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College of Education News: May 28, 2025

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Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.

  • Erica Frankenberg, professor of education and demography, is lead author of a new article, “Eroding Integration: 21st Century Segregation Trends in U.S. Public and Charter Schools and Implications for the Enduring Promise of Brown” in Urban Education.
  • Mariah Harmon, assistant professor of education, is lead author of an article, “Uplifting Our Voices: Centering Black Women Pre-Service Teachers in Teacher Education Research,” recently published in International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
  • A book published in 2022 by Dana Mitra, professor of educational theory and policy, was reviewed in this essay titled “The Empowered Professor: Breaking the Unspoken Codes of Inequity in Academia.” Mitra’s book, titled “The Empowered Professor: Breaking the Unspoken Codes of Inequity in Academia, is a 10-chapter book aimed at helping faculty and aspiring faculty to build success, particularly those whose identities do not mirror the predominantly white, male, heterosexual, cisgender and able-bodied majority of academia.

"College of Education News" highlights accomplishments by faculty, staff and students in the College of Education, including publications; research presentations at conferences and workshops; and awards and fellowships. Please share your news with us and your colleagues by emailing edrelations@psu.edu.

Last Updated May 27, 2025

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