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Tyler Skinner, (Ph.D. ’24), doctoral student in the College’s sport management program, won the 2022 Applied Sport Management Association Graduate Student Research Competition award.

Julie Luft, Athletic Association Professor of Science Education and Distinguished Research Professor in the College’s Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education, was recently elected president of the National Science Teaching Association.

Shiyu Wang, associate professor in the College's Department of Educational Psychology, was recently selected as an Outstanding Reviewer of 2021 by AERA for the “Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.”

Several alumnae of the Mary Frances Early College of Education edited and contributed to a new handbook, “A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatments, and Case Studies.”

Meg Kowalski (B.S.Ed. ’21, M.S. ’23) balances academics and athletics at the University of Georgia. On the court, she represents the university as an NCAA All-American tennis player, while in the classroom, she recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree and began her master’s coursework through the Double Dawgs program for sport management.

Five faculty members in the Mary Frances Early College of Education partaking in interdisciplinary research teams received pre-seed funding for their projects.

Bryan McCullick, a professor in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s department of kinesiology, participated in a research team that conducted the largest coach development study in Irish sport.

Hannah Krimm, an assistant professor in the College’s Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education, received one of four $50,000 grants from the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy.

Georgia Athletic Association Professor Bettina Love joins a select a group of leaders who are making the world a more inspired, inclusive and compassionate place.

Three faculty members in the College received grant funding in the third round of Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants.