Kudos: Andrews selected as faculty co-director of fellows program; Lee gives keynote, lecture; Reeves, Stefaniak co-edit issue of journal; Faculty receive 2025 seed grants
Andrews selected to serve as faculty co-director of the Senior Teaching Fellows Program
Gayle Andrews, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, will serve as co-director of the Senior Faculty Teaching Fellows Program. In this role, Andrews will mentor Senior Teaching Fellows and offer guidance on teaching, learning, and implementation of their teaching projects. She will also collaborate with the Center for Teaching and Learning co-director to develop and facilitate seminars and other events for the Senior Faculty Teaching Fellow Program.
Lee gives keynote and lecture on issues of difference at two institutions in South Korea
In May, Kyunghwa Lee, Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Pharr Aderhold Professor in Education, served as a keynote speaker at the spring 2025 Conference of the Korean Society for Early Childhood Education and Care, held at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, Korea. She also delivered an invited lecture to faculty and graduate students in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Daegu National University of Education. These talks addressed issues of difference and explored their implications for early childhood education and care in Korea from the perspective of a Korean American educator.
Reeves, Stefaniak co-edit special issue of Journal of Computing in Higher Education
Thomas Reeves, professor emeritus, and Jill Stefaniak, an associate professor in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology, co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Computing in Higher Education with Stephanie Moore, an associate professor at the University of New Mexico. The issue focuses on “The Research We Need” and includes 11 articles focused on educational technology and instructional design in higher education.
Faculty receive 2025 Rural Engagement Workshop seed grants
Four faculty members in the Mary Frances Early College of Education received seed grants through UGA’s Rural Engagement Workshop for Academic Faculty:
- Erin Hamel, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, in collaboration with faculty from the Archway Partnership
- Sarah Grace Dalton and Hannah Krimm, assistant professors in the Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education (partnering with Elizabeth Pienaar, associate professor in Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources), in collaboration with 4-H
- Lou Tolosa-Casadont, clinical professor and world language program coordinator in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, in collaboration 4-H
Since 2021, the workshop introduces faculty to rural community engagement with the goal of fostering community partnerships. The program provides seed grants ranging from $5,000-10,000 to support faculty research and scholarship that addresses rural needs.
Read the full story on UGA’s Public Service and Outreach website.