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Sara Kangas

Kangas Receives Prestigious Grant from the Spencer Foundation

Jan 30, 2025

Sara Kangas, program director of COE's Special Education and ESL programs, has received a grant from the Spencer Foundation through its prestigious Large Grants program. Kangas and Jamie Schissel, an associate professor of Teacher Education and Higher Education at UNC Greensboro, are the principal investigators for the project titled, "Individualized Language Plans for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities: Investigating Implementation and Stakeholder Perspectives."

Raquel Sosa

Sosa’s Research Leverages Identity to Inform Mental Health Strategies

Jan 27, 2025

Raquel Sosa knew she wanted to pursue a career in psychology before she ever set foot on a college campus. “Looking at the differences between clinical and counseling psych, counseling psychology definitely attracted me a lot more because of the emphasis on social justice,” she said. Sosa was interested in working with Latinx and immigrant populations which made the COE’s Counseling Psychology doctoral program a good fit for her interests.

Sam Keller

Sam Keller is "Raising Serotonin"

Jan 17, 2025

In 2019, Sam Keller earned an undergraduate bachelor's degree in marketing. “And I didn't really have an idea of what I even wanted to do,” she said. Going to work, 9 to 5, is what she thought life was. “You wake up, you go to work, you pay your bills, and that's about it.”