coe-staff: The Weekly Vol. 6 #26

Wed Apr 9 14:00:45 PDT 2025

 Dear COE Community,

I'm currently in beautiful San Diego attending the Gatlinburg Conference on Research in Developmental Disabilities. This is a conference I've attended every year for 26 years (even years with infants in tow or via Zoom during the pandemic). This research community is inspiring and serves as an intellectual hub for multidisciplinary innovation in research that spans genetics, neurology, education, health services, psychology, communication sciences, and the like. The conference has been funded, in part, through a conference grant from NIH/NICHD. I've brough numerous students to this conference over the years, and last night had dinner with three former students who are now faculty and scholars in their own right. I love this conference; but this year hits different. There are no NIH program officers here and the tone is more subdued. People are comparing notes about what grants and contracts their universities have lost, or worse yet, what grants they've lost. And although we have much to celebrate...we're in San Diego afterall, the mood is different.

I realize that not everyone in the COE (or university, for that matter) has a role in our research enterprise, but the work we do in the COE is very much tied to the research and community engagement that is driven, in large part, from our sponsored research endeavors. Many of you are facing real concerns about funding cuts, and I want you to know that the Dean's Office is working strategically to identify our highest risk units, grants, and people that we can support through some tough times ahead.

In addition, at the request of the provost, the CAS Dean (Chris Poulsen) and I, will be seeking input from unit directors on our highest priorities for institutional bridge funds. We simply don't have enough resources, but the first task is to comprehensively survey the landscape to identify priorities that are critical to our work. I thank you in advance for your guidance and input as we navigate choppy waters.

Anxieties may be high, but our strength and resilience are higher. Thank you for being a community that cares about each one of us.

Oh, and in other news (in case you missed my last email), the College of Education went up 2 spots in the U.S. News Rankings to #15 overall and #7 public. Special Education remains at #3. Go Team! I appreciate how each one of us in the COE contributes to our curricular, research, and student experience.

With gratitude,
Laura Lee

Updates and Upcoming
Preparing for Promotion Workshop 3: Scholarship
Friday May 2nd 12-1:30pm
HEDCO 230T (lunch provided) and Zoom
If you are Career (Clinical, Instructional, Research) or TTF and promotion and/or tenure is on the horizon for you in the next 1-3 years, this workshop is for you! The final in a series of three workshops to be offered this year, this workshop will focus on what to expect when assembling the scholarship portion of your dossier. Participants will be provided with suggestions and strategies for addressing scholarship in their personal statement, accounting for scholarly activities on the CV, and suggestions for items to include in their dossier. There will be time to address questions unique to Career and TTF. As a bonus, you will be able to learn from your colleagues while you enjoy lunch! Please RSVP via this link by April 18<https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WKvfSkTNbaeIC2> to include any dietary requests.

Ready to Do the Work of Reconciliation?
What does reconciliation really look like? Not just as a concept, but in real life-when we're reconciling with ourselves, repairing strained relationships, or navigating harm in systems we're part of.
This spring, join us for Write at Work: The Work of Reconciliation, a six-session reflective writing series that explores reconciliation across three dimensions:

  *   Self - making peace with who you've been and who you're becoming

  *   Others - restoring or releasing relationships with clarity and integrity

  *   Systems - engaging the hard questions of accountability, congruence and healing

Through guided journaling, conversation, and personal insight, we'll explore what reconciliation requires-and what it makes possible.

Whether this work is new to you, or you've been on the journey for some time, this is a space to slow down, reflect deeply, and plan intentional next steps.

Come write with us. Come reconcile.
Details:

  *   Wednesdays, April 23, 2025 - May 28, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time

  *   Zoom Link shared upon registration in MyTrack<https://uomytrack.pageuppeople.com/learning/>

Spring Career Readiness Week(s)
Visit career.uoregon.edu/events<http://career.uoregon.edu/events> for a full list of events, from April 8-19, supporting students' career readiness.

ALS Northwest Walk
Please consider joining the CDS community in the ALS Northwest Walk on May 4th at Alton Baker Park in honor of CDS Senior Lecturer, Karen Durany. The team is being coordinated by the UO Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. Fundraising is encouraged but not required to participate in the walk. To register, follow this link: Team Registration<https://secure.alsnorthwest.org/site/TR/Walk/General?team_id=5750&pg=team&fr_id=1205>. Please reach out to Jayme Sloan (jaymes at uoregon.edu<mailto:jaymes at uoregon.edu>) with any questions.

