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Dr. Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, University of Southern California

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, a leading educational psychologist, holds the Robert A. Naslund Chair in Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Southern California (USC). Previously, she served as department head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at NC State University.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Often missing is educators having compassion and understanding the root cause of students actions that shifted to them being disciplined to implementing restorative justice measures. The goal is for educators and students to collaborate in creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning for all. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Tanya J.

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JENNIFER WELLS-MARSHALL

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Wells-Marshall Jennifer Wells-Marshall has been named associate director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service at Alabama A&M University.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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Rahmat, PsyD, is a core faculty member at Antioch University, where she specializes in compassion-focused pedagogy, trauma-sensitive mindfulness, and mindful self-compassion. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111 (2), 189. What changes will you make to assume the best about your students? References Agarwal, P. Ambrose, S.

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5 High-Presence Teaching Tactics for Active Online Learning

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For many university students, participating in an online math course brings about the distressing emotions of a monumental chore. Meymaris earned her MS in Mathematics with an emphasis on Educational Technology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 53, 87 105. Graham, C.

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KYLIE FORRESTER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kylie Forrester Kylie Forrester has been appointed director of the Center for Student Activities at Mississippi State University. Forrester holds a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology and a master’s in student affairs in higher education from Mississippi State University. She served as associate director.

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He also will maintain his University Professor and Provost Professor appointments in the USC Rossier School of Education, Marshall School of Business, and Price School of Public Policy. She is also president of the educational psychology division of the American Psychological Association [APA]. “I Dr. Jessica T.

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