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Wesley Wilson receives Mabel Lee Award
Wilson, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education, has received the prestigious Mabel Lee Award for early career researchers from PE's largest professional organization.
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Grad Students present School to Prison Pipeline Panel
Please join us for an engaging graduate student panel presentation on the School to Prison Pipeline. The students on the panel are enrolled in Dr. Alvarez Gutiérrez ECS 6820/7820.
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Faculty participate in slavery forum
Dr. Erin Castro and Dr. William Smith will be featured at the Hinkley Institute Forum: "What Does It Mean to Abolish Slavery from Utah’s Constitution in 2020?" on October 26.
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BRST offers pandemic parenting tips
The Behavior Response Support Team provides daily tips and teaches skills for managing kids’ behavior amid remote learning, in-person learning and general pandemic conditions.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION INAUGURAL DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES
Joan and Loki Mulholland
February 13 civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, together with filmmaker Loki Mulholland, presented The Uncomfortable Truth. Using clips from the 2017 documentary with the same name, the Mulholland’s spoke about the ways in which racism continues to organize life in the United States.
MAX FELKER-KANTOR
March 5 American historian Dr. Max Felker-Kantor explained how the Los Angeles Police Department, faced with restrictions on its discretionary authority during the late 1950s and 1960s, sought to expand its power. Referencing his book Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD, Kantor’s research shows us how historical events connect with what we are seeing with today’s school-to-prison pipeline.
BENJAMIN CRUMP
March 26 Benjamin Crump, attorney at law, spoke to Using the Law as a Weapon. Mr. Crump shared his experiences with the “intellectual justification of discrimination” and highlighted examples of how the law has been used as a weapon again African Americans throughout history. Mr. Crump advised we must work through both education and economic channels to achieve change and equality as one cannot progress without the other.
Alumni, Emeriti, and Friends
Dr. Withers grew up in Salt Lake City, attended the public city schools, and graduated from South High School where he was the studentbody president. He began his teaching career right out of high school as a Chapter I (now called Title I) tutor at Bryant Intermediate School. His first full-time teaching assignment was at the Granite Alternative High School working with students who had not been successful in a traditional high scho ol setting. He worked for twenty seven years in the Granite School District and held various positions.
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