Interdisciplinary Professions

September 2023

Murvartian seeks to expand her research on intimate partner violence through time at ECU

Lara Murvartian has wanted to help people since she was a child. Now a current predoctoral fellow at the University of Seville in Spain, an email exchange with Dr. Allison […]

9.23.2023

February 2023

Bright to deliver Kilgour Lecture at UNC

Dr. Kawanna Bright, assistant professor of library science (COE), will deliver the 2023 OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture hosted by the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS). The Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture […]

2.14.2023

November 2022

Rhodes attended conference in Morocco

Over the summer, associate professor of adult education Dr. Christy Rhodes was invited to attend the seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) in Marrakech, Morocco, as delegates from […]

11.8.2022

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

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

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

April 2022

Dillon, Wolfson receive prestigious library science fellowship

Two library science students have received prestigious fellowships to learn more about teaching with primary sources and teaching student groups. Amy Dillon and Michelle Wolfson were chosen as Primary Sources […]

4.28.2022

March 2022

ECU named top school for online master’s in adult education

East Carolina University has been ranked as one of the year’s best schools for earning a master’s degree in adult education online by website OnlineMastersDegrees.org. You can see the full […]

3.30.2022

December 2021

Hands publishes article in special anti-racism issue

Library Science assistant professor Dr. Africa Hands recently published an article in a special anti-racism issue of Reference Services Review titled “Toward belong and mutual hospitality: decentering whiteness in the […]

12.22.2021

Crumb and Chambers receive award to establish equity, rural education research agenda

Dr. Loni Crumb of counselor education and Dr. Crystal Chambers of educational leadership received a prestigious award from the Spencer Foundation to help establish a research agenda speaking to equity […]

12.14.2021