Students & Alumni News

In light of the national shortage of teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade, many universities with teacher preparation programs are seeking creative ways to encourage more undergraduates to pursue teaching as a career. The University of Delaware, already recognized for its high-quality teacher preparation programs, remains at the forefront of …

Melissa Lewis is an elementary education major with concentrations in English as a second language and special education. Lewis also is pursuing a minor in Spanish. She is from Newark, Delaware, and she plans to continue this research throughout the 2021-2022 academic year. She expects to graduate from the University …

Achieving a doctorate in any discipline requires the most rigorous scholarship and the steepest of academic climbs. And that’s in the best of times. To reach that goal during a global pandemic, with the grief, loss and struggle we all understand in much more vivid ways now, is something akin …

Fourteen University of Delaware undergraduate and graduate students and alumni have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. An additional three current students and six alumni received honorable mentions. The highly competitive fellowship, the oldest of its kind in the nation, is among the most prestigious awards for graduate …

You might expect to find a 2-year-old undergraduate work-study program under layers of rubble these days, what with all the restrictions because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But despite the unprecedented upheaval and what must have often seemed like a game of 52-card pickup, students in the University of Delaware’s …

It’s more important than ever for scientists to clearly yet casually communicate their research to the general public, suggests Valerie Earnshaw, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Which is why she and her team of research assistants in the Stigma and …

When Black Lives Matter protests erupted in the spring of 2020 in hundreds of cities across the world, University of Delaware doctoral student Diane Codding watched the events unfold while preparing her dissertation proposal on anti-racism and white fragility in educational settings. “Calls for anti-racism have been coming in waves for years …

Not that long ago, Seaford School District was in an academic tailspin. Located on Delaware’s rural southwestern border with Maryland, the district was home to some of the lowest-performing schools in the state. In 2014, Seaford ranked last in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, according to assessments by the …

In light of a recent opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal that focused on one of our most esteemed graduates, Dr. Jill Biden, questioning the legitimacy of doctoral credentials in higher education, we want to state very clearly: The University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development …

For the third year in a row, students in the College of Education and Human Development have been awarded scholarships by the Delaware chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. Abigail Cooper and Gia Cammisa, both Human Relations Administration majors, were selected by Delaware SHRM to receive academic scholarships …