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October 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Militello

Name: Matthew Militello Hometown: Menominee, Michigan Degrees: BEd University of Michigan, 1992MEd Michigan State University, 1994PhD Michigan State University, 2004 Why did you choose to be an educator/professor? Both my […]

10.11.2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Christopher Rivera

Name: Christopher J. Rivera Hometown: Newark, NJ (Representing Puerto Rico!) Degree(s): PhD in Special Education Why did you choose to be an educator/professor? I choose to be an educator because […]

10.4.2022

September 2022

COE faculty publish research on DEI, mental health, library & information science, co-teaching and more

Dr. Kawanna Bright was an author on “Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into Research” in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. The abstract reads: Despite demographic […]

9.28.2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Monica Gonzalez

Name: Monica Gonzalez Hometown: Houston, Texas Degree(s): BS in Elementary Education, Med in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Mathematics Education, PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis […]

9.22.2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Marjorie Campo Ringler

Name: Marjorie Campo Ringler Title/Department: Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Leadership Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia, South America; has lived in Greenville, NC since 2005 Major/Degrees: Doctor of Education, Higher Education […]

9.19.2022

Fales named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs

Dr. Holly Fales is no stranger to education in eastern North Carolina. From growing up in Pollocksville, NC and teaching for Greene County Schools to attending and now working for […]

9.6.2022

August 2022

COE welcomes new faculty and staff members this fall

The College of Education welcomed 17 new faculty and staff members for the 2022-2023 academic year. The new faculty and staff members include Sonya Small (Partnership Teach), Maya Hart (REI), […]

8.31.2022

College welcomes Johnson as inaugural Dail Distinguished Professor in Rural Education

The College of Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Jerry Johnson to East Carolina University as the inaugural Phoebe Moore Dail Distinguished Professor in Rural Education. “I had been aware […]

8.22.2022

Discoveries in Earth Science held in-person programming this summer

The Discoveries in Earth Science (DES) program hosted its first in-person summer programming since July 2019. The DES program is open to elementary through high school students with visual impairment […]

8.19.2022

July 2022

Bright and Gallagher publish articles on DEI, evaluation of social studies resources

Dr. Kawanna Bright, assistant professor in library science, published “Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into Research,” which proposes ways in which researchers and educators can incorporate more DEI into […]

7.27.2022