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Luis Fraga , the Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership at the University of Notre Dame, was invited to testify at the House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on “The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights...

Dr. Chloe Gibbs , a Fellow in the Institute for Educational Initiatives and ND PIER Faculty Committee. member, received a research grant through the AERA-NSF grants program for a project entitled, The War on Poverty and Higher Education Access: Educational Attainment and Intergenerational Effects of...

From daring to compete as a race car driver to discovering how the transactional nature through which children’s interactions with their family, community, and culture can shape the course of their development. Dr. Kristin Valentino , Director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families...

Congratulations to Professor Anna Haskins on winning the 2021 William Julius Wilson Early Career Award. The award is bestowed by the Inequality, Poverty, & Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in recognition of Anna's excellent contributions to the study of inequality. Her...

Faculty members from the Institute for Educational Initiatives were recognized by Dr. Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, for milestones, promotions, and awards. Awards Dr. Nicole McNeil —a professor of psychology, the Alliance for Catholic...

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...