Alumni in the News

Indigenous students deserve Indigenous teachers. Leilani Sabzalian is a triple duck with a PhD, Critical and Sociocultural Studies, MEd, Educational Leadership, and BA, Educational Studies.
A long-term educator who has served as an administrator in India and Oregon has been hired as principal of Blueberry Hill Elementary School. David Allen, who holds a doctorate degree in education from the University of Oregon, has focused much of his career on special education and early intervention.
In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 meets an incoming freshman who is ranked number two in the world for wheelchair tennis. Phelps’ coach, John Devorss, COE alumni, knows a star when he sees one.
The HEAL Prevention Cooperative (HPC) has launched a new five-part podcast series called, “Women Leading Prevention Science”. Episode 4: Forging Strong Relationships features Double-Duck alumna Leslie Leve, PhD.
Alvarez is a spring 2022 graduate of the UO College of Education’s Curriculum and Teacher Education master’s program and now teaches English classes in the Bethel School District, the same district she attended in high school.
Central School District 13J hires Alisha Resseman as the new assistant principal at Talmadge Middle School. Alisha earned her master’s in educational administration from the University of Oregon.
Sunny Day Real Bird, PhD has a story about her first day of grad school at the University of Oregon. She remembers seeing the sprawling campus and not having the least idea where her first class was.
Karrie Walters, PhD saw a need to make diagnostic services more accessible in Eugene and launched a comprehensive diagnostic clinical service in 2019 to assess a range of learning, attention and developmental disorders. Carrie has a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon.