Gevirtz School Dean Jeff Milem at the first "fast & Curious" event
Free public event on May 23 at 7 pm at Santa Barbara Public Library
The second edition of the lecture series, “Fast & Curious: ED Talks from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School,” will take place on Tuesday, May 23 at 7 pm at the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature six faculty members from the Gevirtz School giving no more than an eight-minute talk each about their research that is shaping education.
The success of the first event, held February 16, 2017, encouraged the Santa Barbara Public Library to come on as a sponsor. Videos of those talks, which drew a crowd of 75 out on a rainy evening, can be seen online.
The event is the brainchild of Professor Jeff Milem, who became Dean of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE) in July 2016. “Upon arriving in Santa Barbara I was struck not only by the immensely talented faculty and the breadth and depth of their research, but also by their commitment to the public good and their desire to make that research matter,” Milem explains. “This series is a very direct – and fun – way for faculty, alumni, and eventually our students to share their insights with the local community.”
Presenters and titles:
Andrés J. Consoli, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, “Building Bridges to Mental Health Care Access for Mexicans/Mexican-Americans: Listening and Learning from Clients”
Michael Furlong, Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, “Vision (checked), Hearing (checked), Wellbeing (checked?): Monitoring Students’ Social Emotional Health”
Hunter Gehlbach, Associate Professor, Department of Education, “The Three Fundamentals of Social-Emotional Learning”
Jin Sook Lee, Professor, Department of Education, “1+1 is More than 2: The Power of Bilingual Education”
Rebeca Mireles-Rios, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, “Libraries as a Local, Learning, Community Effort”
Sarah Roberts, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, “Why Math Task Type Matters for English Language Learners”
The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education offers M.A.s, M.Ed.s, and Ph.D.s from the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology, the Department of Education and the Teacher Education Program, which also prepares students for teaching credentials. The School also offers three minors in Education, Applied Psychology, and Science & Mathematics Education. GGSE is a hub of educational innovation with world-class research produced by distinguished faculty and exceptional graduate students who are doing leading-edge work in research methods, science and mathematics education, literacy education, second language learning, culture and language, educational policy, autism, school safety, positive psychology, resilience and recovery from trauma, and strengths-based interventions with vulnerable populations. . . and this is only a partial list. The Gevirtz School is currently rated as a top 40 education school among public universities by U.S. News & World Reports. Learn more about the school at education.ucsb.edu.
While the event is free and open to the public, we ask that attendees RSVP for planning purposes to: rsvp@education.ucsb.edu. Please put “Fast & Curious” in the subject line.