Summer 2018 Operation Dissertation Acceleration (ODA)

Summer 2018 Operation Dissertation Acceleration (ODA)

What’s ODA?

ODA is an intensive writing retreat. It’s designed for doctoral students who need / want to set aside a serious block of time to make a significant push toward the next step of their dissertation.  The retreat is targeted toward students who:

Have research question(s) but have not been able to complete chapters 1, 2 and 3 (the proposal); OR
Have defended their proposal and collected data, but have not completed chapters 4 and 5.

Retreat participants will be selected and assigned to work directly with a DSC writing instructor. The ratio of advisor to students will be 1-to-4, meaning students will have a great deal of support and interaction on their project. In addition, participants will exchange papers and support each other through peer-to-peer feedback.

Workshop Dates: Thursday – Sunday, May 31 – June 3, 2018 at USC Orange County Campus, 2300 Michelson Dr, Irvine, CA
Application Deadline: TBA
Acceptance Notification: TBA
Application link: TBA

For more information email Dr. Ilda Jimenez at ijimenez@usc.edu.

DSC Hosts Weekend Writes

Presentations and Workshops

Weekend Writes

All Rossier doctoral students are welcome to attend Weekend Writes.  These events provide students the opportunity to commit to writing. There is no cost for attendance. Students are encouraged to develop individual writing goals and plans. Students can attend as an individual or a writing group.  Bring a laptop, work materials (and ear buds) and go to work.  If you are interested, please go to RSVP – Weekend Writes.

 

Spring 2018 Weekend Writes

Saturday, Jan 27, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH 202
Sunday, Jan 28, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH 202

Saturday, Feb 24, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH 202
Sunday, Feb 25, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH 202

Saturday, Mar 24, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH 202
Sunday,  Mar 25, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH 202

Saturday, Apr 28, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH/SOS B49
Sunday,  Apr 29, 9 am – 4 pm, UPC WPH/SOS B49

 

This is a great opportunity to focus and get done!   I look forward to working with you soon.

Write On and Fight On!

Dr. Evelyn Felina Castillo
efelina@usc.edu
(213) 740-3845

Festival of Books: April 21-22

Each year, USC hosts the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. This free festival features exhibitors, speakers, and booths all over campus. Check out the impressive lineup of speakers and events here:  http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

 

Interested in volunteering? Check out http://www.troutco.com/fob/ for more details.

Special Aid Scholarship – Due April 30th

Hello,

The Emergency Scholarship application (Special Aid Scholarship) for current Rossier students in financial distress can be accessed here: https://usc.academicworks.com/ on April 1st.  The Academic Works scholarship database is a resource for all Rossier students; however, the emergency scholarship application is for current (on-ground) students experiencing a financial crises that will negatively impact their continued enrollment.  Our goal is to retain students and the emergency scholarship application will assist in prioritizing need.  A complete scholarship application will include a letter of support from the Program Office to ensure the student has met with an advisor to discuss their situation.

Please distribute the Academic Works link to all Rossier students and encourage them to research and apply for non-USC and non- USC Rossier scholarships. For students who have reached out to you directly experiencing a financial hardship, please encourage them to complete the “Special Aid Scholarship.”  Current students can access this link with their USC ID net log-in which is the same to access myUSC.

Please also share SALT https://www.saltmoney.org/register/index.html?WT.mc_id=CA-USC-V&oe=001328&br=00 which is a great financial planning resource for students.   This resource is for new admits, current students and alumni.  The FAO contracted with this company to provide one-on-one financial planning.  Once a student creates a log in, counselors are able to view a student’s loan and debt history and provide helpful suggestions on how to fund their education and pay off their loans.

 

 

The Rossier Way: Building a Culture of Practicing Everyday Equity

Dear USC Rossier Students,

Among the goals outlined last year by USC Rossier’s Diversity Task Force was the need for our school to develop bonding opportunities among faculty, staff and students across degree programs.

With Dr. Darline Robles, associate dean for equity and inclusion, I am happy to introduce a new initiative, “The Rossier Way: Building a Culture of Practicing Everyday Equity,” which we hope will help us create a stronger sense of community within the school.

As part of this new commitment, we are launching a school-wide book club for USC Rossier faculty, staff and students.