Spotlights and Recognition
OPB Interview: What mass deportations could mean for Oregon public schools<https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/04/what-mass-deportations-could-mean-for-oregon-public-schools/>
Associate Professor Ilana Umansky<https://education.uoregon.edu/directory/faculty/all/ilanau> was interviewed by Oregon Public Radio, offering commentary on the effects mass deportation could have in Oregon schools.

Faculty Spotlight for Spring and Summer Terms
Professor and CPHS Department Head Leslie Leve is the Faculty Spotlight<https://education.uoregon.edu/faculty-and-staff> on our COE website for spring and summer terms... scroll down the page to read more about her work.

New Research Briefly
In our latest Research Briefly<https://education.uoregon.edu/news>, we sit down with Thomson Professor and Executive Director of the HEDCO Institute, Emily Tanner-Smith, PhD<https://education.uoregon.edu/directory/faculty/all/etanners>. She talks about her meta analysis project that focuses on examining the effectiveness of mathematics interventions.

Latest Coffee N Conversation
In the newest episode of Coffee N Conversation<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0XrQYbG1Fw>, Dean Laura Lee McIntyre sits down with Lorry Lokey Chair in Education and Department Head Leslie Leve<https://education.uoregon.edu/directory/faculty/all/leve>.

Leve's research focuses on child and adolescent development, gene-environment interplay, and interventions for children, families, and communities. She speaks about the process and results of her decades-long study around young girls in the juvenile justice system, what is next in her research, and provides prevention advice for families.

Student and Graduate Spotlights
Learn more about graduating CDS master student Grecia Acevedo<https://education.uoregon.edu/grecia-acevedo-cds> and Prevention Science doctoral student Vivian Koomsom<https://education.uoregon.edu/vivian-koomson-prevsci>.

Save the Date for the Reschly Distinguished Lecture Series
The 2025 Reschly Distinguished Lecture Series has been set for Thursday September 25, 2025 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm immediately following the Dean's Welcome Luncheon during our Welcome Week. Our speaker will be Alfredo J. Artiles<https://profiles.stanford.edu/alfredo-j-artiles>, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford and Director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Special thanks to our committee - Sara Schmitt (chair), Lillian Duran, Kent McIntosh, Steph Shire, and Wendy Machalicek - for their work nominating a phenomenal speaker and helping to shape a meaningful campus visit for Dr. Artiles. If groups of faculty or students are interested in meeting with Dr. Artiles while he is visiting, please reach out to Sara Schmitt (sschmitt at uoregon.edu<mailto:sschmitt at uoregon.edu>), committee chair.

Reminders
UO Annual Outstanding Employee Award Nominations Open
Take a moment to think of a classified employee or an officer of administration (OA) who builds community and belonging, advances the university's mission, demonstrates excellence on the job, and motivates others to do these things right along with them.

If someone comes quickly to mind, University Human Resources invites you to nominate that person<https://click.contact.uoregon.edu/?qs=5c95ed1941a060f86a0892a953d3e2b401fd94b987707b7f0f841f75463fb828fd3287186551d84bd7f1f1ee54dfa832b2ae2c76f86ed8c1051824fabfe4d5d6> for a 2025 Outstanding Employee Award. Winners will be recognized at a university celebration. The deadline to submit nominations is April 16. Any member of the university community can nominate any classified employee or OA for this recognition. A group of colleagues can collaborate to nominate one employee.

A committee of OAs and classified employees will select the winners based on nominees' embodiment of the criteria outlined on the HR website<https://click.contact.uoregon.edu/?qs=5c95ed1941a060f8542bb1701c5df06f110366a25270347232ce232b4fd8940a1dcfa21678d87a19ecf88e53cdca2ff965fc3c415f09aff17208ebea8ffa55da>.

Job Opportunities

  *   Research Assistant (Ballmer Institute)<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/535223/research-assistant>: Applications due April 14

Laura Lee McIntyre | Dean & Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor
University of Oregon | College of Education
230 Hedco Education Building | Eugene, OR 97403-1215
llmcinty at uoregon.edu<mailto:email at uoregon.edu> |  https://education.uoregon.edu<https://education.uoregon.edu/>
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