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Jen Knight

Jennifer Knight shares expertise in early elementary literacy development

Friday, September 22, 2017
Jennifer Knight, a new clinical assistant professor in Language, Literacy, and Culture, seeks to prepare excellent future classroom teachers through literacy development.

'Where Do You Work?' Wednesday: Jarvis McCowin

Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumnus Jarvis McCowin (MA ’15, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies with concentration in HESA).
Robert Yager

Yager's role in developing science standards recognized

Thursday, September 14, 2017
Mark McDermott and Ted Neal, clinical associate professors of education, discuss the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Read Our Annual Report 2016-17

Thursday, September 14, 2017
Learn more about the faculty and students who make excellence and innovation in teaching and learning a hallmark of the University of Iowa College of Education in our 2016-17 Annual Report.
robert vandeusen

Van Deusen promotes the power of relationships in the learning process

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Robert van Deusen, a new instructional-track lecturer in elementary education, seeks to show future elementary school teachers how to be effective and passionate mathematics educators.
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Building Community Reads brings people together through literacy

Monday, September 11, 2017
The UI College of Education continues its commitment to building a strong community across difference.
Anna Foley

'Where Do You Work?' Wednesday: Anna Foley

Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Happy "Where Do You Work?" Wednesday! This week meet alumna Anna Foley (BA ’12, Elementary Education). This is Foley’s fifth year teaching at Lakewood Elementary in Norwalk, Iowa. She has spent the past four years teaching fourth grade, and spent her first year as an educator teaching third grade. Foley also volunteers as a coach for the nonprofit organization Girls on the Run. “I love teaching in...
Kayla Reed Fitzke

Fitzke's research explores intersection of risk and resiliency in early adulthood

Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Kayla Reed Fitzke seeks to motivate and inspire students while they develop their professional identities.
Kathrina Litchfield

PhD student ignites impactful lecture series at Oakdale prison

Tuesday, September 5, 2017
The project is the brainchild of Kathrina Litchfield, a PhD candidate in Language, Literacy, and Culture in the College of Education, who started volunteering at the prison in 2011.
Rossina Zamora Liu

The Community Writer

Thursday, August 31, 2017
As a Vietnamese refugee coming to the United States in the late 1970s, Rossina Zamora Liu never dreamt that years later, she would be helping veterans tell their stories.