Featured
Students
Silvia
Alvarez
Graduate student Silvia Alvarez supports Latino immigrants and their new communities.
Carolina Avendaño
Young Carolina Avendaño loved helping out in her mother’s classroom. But she was set on medical school.
Lauren Barkmeier
Doctoral student Lauren Barkmeier helps teachers understand the experience of students with hearing impairments.
Lauren Causey
Ph.D. student Lauren Causey searches for a link between who we are and how we learn to read.
Kimberly Diggles
Ph.D. student Kimberly Diggles studies how parents teach kids about racial identity.
Jessie Everts
Doctoral candidate Jessie Everts has helped her clients improve school behavior, grades, and attendance.
Dylan Hackbarth
Undergraduate student Dylan Hackbarth discovered his passion and purpose in youth studies.
Tiffany Hoffmann
Interests in kinesiology reflect a family affair with athletics for M.Ed. student Tiffany Hoffmann.
Theresa Lafavor
Ph.D. student Theresa Lafavor researches how children succeed in chaotic situations.
Nikki Loria
If M.Ed. student Nikki Loria’s plans fall into place, she’ll soon be working full time as a kindergarten teacher.
Brian Lozenski
Ph.D. candidate Brian Lozenski is researching how hip hop can be used to motivate students.
Brittany Lynch
Brittany Lynch's First Year Inquiry changed her mind about her career goals--from neurosurgery to professorship.
Calvin Mai
Kinesiology major Calvin Mai combines athletics and science with sights on a health care career.
James Moore
James Moore’s first year at the college has been so memorable that he’s writing a poem about it.
Lizzie Rahm
Family social science sophomore Lizzie Rahm blends research and volunteer interests with heart.
Allen Shen
Undergraduate student Allen Shen took a nearly 7,000-mile detour in the middle of his University of Minnesota education.
Anthony Shields
Undergraduate Anthony Shields's college experiences have helped him become a critical thinker and a leader.
Faculty
Donald Dengel
Associate Professor Donald Dengel has discovered how overweight kids can turn around their health.
Tabitha Grier-Reed
Tabitha Grier-Reed has made it her mission to bring the process of career planning into the classroom.
David Hollister
Through research and teaching, professor David Hollister explores ways to better serve refugee communities.
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Associate professor Elizabeth Lightfoot was drawn to Namibia by its safety, warmth, and possibilities for adventure.
Na'im Madyun
Assistant professor Na’im Madyun explores the impact of social networks on educational disparities.
Bic Ngo
Assistant professor Bic Ngo is one of five early-career researchers recently selected as a William T. Grant Scholar.
Shari Peterson
Associate professor Shari Peterson coordinates work and human resource education with business acumen.
Michael Rodriguez
Most don't gravitate to educational measurement and statistics, but Michael Rodriguez's courses have waiting lists.
Rebecca Ropers-Huilman
Professor Rebecca Ropers-Huilman focuses on the university as a generator of equity.
Karen Seashore
Karen Seashore teaches students that there can be surprising brilliance just below the surface of any research topic.
Kathleen Thomas
Associate professor Kathleen Thomas studies how early experiences shape brain development and behavior in at-risk kids.
Diane Wiese-Bjornstal
Kinesiology associate professor Diane Wiese-Bjornstal uses research to improve sport safety.
Oliver Williams
“We’re finding ways to respond to domestic violence that match the realities of the communities we’re serving.”
Zha Blong Xiong
Zha Blong Xiong draws on personal experience in his research of Southeast Asian immigrants.
Philip Zelazo
For Philip Zelazo, studying the intentional control of thought, action, and emotion is a window into human consciousness.
Alumni
Barbara Ainsworth
Alumna Barbara Ainsworth knows the value of physical activity and helps others understand it.
Korina Barry
Alumna Korina Barry is the first Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Scholar to earn a degree.
Stan Deno
Alumnus Stan Deno retired, but educators still rely on his research to help special education students.
Heather Dorniden
Over the past four-and-a-half years, alumna Heather Dorniden has rewritten the track record books at the U.
Thomas Harding
Alumnus Thomas Harding has gone on to become the successful owner of Plymouth-based Infinity Direct Inc.
Charlie Kyte
For more than four decades, alumnus Charlie Kyte has been a strong voice for school administrators.
Yoav Lavee
Distinguished international alumnus Yoav Lavee helps families cope with both everyday pressures and traumatic events.
Leo Lewis
While attending CEHD classes, Leo Lewis was in the middle of an 11-year career in the National Football League.
Nancy Lindahl
Alumna Nancy Lindahl is fully committed to the Gophers—from the gridiron to the classroom.
Susie Miller
Alumna and adjunct professor Susie Miller helps kids with disabilities access recreational opportunities.
Jennifer Mitchell
Alumna and award-winning teacher Jennifer Mitchell helped turn around a struggling school.
Salina Renninger
On paper, Salina Renninger looks like she’s always known exactly where her career was headed: counseling.
Glenn Roisman
Pop culture can’t push theories on parenting forward fast enough. Glenn Roisman is hoping for a better result.
Barbara Stephens Foster
Dedicated alumna and author Barbara Stephens Foster brings communities together.
