Four CEHD postdoctoral fellows are taking part in the upcoming President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) Spring Research Symposium, taking place February 28 and March 1 at the University. The symposium is an opportunity for postdocs to present their research and receive substantive feedback on their presentations.
All four CEHD presentation take place on March 1. They include:
9:40-10 a.m.
Aditi Rajendran, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD)
“Creating the ‘Well:’ Teachers Unions and Racial Justice Leadership”
In this time of racial reckoning, education leaders face heightened responsibility to address the pervasive and enduring racism in our schools and systems. In particular, a wave of activism and attention to racial equity from educators and their unions highlight a powerful, yet unexamined, source of education leadership. Rajendran will explore what it means for a teacher’s union to prioritize racial equity as something that unions do.
10:20 to 10:40 a.m.
Hyejin Hwang, Department of Educational Psychology
“Reading Comprehension and Content Learning in K-12 Settings”
Reading comprehension and content learning are critical for students’ academic and career development. In this presentation, Hwang will give a brief overview of her research program related to reading comprehension and content learning in K-12 settings and discuss her previous and current research, as well as steps for future research.
11:20-11:40 a.m.
Emmanuel Bonney, Institute of Child Development
“Phenoscreening: A Novel Approach for Quantifying Early Behaviors of Autism in Economically Deprived Communities”
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder with increasing prevalence worldwide. However, there is an enormous global imbalance in the understanding of autism. While autism is often identified around 4 years in most high-income countries, children with autism in many African countries are often diagnosed later. The delays in diagnosis results from profound shortages in resources or healthcare providers specialized in autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. Bonney implemented a novel screening strategy known as phenoscreening to quantify specific phenotypes across multiple domains in infants and toddlers in Uganda. Preliminary findings from this research will be discussed.
11:40 a.m.-noon
Maria Gutierrez de Jesus, OLPD
“Community Radio as an Educational Tool to Revitalize Indigenous Languages”
Radios in Indigenous communities serve multiple purposes, from keeping the population informed about current affairs, articulating traditional knowledge, reaffirming the importance of the oral tradition, sharing traditional music and other cultural and artistic expressions, and maintaining Indigenous languages alive. de Gutierrez de Jesus will engage in a discussion of community radio as an educational tool that contributes to the revitalization of Indigenous languages.
In addition, Vice President for Equity and Diversity and OLPD Professor Michael Goh will give the keynote address from 9 to 9:20 a.m. on March 1. Register.
