Lynch School of Education and Human Development

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#23

ranked graduate school of education
U.S. News & World Report

#1

ranked Catholic school of education
U.S. News & World Report

$11.4M

financial aid awarded each year

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Featured Research

Our faculty researchers are pursuing answers to society's most pressing challenges, from racial inequality in the classroom to youth mental health. Learn about their projects.

Initiatives With Impact

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice

“The architecture of diversity and difference enables us as faculty to advance a broader, richer, and deeper understanding of how professionals in education and applied psychology can create a more just and compassionate world.”
Ana M. Mart铆nez Alem谩n, Associate Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs
“The Lynch School has a wonderful and distinctive mission: to enhance the human condition, expand the human imagination, and make the world more just. Through our research, teaching, and service, we strive to understand and create opportunities for others to develop as whole people across multiple interrelated dimensions鈥攊ntellectually, spiritually, socially, emotionally, and ethically. ”
Stanton E. F. Wortham, Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean, Lynch School of Education and Human Development

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Lynch School Dean delivers keynote session at the 2024 "Here We Are" Conference

Stanton Wortham, Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, delivered the keynote session at the 2024 "Here We Are" Conference. Dean Wortham's presentation focused on the importance of relational and holistic development through formative education. Watch his address on YouTube.
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Outstanding Scholarly Legal Writing in the Field of Education Law

Associate Professor Raquel Mu帽iz was awarded the 2024 Steven S. Goldberg Award in recognition of her research titled, "Exploring litigation of anti-CRT state action: Considering the issues, challenges & risks in a time of white backlash," which appeared in "Syracuse Law Review." The award, presented by the Education Law Association (ELA), recognizes an outstanding piece of scholarly legal writing in the field of education law.
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Advisor to U.S. Dept. of Education

The post is within DOE's Office of the Chief Economist.
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Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Technology

At the recent Builders Artificial Intelligence Forum (BAIF) in Vatican City, Nelson Professor Brian K. Smith and Fr. Philip Larrey led a discussion on the crucial role of fostering expertise within the Catholic Church to navigate the integration of AI technologies.
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Reimagining Mental Health Care for Autistic Individuals

On World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10), Assistant Professor Shalini Sivathasan presented a lecture on reimagining mental health care for individuals with autism as part of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy Lecture Series at the University of Connecticut.聽Watch the recording on YouTube.
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Discovering Her Voice

Jordyn Zimmerman, M.Ed. '21 (Extensive Support Needs), may be nonspeaking, but that hasn鈥檛 stopped her from becoming a powerhouse advocate for disability rights. Her advocacy has led her to be featured on CBS Mornings, as the subject of a 2021 documentary (This Is Not About Me), and landed her an appointment to President Biden's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in 2022.聽

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