Accomplishments: Department of Teaching and Learning

Sidath Kapukotuwa (Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine; Office of Research), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented their poster, "Yoga for osteoarthritis: Current state of interventions," during the American Public…
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published an article, "Maintaining Tensions: Braiding as an analogy for mathematics teacher educators’ political work," with her colleagues Marrielle Myers (Kennesaw State University) and Rochelle Gutiérrez (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign).  Myers, M., Kokka, K., & Gutiérrez, R. (2023).…
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) and Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) have published an edited book, The History of Now: Urban Education, Alternative Routes to Licensure, and the Oral Histories of Black and Latinx Educators (DIO Press). Readers of the book will learn about the history of…
Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning), Leona Calkins (California State University and a 2022 UNLV Ph.D. graduate in Teacher Education), and Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Examining Teacher Leadership in the United States: How do BIPOC Teachers and White Teachers in Urban Environments…
Sam Leif (Teaching and Learning) and colleagues presented "Exploring Gender Nonbinary Experiences through the Lens of the 7th HCI Grand Challenge: Reactions to the Categorization of Nonbinary Users in AI-Generated Online Advertising Profiles" at the Human-Computer Interaction International Conference. The presentation centered on the perspectives…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Aditi Singh (Internal Medicine) along with a faculty member from University of Southern Mississippi published…
Safiyya Bintali (Teaching and Learning), a senior undergraduate student, has been honored with the prestigious 2023 Pioneer Award by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. This esteemed recognition comes in acknowledgment of Bintali's outstanding academic achievements and her unwavering dedication to her career aspirations. This accomplishment is a…
Chia Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Exploring yoga behaviors among college students based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and…
Congratulations to Holmes Scholars Mayra Marquez-Mendez and Adjoa Mensah (both Education PhD candidates) on helping to develop, plan, and support the inaugural Science Summer Institute for Elementary and Middle school teachers in CCSD. With more than 100 participants accepted to the institute, this NSF-funded professional learning…
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) has been selected as the College of Education's interim associate dean for Faculty and Inclusive Excellence (iADFIE). In her new role, she will lead and assess the college's faculty development and general DEIJ efforts, and develop and sustain a culture of belonging among faculty, staff, students,…
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) gave a keynote lecture on April 6, 2023, "Critical Praxis in Mathematics Education Inside and Outside the Classroom," for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's School of Education Equity and Social Justice Speaker Series. 
Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and doctoral students/Holmes Scholars Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education), Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Monique Soma (Post-secondary Career and Technical Education) presented their research titled “Fostering STEM career pathways by creating a…