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Ting Sun, 3rd year doctoral student in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, received the Student Paper Award from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education. The winning paper was titled, “Differences in Writing Self-efficacy and Writing SRL Strategies: A Function of Gender, Major, and SES.”

After 20 years at UNC Charlotte, Karen Haar retired in June 2019. Karen was an integral part of the Administrative Staff in the Department of Educational Leadership. Karen has worked in the Office of the Registrar, Dean of Students, and College of Health and Human Services, before joining Educational Leadership. She will be missed by […]

Dr. Lee Casey Received the 2019 Distinguished Paper Award from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education Congratulations to Dr. Lee Casey! His paper titled, “Academic Resiliency among African-American Males in Secondary Schools” has received the 2019 Distinguished Paper Award from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE). His paper will be […]

Dr. Carl Westine was awarded a North Carolina Student Success Innovation Lab grant. Dr. Westine will serve as the evaluator for an intervention implemented by East Carolina University. For more information about Student Success Innovation Lab, go to: https://www.northcarolina.edu/system-initiatives/student-success-innovation-lab-ssil

Dr. Sandra Dika was awarded a Spencer Small Research Grant to examine STEM transfer culture at two large, predominantly White institutions in North Carolina. Below is the abstract of her study: Students who transfer from community college to four-year institutions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field are less likely to graduate than peers […]

Dr. Florence Martin was selected as the first recipient of the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award. The Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award honors excellence in graduate program administration. Dr. Martin will $1000, an engraved plaque, and her name will be engraved on a perpetual trophy on permanent display at a central location on campus.

Dr. Chuang Wang was selected as the recipient of the 2019 Faculty International Education Award. The Faculty Award recognizes a faculty member for his/her outstanding contributions to the enhancement of the international education experience at UNC Charlotte. For more information about the award, go to: https://global.uncc.edu/awards-recognition/international-education-awards/recipients-international-education-award

Ms. Tuba Gezer, doctoral student in the Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation program, was selected for a summer internship at the Center for Assessment in Dover, NH. She will be working with researchers at the Center on tools for depicting and analyzing achievement gaps. For more information about the Center, go to https://www.nciea.org/. [link]

Dr. Chuang Wang will will be taking a three-year leave to absence to serve as the Dean of Education at the University of Macau. One of his goals is to form a partnership between UNC Charlotte and the University of Macau.

Dr. Tracey Benson presented his talk on The Binary Code of Racism at inaugural TEDXUNCCharlotte. To view Dr. Benson’s talk, go to minute 20 of the following link: [link]