A new study by J. Cameron Anglum and Anita Manion looks at the perceptions of students and parents regarding the political leanings of public schools. Published by the Brookings Institution, their research finds that adults' perceptions of public school bias vary by party affiliation, while most high school students say that public schools are politically neutral or balanced.
Juan Zheng has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support her project titled, "Meta-Partner: Hybrid Intelligence for Self-Regulated Learning." This project will develop Meta-Partner, an AI system that helps students set goals, adjust strategies, monitor progress, and reflect on their learning while building AI literacy and self-regulation skills, over the next two years.
Kimberly Levin '03G '22Ph.D. will present, "Using Dropout Predictors to Identify At-Risk Students," at the 2025 CIU 20 Literacy Symposium on June 10 at DeSales University. Her presentation includes findings from her dissertation and the application of those findings to the secondary Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) model used within her school district.
The COE's Educational Leadership (EDL) program stresses the importance of connecting educational practice and research. "Recent publications in Kappan by doctoral student Brooke Wilkins and assistant professor Cameron Anglum demonstrate our commitment to that ideal," shared EDL Program Director Craig Hochbein.
Lehigh’s College of Education has selected Robson M. Araujo-Junior to receive the Elizabeth V. Stout Award for his dissertation, “Watershed Explorers: Digital Gameful Learning Experience Gameplay Investigated with Immersive Virtual Reality within a Technology-Enhanced Lifelong Learning Ecology.”
The award recognizes significant scholarly achievement in a dissertation project.
Educational Leadership faculty member J. Cameron Anglum has been awarded a grant from the Walton Family Foundation to support the Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Effectiveness (ERRE) Center.
Sarah McDermott has received a Williams Prize from Lehigh for outstanding work in writing and performance. Her entry, titled "Adolescents' Gender-Typed Communication Behaviors and Friendship Experiences," was awarded first place in the Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology category for Spring 2025.
The Spring 2025 issue of COE News focuses on research taking place across the College. COE Associate Dean for Research Bridget Dever introduces the issue:
As I look back on my first year as the COE's Associate Dean for Research, I appreciate the opportunity to support our talented faculty and students and promote their research. I am so proud of our many successes and the impact our research has in the communities we serve.
Josselyn Alvarenga, a second-year doctoral student in the COE’s Counseling Psychology program, is passionate about supporting healthy child development in marginalized families. Her research looks at how culture shapes the ways in which young children learn to handle and show their emotions.
Focusing on Black and Latinx families, Alvarenga looks at how parents and caregivers respond to their child’s distress, the child’s feelings of closeness and security with their caregivers, and how the child manages stress. She hopes that her research and the research of others within the Hands and Hearts Together project where she works, will promote wide-scale changes that positively impact family relationships and behaviors in these communities.
A strong bond between a young child and their caregiver plays an important role in laying the foundation for children’s future health and wellbeing. This bond, or attachment, can be measured as the level of connection and safety young children feel with their parent or caregiver. As the director of the CARE Lab at Lehigh, Susan Woodhouse and her team study caregiving attachment and how children learn to manage and express their emotions. They then share this information to help parents respond to their children’s needs.