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The Senior-Career Award is the UO’s highest award for faculty to recognize and celebrate a deep and distinguished record of scholarship and research. Gina Biancarosa, EdD, the Ann Swindells Chair in Education and professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, is recognized for her transformative contributions to educational measurement, literacy research, and reading assessment on a national scale.
Around the School Table podcast host Steve Davis is joined by Dr. Gina Biancarosa, Ann Swindells Chair in Education, Professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, and Director of the Center on Teaching and Learning. Gina explains how DIBELS was developed to help educators identify students who may need additional support with reading.
Sexual and gender minority youth tend to be at higher risk for peer victimization and all forms of harassment, including experiences of stigma and discrimination. Written by Maria Schweer-Collins, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice.
COE Professor Lisa Mazzei received the 2026 Dangerous Coagulations Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education Special Interest Group. The award recognizes collaborative research teams whose scholarship advances post-foundational studies in education and pushes the boundaries of educational research through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
Many students don’t realize that heavy drinking has negative effects for both the short- and long-term, said one of the study’s lead authors, Ashley Linden-Carmichael, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services in the COE.
UO report recommends schools keep or add hours and use instructional time more effectively
Associate Professor Ilana Umansky, PhD, and QRME doctoral student Havisha Khurana, examine how keeping California students who have already demonstrated English proficiency in EL status influence their academic and behavioral outcomes compared to being reclassified.
Chronic absenteeism is one of the biggest challenges K-12 schools face across the United States. A new report from the HEDCO Institute at the University of Oregon offers promising approaches to reduce chronic absenteeism, including curriculum changes and better communication with parents.
Graduating this spring with a degree in Child Behavioral Health from the University of Oregon’s Portland campus, Laine Lovgren participated as a HEDCO Institute Undergraduate Scholar, an opportunity made possible through donor support.
The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is delighted to announce the appointment of Elizabeth (“Beth”) Stormshak, PhD, Philip Knight Chair, as the next Editor-in-Chief of Prevention Science, the official journal of SPR. Dr. Stormshak will begin as Editor-elect on July 1, 2026, and will assume full editorial responsibility for new submissions beginning January 1, 2027.