DEI Research and Outreach
Ongoing Faculty Projects:
Dr. Laura Herold and Diana Gonzales Worthen in the College of Education and Health
Professions were awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant from the Office of English
Language Acquisition for a total of $2,955,256 over five years. They are co-PI on
Project ELEVATE, which stands for Ensuring Learner Equity Via Advocacy & Teacher Education.
It is an innovative, interdisciplinary project aimed at increasing teacher diversity
and providing professional development opportunities for educators working with dual
language and emergent bilingual students in PK-12 schools.
Project ELEVATE has three components:- A "Classic Professional Development" program for PK-12 teachers serving dual language and emergent bilingual students who want to earn an ESL endorsement or TESL Graduate Certificate.
- A "Grow Your Own" program for bilingual/bicultural paraprofessionals who wish to become teachers. Participating paraprofessionals can earn an undergraduate degree with a teaching license and ESL Endorsement in either Elementary Education or Birth-Kindergarten.
- There are also funds to enrich students' biliterate and academic development that will establish bilingual playgroups during the school year, a bilingual reading summer program and service-learning opportunities for teachers participating in the ELEVATE project.
- Dr. Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley is using a grant from the Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center to raise diversity awareness and cultural appreciation, conducting ultural competence development research and trainings and offering IDI trainings.
Student Research
- Sara Fanous (HDFS alumna): "Intercultural competence among early childhood educators"
- Jenna Holloway (HDFS alumna) – "Sexual Assault among College Students with Disabilities: The Hidden Victims"
Service-Learning Courses Available
Service-learning provides an excellent high impact experience for introducing students to people of different cultural backgrounds, helping students become aware of the issues these people and communities face related to culture.
Code |
Number |
Name |
Instructor |
Contact |
|
HDFS |
2493 |
Introduction to Cultural Competence |
Jackie Mosley |
|
|
HDFS |
3333 |
Language and Literacy Pedagogy |
Laura Herold |
|
|
HDFS |
3453 |
Parenting and Family Dynamics |
Donia Timby |
|
|
HDFS |
4473 |
Multicultural Families |
Jackie Mosley |
|
|
HDFS |
2413H |
Family Relations |
Amanda Williams |
|
|
HDFS |
3443H |
Honors Families in Crisis |
Shari Moxley |
|
|
HESC |
599V |
Festival Management |
Yao-Chin Wang |
|
|
HOSP |
4613 |
Festival Management |
Yao-Chin Wang |
|
|
HOSP |
4643 |
Special Events Management (Meetings, Events, and Conventions) |
Cora Hamm |
|
|
HOSP |
5643 |
Meetings, Events, and Conventions |
Cora Hamm |
|
|
HOSP |
3601L |
Menu, Layout, and Food Prep. Lab |
Lobat Siahmakoun |
|
|
HOSP |
3602L |
Menu, Layout, and Food Prep. Lab |
Lobat Siahmakoun |
|
|
NUTR |
3103 |
Culinary Nutrition |
Nancy Buckley |
|
|
NUTR |
3213 |
Nutrition Education and Counseling |
Sabrina trudo |
