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McNeil, Nicole

September 27, 2021

Nicole McNeil and Colleagues Awarded $2M Grant to Improve Children’s Understanding of Mathematical Equivalence

September 20, 2021

ESS Office Hours: Neuroscience Majors

Quinn McKenna - Education, Schooling, and Society

September 7, 2021

ESS Student Quinn McKenna Featured on "Sign of the Times" Podcast

McNeil, Nicole

Nicole McNeil Honored with 2021 Faculty Award by the University of Notre Dame

Nicole McNeil, a professor of psychology, the Alliance for Catholic Education College Professor, and director of the Education, Schooling, Society (ESS) minor in the Institute for Educational Initiatives, has been awarded the 2021 Faculty Award by the University of Notre Dame. The Faculty Award sin

Julian Bonds Frabutt Prize Winner

Notre Dame senior awarded 2021 Frabutt Prize for Outstanding Education Research in the Community

Notre Dame senior Julian Bonds has won the 2021 Frabutt Prize for Outstanding Education Research in the Community for his work analyzing how race is represented in popular high school English texts – research that he’ll use firsthand next year as an ACE teacher in Atlanta. Bonds, an English and his

Andrea Christensen

Dr. Andrea Christensen Honored with 2021 Joyce Award

Dr. Andrea Christensen—a Fellow within the Institute for Educational Initiatives and the director of undergraduate studies for Education, Schooling, and Society—has received a Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Dr.

Education, Schooling, and Society Supplementary Major

Education, Schooling, and Society Named a Supplementary Major at Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame’s Academic Council voted unanimously this week to make Education, Schooling, and Society (ESS) a supplementary major, allowing students to take ESS courses and complement their primary major in a more intensive way. ESS had previously been a 15-credit minor exploring t

Kenta Sachen - ACE 28 Intern

ESS Student Uncovers a Desire for Teaching by Digging into Data

My freshman year, I became a founding member of a baseball analytics team here at Notre Dame. Although I’ve never played baseball, it has always been my favorite sport, so I was enamored with the opportunity to “play” baseball with analytics.

Karli Siefker - Education, Schooling, and Society

February 23, 2021

Restorative Justice through Nature: Elsa Barron '21 & ESS Student Karli Siefker '21

A baby preying mantis will extend its front legs and make itself appear as tall as possible to fend off a hungry spider. This may seem trivial, or perhaps humorous, and indeed, the group of teenage boys in DePaul Academy’s biology class laughed when they first saw a video of this encounter.

Lemrow, Erin

February 22, 2021

IEI Fellow and ESS Faculty Member Dr. Erin Moira Lemrow to Offer Workshop during Walk the Walk Week

This article was originally published by The Observer. The University’s sixth annual Walk the Walk Week will feature panels from scholars, poets, theologians and students discussing racial biases, systemic racism, and other societal issues. Usually occurring the week of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Alena Coleman - Gilman Scholar

February 15, 2021

ESS Student Named as a Gilman Scholar

This article was first published on news.nd.edu. Eight University of Notre Dame students have been awarded spring Gilman Scholarships to study abroad, for a total of 15 students so far for the 2020-21 academic year. Two Notre Dame students have been named alternates for the award.

McNeil, Nicole

January 6, 2021

NDWorks Highlights TutorND, IEI Fellows

This article originally appeared on NDWorks.nd.edu. Michael Macaluso, 7, a second grader at St. Joseph Grade School in South Bend, works with tutor Caitlyn Clinton '20 over Zoom.

Joe Crowley - Education, Schooling, and Society

October 16, 2020

Mentorship, Radical Accountability Propels ESS Grad to Teacher of the Year Award

Photos provided by Archbishop Shaw High School “English class is an opportunity for students’ voices to be heard,” stated Joe Crowley (ESS '19), an ACE 26 teacher at Archbishop Shaw High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. “That is really important, and I think the only way students experience that