaborative Autoethnography

Dr. Julia Storberg-Walker presented on collaborative autoethnography as a part of the Fetzer Scholars Program of the Academy of Management (AOM). The Management Spirituality and Religion Interest group of the AOM has awarded 40 scholarships, funded by the Fetzer Institute, to emerging scholars and advanced doctoral students from around the world.

Education Abroad: Bridging Scholarship and Practice

Dr. Bernhard Streitwieser and two colleagues have won the 2020 ASHE Council for International Higher Education's Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education. The prize is for their newly published edited volume, Education Abroad: Bridging Scholarship and Practice (Routledge).

The Impact of COVID19 on Childhood Mental Health

Dr. Maggie Parker moderated a panel of experts the latest installment in GSEHD's Conversations that Matter series. If you weren't able to attend the live presentation, you can watch a video recording of the discussion about "The Impact of COVID19 on Childhood Mental Health."

My degree in Israel education was tough, but so worth it

iCenter alumna Peta Silansky published a piece entitled, "My degree in Israel education was tough, but so worth it" on Forward.com.

GSEHD Alumnus Named At-Larger Director for CRCC

GSEHD alumnus, Dr. Rob Froehlich (Counseling), was elected to serve as an At-Large Director (2021 - 2024) on the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification's (CRCC) Board of Directors.

Faculty Member Provides Trauma-Informed Care Trainings to Local Organization

Dr. Bagmi Das provided program-wide Trauma-Informed Care Trainings to the Baltimore and Washington, DC branches of Literacy Labs, a locally-based literacy building non-profit organization.