The first meeting will take place April 24 and will feature a discussion of The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Professor Nguyen will join us for the discussion.

As many of you know, Professor Nguyen is University Professor and the Aerol Arnold Chair of English at USC Dornsife and the recent recipient of a MacArthur Foundation award, or “genius grant.”

The Sympathizer explores the Vietnam War through the lens of a conflicted protagonist, an American-educated spy for the Viet Cong.

“I see myself as part of a larger movement of writers of color, of Asian-American writers who have collectively been trying so hard to bring different voices and perspectives to American audiences and have often felt overlooked or marginalized in different ways,” Nguyen said in 2016 after hearing news of his Pulitzer Prize. “So any story that can do that and can provide American audiences with a story that will challenge them is an accomplishment, not just for the individual author, but for all these different literary movements that have shaped and sustained me.”

 

When: April 24, noon to 2 pm

Where: Radisson Ballroom

RSVP: Rickie Carbajal, rcarbaja@rossier.usc.edu

 

You may obtain a copy of the book from Rickie in the Dean’s Office (WPH 1100). Please drop by during the hours 9–11 a.m. or 3–5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, while supplies last.

We will also make arrangements to stream the meeting for remote participants, so students from our online program should be in touch with Rickie to arrange shipment of a book.

By accepting the book, you are making your commitment to attend the meeting and participate in the discussion.

And attendees will also help us select our next book.

Read On!

 

Sincerely,

Karen Symms Gallagher, Ph.D.

Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean

USC Rossier School of Education

Waite Phillips Hall

Los Angeles, CA  90089-0031

Asst: hardison@usc.edu

213.740.5756 (office)

213.821.2158 (fax)

2018 AERA Reception

Dean Karen Symms Gallagher invites you to join USC Rossier at our 2018 AERA Reception.

WHERE:  

New York Hilton Midtown

Second Floor, Murray Hill Suite B

1335 6th Ave.

New York City


WHEN:  

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 7-9 p.m.

RSVP:  Reply by March 30.

For questions, contact the Rossier Events Office at  

rossier.events@usc.edu or 213.740.9559

 

 

RSVP

Rossier Research Updates

GRANTS AWARDED

 

Zoe Corwin and William Tierney (Pullias) received $300K grant from the ECMC Foundation to develop an online campaign to improve college retention rates at California State University-Dominguez Hills. Pullias scholars will work with CSUDH to design, pilot, and evaluate the impact of the digital tool on educational outcomes.

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk received a NSF CAREER Award for the project, entitled “Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Mathematics Among Beginning Teachers,” for $629,864.

Charles H.F. Davis III (USC Race and Equity Center) was awarded a contract to conduct a national climate study of the student affairs profession in partnership with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), $50,000.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang was awarded the Spencer Foundation Mid-Career Fellowship for 2018-2019 for $150,000 for the project “Integrating insights from social-affective neuroscience into education research and policy on social, emotional and academic development.”

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and the Brain and Creativity Institute received a grant from the Californians Dedicated to Education (CDE) Foundation for $10,000.

Julie Marsh (CEPEG) received the Haynes Faculty Fellowship for the project, “Kaleidoscope of School Options: Differentiating School Missions and Values in Los Angeles” for $12,000.

 

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

 

Estela Bensimon (CUE) received the 2018 Beacon of Light Award from the Campaign for College Opportunity.

Estela Bensimon and her team (CUE)  will receive the AAHHE 2018 Books of the Year Award for Moving forward policies, planning and promoting access of Hispanic students and  New Directions assessment and preparation of Hispanic college students.

Patricia Burch (CEPEG) was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Award/Fellowship from the Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.

Lindsey Malcom Piqeuex (CUE) was appointed to the Advisory Board at Strong Start to Finish at the Education Commission of States.

Morgan Polikoff (CEPEG) will be awarded the AERA Open Outstanding Reviewer Award at the 2018 AERA Annual Meeting.

Maxine Roberts (CUE) received the Minority Dissertation Fellowship at AERA for Mathematics Identity and Sense of Belonging in Mathematics of Successful African-American Students in Community College Developmental Mathematics Courses

Maxine Roberts (CUE) was appointed Knowledge Manager at Strong Start to Finish at the Education Commission of States.

