UND College of Education & Human Development Research

NEWS  Dr. Pempho Chinkondenji has won the 2023-2024 Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation from the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES). The award is conferred on an outstanding Ph.D. or Ed.D. dissertation that manifests academic excellence; originality; methodological, theoretical, and empirical rigor; and that deals with issues of social justice and equity […]

NEWS  Dr. D’Amico Pawlewicz is one of the editors of Made by History which has been published through the Washington Post and starting in September will have a new home in TIME Magazine. MbH is a national op-ed column written by professional historians that helps our very broad public readership use history to make sense […]

NEWS  Dr. Renuka de Silva is the newest endowed faculty member in CEHD as the latest recipient of the Hopper Danley Faculty Fellowship, which “supports innovative research activities and pursuit of extramural funding for research”. She was acknowledged at this year’s Faculty Investiture Ceremony and Celebration on August 23.  Dr. Rachel Navarro (PI) and Norman […]

NEWS  The College held the 2023 CEHD Research Conference on Tuesday May 16 (delayed due to blizzard on April 6). The event was held at the UND Memorial Union ballroom and included 12 talks, 35 posters, and the presentation of the three CEHD Research Awards (see below). The event was well-attended given the time of […]

NEWS  Dr. Katherine Nelson (Assistant Professor, School Counseling) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to address critical school-based mental health needs in North Dakota. Along with UND CEHD co-PIs Dr. Kristen Votava (Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education), and Dr. Tanis Walch (Associate Professor of Public Health), the award of $6 million […]

NEWS  Dr. Radomir (Ray) Mitic (EHBS, Higher Education) was recently interviewed for an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education regarding his recent paper and work in Russia. The article is entitled, Slamming the Door on Scholarship: War and politics could make on-the-ground study of China and Russia difficult, if not impossible.   Dr. Caitlin Brecklin […]

NEWS  Dr. Tanis Walch (Public Health Education) is this year’s co-recipient of the Founders Day UND Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Research and Creative Activity Award. This award recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary team of UND faculty members (Isaac Karikari, Bret Weber, Tanis Walch, Ashley Bayne, and Carenlee Barkdull) who have made a collaborative and significant impact with […]

NEWS  Dr. Emily Midkiff (CEHD Instructor) published a new piece in The Conversion entitled, “Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future“. Dr. Radomir (Ray) Mitic will be serving on the Editorial Board for the Journal of College Student Development starting in January 2023 for a three-year term. CEHD will […]

NEWS  Dr. Kristen Votava was chosen as national aRPy Ambassador representing North Dakota partnering with the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children and the Region B Parent Technical Assistance Program at Parent to Parent of Georgia. The aim of the aRPy Ambassador Initiative is to […]

NEWS  Dr. Ethan Dahl received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which funds a suicide prevention program called North Dakota Healthcare, Opportunity, Prevention, and Education in Suicide prevention (ND HOPES) for nearly $1 million per year for five years. Dr. Dahl will serve as PI and will partner with NORC at the […]