College of Education and Human Sciences

As public schools in Albuquerque open their doors to children for the new school year, there is one elementary school in particular where students and their families can’t wait to gather in the courtyard. As the parents take pictures of their pride and...

The examination of ethnicity and identity – and the oppressions and privileges therein – has permeated everything from pop culture to think pieces to proactive social justice movements. We are surrounded by issues, questions and ruminations regarding...

The Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies (LLSS) and the Department of Linguistics are mourning the loss of colleague and friend Veronka (Vera) John-Steiner, a presidential professor emerita who passed away on Dec. 6, 2017.  All...

Aspiring teachers with a Bachelor’s degree now have a new pathway to the profession: the Albuquerque Teacher Residency Partnership (ATRP), a renewed collaboration between The University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) and the...

As the leading research institute in New Mexico, UNM strives to recognize its student and faculty research initiatives. Now, thanks to a generous donation, University Libraries is awarding six undergraduate students with the inaugural Jim and Mary Lois...

A new interdisciplinary course, between The University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine and the College of Education (COE), is bringing medical students out of the operating room and into the kitchen to learn about nutrition. The elective course,...

There’s an impactful story told time and again about University of New Mexico alumna and former College of Education (COE) Adjunct Professor Jane Blumenfeld, who died on Sept. 19, 2017. As reported in her obituary: “In the 1950s she (Blumenfeld) pressed...

It takes a special kind of person to pursue a life of teaching. New Mexico’s 2018 Teacher of the Year, Ivonne Orozco, took the generosity of that pursuit one step further, choosing to remain in New Mexico and give back to the community that helped her...

The Department of Individual, Family and Community Education hosting its annual Research Showcase 2018 on Thursday, March 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Travelstead Hall at The University of New Mexico. The event is held to foster collaboration among...

Most of us can point to at least one: the teacher we will never forget. The “O Captain, my Captain…” who set the bar higher and opened us up to new worlds and ideas. For The University of New Mexico alumna Ivonne Orozco Acosta, that teacher was Mr....