Rachel White (CEPEG) will be awarded the Division L Outstanding Dissertation Award at the 2018 AERA Annual Meeting for her dissertation Donut Devourers, Fish Fanatics, Politicians, and Educators: Faces and Voices of State Education Policymaking.

CUE was featured in Grantmakers for Education Case Study “The Equity Journey: New Schools Venture Fund and Lumina Foundation Pursue Diversity on the Road to Equity.”

 

NEW PUBLICATIONS

 

Butler, O., Yang, X. F., Laube, C., Kühn, S., & Immordino-Yang, M. H. (2018). Community violence exposure correlates with smaller gray matter volume and lower IQ in urban adolescents. Human brain mapping.

Chase, M.M. (2018). Policy implementation from a critical perspective: Analyzing transfer policy within an urban technical college. In E. Strempel & S. J. Handel (Eds.), Transition and transition. New research fostering transfer student success. Dahlonega, GA: University of North Georgia Press.

Kolluri, S. & Tierney, W. (2018): College for All in capitalist America: the post-secondary emphasis in the neoliberal age, Tertiary Education and Management, 2018.

Pathania, G.J. & Tierney, W.G. (2018): An ethnography of caste and class at an Indian university: creating capital. Tertiary Education and Management, 2018.

 

PRESENTATIONS, INVITED TALKS, AND MEDIA

 

Shafiqa Ahmadi (Rossier Justice) served on a talk-back panel with Gayle Lemmon to discuss the strength and resilience of Afghan women in conjunction with a screening of The Breadwinner at the Pilgrim School.

Shafiqa Ahmadi (Rossier Justice) served as a “Free Speech vs. Hate Speech” panelist for the Global Education Forum, hosted by the American University School of Education in Washington, DC.

Shafiqa Ahmadi (Rossier Justice) presented at the NASPA Conference 2018 Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community Session: “Spirituality, Secularism, and Religion in Higher Education: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” in Philadelphia, PA.

Shafiqa Ahmadi (Rossier Justice) gave the keynote speech at Chapman University’s Second Annual Women’s Leadership Forum: Collective Lights of Leadership.

Shafiqa Ahmadi (Rossier Justice) presented an invited talk titled “Affirming Muslim Student Identities on College Campuses” at the University of Michigan for the National Center for Institutional Diversity Research and Scholarship Seminar Series.

Shafiqa Ahmadi and Darnell Cole (Rossier Justice) gave the keynote speech for the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative Conference.

Estela Bensimon with Richard Tannenbaum, Tómas Morales, Laura Rendón, & Cristóbal Rodríguez (CUE) presented “Seminar on Culturally Relevant Assessment Tools, Implication Policy on Institutional Performance” at the 13th AAHHE Conference.

Megan Chase & Esmeralda Hernandez-Hamed (CUE) presented Action Research to Increase Transfer Equity at the AAHHE Conference.

Cheryl Ching & Adrian Trinidad (CUE) presented “Planning for Latinx Equity in Hispanic Serving Community Colleges” at the AAHHE Conference.

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk gave an invited talk at San Diego State University, sponsored by the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education.

Charles H.F. Davis III (USC Race and Equity) was invited to deliver the closing keynote address for the Jon C. Dalton Institute on College Student Values at Florida State University.

Charles H.F. Davis III (USC Race and Equity) served as a panelist for Division J of the American Educational Researchers Association’s virtual town hall entitled “New Directions in Higher Education Scholarship and Activism.”

Charles H.F. Davis III (USC Race and Equity) was the keynote speaker for Black History Month at Arizona Western College.

James Gray (CUE) presented “First Generation Equity Worker”

“Acceleration Across California” conference hosted by the California Acceleration Project (CAP).

Debbie Hanson (with Minerva Flores & Rebecca Montes) (CUE) presented “Building a Campus-Wide Culture of Equity-Minded Practitioners” at the AAHHE Conference.

Larry Hausner was invited to present his research on his upcoming book, “It’s Lonely in the Middle: A Call for Principal Coaching in an Age of School Reform,” at the California League of Schools Conference in Sacramento, CA.

Mary Helen Immordino Yang presented at the University of California Riverside Developmental Seminar Series “Embodied brains, social minds, cultural meaning: Interdisciplinary, longitudinal studies of emotional feelings and relations to outcomes in early adulthood.”

