Literacy Teaching & Learning

Virginia Goatley, a longtime leader and nationally recognized scholar at the University at Albany, has been named dean of the School of Education, Provost Carol Kim announced.

The Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy, made possible through a UAlbany endowment established in memory of Distinguished Professor Arthur Applebee, is given annually to honor an outstanding and influential article in literacy research published in a refereed journal in the previous calendar year. Lucía Cárdenas Curiel and Leah Durán have been honored for their research this year.

Artworks with profound statements from Capital Region K-12 students and teachers can be witnessed from June 10-24 in Studio Room 223 in the Fine Arts Building in the exhibition “Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice.”

Moving up two spots, UAlbany's School of Education placed in the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report's rankings of fully online master’s programs in education. UAlbany ranked 8th among 337 institutions and is the leading program in New York State.

Erin Faeth writes in an international quarterly on children's literature of a rare author who depicted people with disabilities as complex individuals commanding choices, opinions and agency.