Academics
Certification
Research
Outreach
Resources 
Professor Amita Chudgar, an expert in the field of international and comparative education, has been appointed to interim associate dean and full-time director of the Office for International Studies in Education (OISE). Chudgar, who joined the Michigan State University College of Education in 2010, serves as a professor of education policy. She has explored how… Read More »
Nearly 1,500 Mozambique higher education students have learned about career development thanks to a Michigan State University-led initiative. The momentum is just getting started. The Higher Education Career Development Initiative (HECDI) is led by MSU Professor Matthew Wawrzynski and is backed by $2 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The… Read More »
A new book co-written by MSU Assistant Professor Noreen Naseem Rodríguez will help elementary schools weave Asian American cultures, identities, histories and more into classroom curriculum. This is the first book of its kind to help elementary educators teach Asian American topics, according to Naseem Rodríguez. While other books have been published, they only focus… Read More »
Michigan State University has received a five-year, $17 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, to build capacity within Malawi’s higher education ecosystem to promote sustainable economic prosperity and self-reliance for Malawians. “The program extends MSU’s long history of partnership with African universities and reflects our own focus on supporting the… Read More »
Michigan State University Assistant Professor Emre Umucu was tapped by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide substantial technical support and feedback on the “Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities.” The report, which was published on the eve of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, will be used to improve disability health… Read More »
Department of Teacher Education Assistant Professor Lucia Cárdenas Curiel and her colleague, University of Arizona Associate Professor Leah Durán, are recipients of the Literacy Research Association’s Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy. Their article, “A Historical Inquiry into Bilingual Reading Textbooks: Coloniality and Biliteracy at the Turn of the 20th Century” was… Read More »
Panteleimon “Paddy” Ekkekakis, an internationally renowned exercise psychology scholar, became the chair of the Department of Kinesiology on August 1, 2022. Ekkekakis, a third-generation educator, was formerly a faculty member at Iowa State University, which he had joined in 2000. He has a Ph.D. in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in addition… Read More »
MSU Provost Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., has recommended Jerlando F. L. Jackson to be the next dean of the MSU College of Education, effective July 1, 2022. Jackson will also hold the title of MSU Foundation Professor of Education. The recommendation is subject to approval by the MSU Board of Trustees. Jackson holds both the… Read More »
Michigan State University has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to help build the skills needed for economic growth in Mozambique. MSU will partner with three universities to develop their capacity to provide quality employability services to students and launch new career development centers that can be replicated by… Read More »
Students interested in becoming elementary teachers now have an exciting new pathway at Michigan State University. Faculty in the nationally known MSU College of Education have redesigned the elementary Teacher Preparation Program to not only address changes in how Michigan certifies new teachers, but to ensure that Spartan educators are even better prepared to meet… Read More »
