Jennifer Strange

The Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education inducted 23 teacher candidates into Kappa Delta Pi, a national honor society in education that recognizes and promotes excellence in education.

Faculty, staff, Teaching Fellows and alumnae presented research at the 51st North Carolina Reading and Literacy Conference, held by the North Carolina Reading Association in Winston Salem.

Nelson Ysabel and Jordan Ballantyne, graduate candidates in the M.A. in Higher Education Program, were recently honored with Outstanding Graduate Student Awards by the American College Personnel Association.

Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, disseminates research to support the implementation of inclusive educational services for students with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia.

Ana Herrera, second-year M.Ed. candidate, presented her global action project at the 2022 SXSW EDU Conference in Austin, Texas.

Vernon, a 28-year veteran educator with Alamance-Burlington Schools, was named the 2022 North Carolina Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies at their annual meeting on Thursday, March 3.

Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, disseminates three projects centered around inclusion.

Justin Seifts '09 is a Spanish teacher at East Chapel Hill High School and was awarded the Reckford Teaching Prize by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has co-authored a research study in The Social Studies aimed at understanding elementary teacher candidates' knowledge of religious freedom and the Establishment Clause in public school settings.

Lucy Callicott '22 has been named a Provost Scholar for her research in examining elementary educators' awareness and perceptions of trauma-informed teaching approaches.