coe-staff: The Weekly Vol 2 #11

Wed Mar 31 17:54:12 PDT 2021

Dear Faculty and Staff,

Our 2022 US News rankings are available today at https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-education-law-rated-among-nations-best-graduate-programs, as are those for the University and other units on campus. We are in the same range that we have occupied for many years – 11 (last year) was highest and 14 (on multiple occasions), lowest. We are competing against an august group of high performing universities and colleges of education. Your impressive work continues to be recognized as among the best in the country, and likely, the world.

Congratulations and continued success,

Randy

Reminders:

  *   Innovation Issue Peer to Peer Message: In case you missed it, here is the link to our most recent informational “eBlast.”  Following our precedent of last year (see previous messages archived on my blog at  https://blogs.uoregon.edu/randykamphaus/about-the-dean/research-driving-change/), the communications group used Constant Contact to send this message to the top 250 ranked COEs in the country (i.e., US News Best Graduate Schools of Education list), select Oregon school superintendents, and UO leadership, among other partners. You may also forward the link below to your networks. Sending the link, instead of merely forwarding the message from your browser, will ensure that it renders properly on the recipient’s devices. URL: https://conta.cc/2QnCscb. You will note that the content of this message differs from our previous eBlasts. This message meets my long-held goal of better informing our peers and publics about the important work conducted by our ROC units. I owe much gratitude to our research and outreach unit faculty and staff who do this good work, Emily Barker of our communications group for coordination, design and research, Kathleen Scalise for her guidance, and Juls Davis for consulting throughout the project. This issue had an incredible 34.9% “open rate,” compared to the higher education average of about 20%.

  *   Equity and Inclusion Discourse in the CoE: As a reminder, the college plans to propose a menu of options for shared discourse in the area of Equity and Inclusion that includes opportunities to learn with or from CoE faculty and/or staff who have expertise in a specific area of equity or inclusion. If you would like to contribute to this discourse by leading a session in the CoE via:

  *   Structured book clubs
  *   Individual colloquia
  *   Professional development sessions
  *   Ongoing training and discussion groups
  *   Or some other mode of discourse
Please indicate your interest and other relevant information via the following Qualtrics survey COE Survey of DEI Resources and Expertise<https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bIWneC2MNGCyxWC> by April 8th, 2021. Thank you to those who have already submitted contributions.

  *   Tomorrow’s Science Knight Out: Leslie Leve, professor in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department, associate director of the Prevention Science Institute and a Knight Campus associate faculty member, will be giving the Science Knight Out community science talk titled “The Nature of Nurture” on April 1, 2021 at 7pm. Delinquency and drug use affect millions of youth, causing significant personal and societal harm. What are the root causes of these societal problems? How does research in these areas translate into effective prevention strategies, beginning early in child development? This presentation will highlight the importance of nature and nurture in promoting or disrupting well-being. Intervention studies with families in the juvenile justice system and from parent-child adoption research is used to demonstrate the critical role nurturing environments can play in helping those predisposed to these challenges. Registration information for this free virtual event can be found here: https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/science-knight-out.

Accolades:

  *   Emily Tanner-Smith, Thomson Professor, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal Prevention Science (https://www.springer.com/journal/11121/editors). Emily also serves as the mentor for one of the early-career mentored editorial board members, Dr. Maria Schweer-Collins (Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon). In addition, Beth Stormshak has been and continues to serve on this editorial board and Amanda Griffin (Prevention Science Institute) is another early-career mentored editorial board member. Well done, Emily, Beth, and Amanda.

  *   The Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect (CPAN) received a $500,000.00 grant from The Ford Family Foundation for expansion of The 90by30 Initiative’s rural implementation demonstration site. This supports an ongoing and innovative community-campus partnership, evaluation, and communications and media expansion. CPAN and The 90by30 Initiative are complementary efforts, integrating established and emerging evidence with broad community engagement and mobilization. For more information, please see the 90by30 website<https://90by30.com/> and the CPAN website<https://cpan.uoregon.edu/> – both very recently updated. Follow this work on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/90by30> and Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/90by30/>. Congratulations, to all, on this impressive accomplishment.

  *   Assistant Professor’s Nichole Kelly and Elizabeth Budd were mentioned in this issue<https://75580743.flowpaper.com/EM21Sprflip/#page=38> of the Eugene Magazine for their initiation of the body size discrimination workshop. Their three-hour Zoom workshop was first held in January, was repeated again in February, and is expected to run multiple times during the spring and summer terms. Their goal is to increase awareness about what body size discrimination looks like and to reduce body size bias in the workplace to protect and promote the health of those at risk of experiencing discrimination. Thank you, both, for this public education effort.

  *   Heather McClure and Dane Ramshaw were featured in the Around The O article<https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-researchers-help-create-virtual-reality-diversity-training?utm_source=ato03-16-21&utm_campaign=workplace> on partnering with Shift Bias, a virtual reality training development company, to create a new curriculum for diversity, equity and inclusion training. Heather worked with Shift Bias to help generate ideas for the curriculum and provide feedback on content from other contributors. Dane set up the technology infrastructure of the program to ensure the content could be delivered at a large scale. Great teamwork!

  *   Kathleen Scalise, Professor in the Department of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership, was published in this issue of ASCD Express Respond & Reimagine: Teaching New Realities<http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol16/num11/formative-assessment-for-remote-teaching-students-take-the-lead.aspx?utm_campaign=NL-DELIVERS-Issue3.2-Assessment-20210318&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=116580352&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_GGJU180Cb2chLmmRsu4PaQc-5T9VGQsR-gNWZ_0JU4X2yvmauQE6kZTIyWUP40Jr4nnuwLIa0G-H8GRlJzlpZYECjUg&utm_content=116580352&utm_source=hs_email>, explaining why successful peer collaboration depends on how teachers organize learning. Congratulations, Kathleen.

  *   In another Around The O article<https://around.uoregon.edu/content/college-education-team-develops-inclusive-k-12-curriculum>, Stephanie Wood, a Research Associate in the Center for Equity Promotion, is featured on how they are helping educators create more inclusive environments and incorporate Native American culture and history into classroom instruction. Excellent work, Stephanie and also Joseph Scott, for this important work.

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