Student Accomplishments

Bilgehan Ayik, a doctoral student in the PhD in Education Program, received the 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA)'s Outstanding Graduate Student Paper award. On top of getting her PhD, Bilgehan is also an engaged graduate research assistant for our Global Online Teacher Education Center and Advancing Content-Integrated Education for English Learners with a STEM focus initiative. Read more...

This award recognizes student-athletes who have earned at least 38 credit hours and achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher. Read more...

Stephanie Calabrese, a doctoral student in the PhD in Education Program, co-authored an opinion column in The Virginian-Pilot titled, “Virginia must tend to the needs of family day home providers.” Read more...

Anne Blackstone, a doctoral candidate in the PhD in Education Program with a concentration in kinesiology, has been selected as a finalist for the Hank Chambers Best Scientific Presentation Award by the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society.

Ashley Nartey, a doctoral student in the PhD in Education Program, co-authored an article in the NAESP Principal Magazine titled, “Strategies for Supporting Preservice and First-Year Teachers.” Read more...

Congratulations to our students in the College of Education and Human Development who were named to the George Mason University Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester. Read more...

Zikun Li, a doctoral candidate in the PhD in Education Program, presented her research, “Reclaiming Pride and Dignity – Understanding the Identity of Olympic Refugee Athletes Through Their Own Narratives,” at the International Olympic Academy Postgraduate Seminar. Read more...

Jade Jehad Halawani, a doctoral student in the PhD in Education Program, earned the People’s Choice Award in the university’s Three Minute Thesis competition for her research “Teacher Professional Qualification and Development: Experiences of Professionally Unqualified Practicing Teachers as a Case Study Investigation Using Cultural History Activity Theory.” Read more...

Wai Ling Fong, a doctoral student in the PhD in Education Program, was awarded second place in the university’s Three Minute Thesis competition for her research “From Crisis to Continuity: The Lasting Impact of Online Faculty Training on Teaching Practices.” Read more...

Amanda Williams, a graduate student in the Counseling Program, was named by the Virginia Counselors Association as a 2024 Pete Warren Fellow. Read more...