A UCR-affiliated institute for racial justice has received a $100,000 grant that will support teacher professional development during the 2024 and 2025 calendar years, with a focus on engaging teachers of color in California public schools. This funding for the Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice, known as ITOC, from the...
UC Riverside welcomed 52 new permanent faculty members for the 2023-2024 academic year who come from a variety of disciplines and research interests. The new faculty members offer expertise on a wide range of subjects, from American politics to robot artificial intelligence to plant biochemistry. They include researchers from several top...
UCR School of Education professor Suneal Kolluri will probe the paradox of the meritocracy ideology in U.S. high schools with a fellowship from the Spencer Foundation recently awarded by the National Academy of Education
Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida recounted stories from his 44-year career in journalism while illuminating the behind-the-scenes work of journalists as part of the 54th Annual Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture. Merida spoke to students, staff, faculty, and community members Tuesday, May 9 at the University Theater in the first in-person...
UC Riverside Professor Soojin Park has won a National Science Foundation grant to develop methods to identify risk factors that lead to social disparities. Park, an assistant professor of quantitative methods at the School of Education, is the principal investigator for the three-year $273,587 grant. She was notified of the award earlier this month...
The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, has honored UC Riverside education professor Joseph Kahne as a 2023 AERA Fellow for his exceptional contributions to education research. Kahne and 23 other education scholars from colleges and universities across the nation will be honored as AERA fellows at the group’s annual meeting in...
UC President Michael V. Drake M.D. spent two days at UC Riverside this week meeting with undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, researchers, and leadership to discuss issues ranging from expanding opportunity and affordability to addressing the health needs of Californians. Drake toured several campus facilities, including the new...
Several UCR School of Education faculty members and graduate students will be honored for writing a groundbreaking journal article that provides a road map to improve the racial climates of teacher education programs, guiding teacher educators and leaders to meet the needs of a diverse teaching force. Titled, “Toward a Healthy Racial Climate...
The American Educational Research Association will honor UCR associate professor Rita Kohli for a book she published in 2021 about the challenges and triumphs of teachers of color. In “Teachers of Color Resisting Racism and Reclaiming Education,” Kohli documents many personal and emotional accounts of racism and professional isolation experienced...
UC Riverside honored promoted faculty members at a luncheon at the Alumni and Visitors Center on Jan. 30. About 40 people attended, including Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox. Supervisors and colleagues joined those who were honored in celebrating their efforts. Promotions occurred across UCR schools, including the College of Humanities, Arts and Social...
Joi Spencer, the new dean of the School of Education, comes to UC Riverside with deep ties to Inland Southern California and a mission to help the region realize greater educational equity in public education. The daughter of working-class parents grew up in South Central Los Angeles and was bused to a magnet high school in Los Angeles. During her...
Rita Kohli, an associate professor in the UCR School of Education, has received a $50,000 grant from the Chicago-based Spencer Foundation to probe the experiences of teacher educators of color as they navigate systemic racism in teacher education programs throughout the United States. The project will build upon findings from previous research...
UCR's Office of Research and Economic Development (RED) has announced over $1.7 million in competitive funding for faculty research projects through its Opportunity to Advance Sustainability Innovation and Social Inclusion initiative, known as OASIS. The projects range from probing the severity of COVID-19 infection in Riverside County, through...
For fall quarter 2022, UC Riverside welcomed 34 new permanent faculty members from a variety of disciplines. Learn more about the new faculty below: College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Sahin Acikgoz, an assistant professor of religious studies, is a member of the executive committee of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program. They...
Ariana Aparicio Aguilar, a doctoral student in UCR's School of Education and a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, was recently invited with Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox to attend a 10-year DACA anniversary at the White House.
Alexis Weatherspoon, a graduate student at UC Riverside’s School of Education, has been accepted as one of three 2022 John Smartt Summer Scholars at the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Weatherspoon is working on a master’s degree in diversity and equity and is a TRIO Scholars graduate mentor who participated in the Chancellor’s...
The program supports incoming School of Education freshman or transfer students who are dedicated to serving the Black community via education upon graduation from UCR