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang presented “Brain Development and Technology” as an invited panelist at the Computer History Museum in Palo Alto, CA.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang presented “The fundamentally emotional nature of learning,” a 1-hour live webinar hosted by Digital Promise (audience over 1000).

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang gave the keynote address at the Learning and the Brain Conference in San Francisco, CA, titled “Educating for creativity, innovation and equity: Considerations from the study of emotion and social brain development.”

Mary Helen Immordino Yang presented “Why emotions are fundamental to learning” in the Sanford Education Webinar Series.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang presented “Emotions, learning and the brain: Child development and the design of schools,” an invited workshop to the California State Board of Education Social-Emotional Learning Team, Oakland, CA.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang gave the opening keynote address to the national conference of the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP), title “Learning, emotions and expanding minds.”

Lindsey Malcom-Piqeuex (CUE) served as a panelist at the AAC&U’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Democracy (DEID) conference.

John Pascarella and Fred Freking presented “Reinventing Transformative Teacher Preparation, Strategic, Purposeful, Integrative & Cohesive: A New Curriculum for the MAT Program” at the Critical Questions in Education Conference in Portland, Oregon.

Julie Posselt (Pullias) presented “Trust Networks: A New Perspective on Pedigree and the Ambiguities of Admissions Decisions” at the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research at Stanford University.

Julie Posselt (Pullias)presented “Examining Tensions of Diversity Efforts in STEM” at the Stanford University School of Engineering.

Julie Posselt (Pullias) presented “Faculty Support and Student Wellbeing in High-Diversity STEM Graduate Programs” at the American Physical Society Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.

David Quinn (CEPEG) participated in the symposium for the session “Issues in Accountability Testing: State Standards, Alternate Assessments, and Opting Out” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness in Washington, D.C.

David Quinn (CEPEG) presented “Within- and between-school contributions to black-white learning inequality during the school year and summer vacation: Evidence of the effects of differential school quality by race” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness in Washington, D.C.

William Tierney and Michael Lanford (Pullias) asked tough questions about Cal State’s plan to end remedial classes in an op-ed for The Sacramento Bee.

William Tierney (Pullias) urged Universities to confront their past in an op-ed for University World News.

William Tierney (Pullias) was quoted in a Wisconsin Public Radio segment about conflict of interest rules for the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

Cynthia Villarreal, Roman Liera, Jordan Greer (CUE) presented “Building Equity Leaders at Hispanic Serving Community Colleges through Critical Action Research.

Research in Equity Lecture Series: Kalena Cortes

Kalena Cortes will speak as part of the Research in Equity Lecture Series from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 11th in Dauterive LL-101. Dr. Cortes is an Associate Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Her research focuses on issues of equity and access, in particular, identifying educational policies that help disadvantaged students at the K-12 and post-secondary levels.

Research in Equity Lecture Series: Tressie McMillan Cottom

Tressie McMillan Cottom will speak as part of the Research in Equity Lecture Series from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm on Thursday, April 5th in Dauterive LL-101. Dr. Cottom is an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is co-editor of two volumes on technological change, inequality and institutions: “Digital Sociologies” and “For-Profit Universities: The Shifting Landscape of Marketized Higher Education.” Her book “Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy” has received national and international acclaim. With her colleagues, Dr. Cottom also developed the first graduate degree program in Digital Sociology.

Student, Staff and Faculty Wellness: Happy Hour, Beau, and More!

Dear Students,

Please see below for health and wellness-related offerings!

1) Happy Hour with OWHP: Not that kind of Happy Hour 🙂 but… Available for all students, staff and faculty, the Office for Wellness and Health Promotion offers free Yoga and Tai Chi classes every week. Yes, FREE yoga, every week! The schedule and descriptions of classes are attached, so please feel free to distribute widely.

2) Beau, the Wellness Dog, is available to visit any student group, Residential College, or class (pending approval by the professor). The request form can be found here: http://engemannshc.usc.edu/wellness/beau/

3) AlcoholEdu for College: The deadline for part 2 was February 21. Any students who have missed the deadline can go on to MyUSC and complete the training to remove the registration hold (for fall 2018 classes). If any additional assistance is needed, please email alcedu@usc.edu.

Thanks,

USC Office for Wellness and Health Promotion

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