Faculty Accomplishments Archive

Allison Brenning, teaching faculty of education, was awarded the Collaboration for Change Award by the Bonnor Center for Civic Engagement at the eighth annual Engage for Change Awards.

Tammy Milby, senior teaching faculty of education, was awarded the Collaboration for Change Award by the Bonnor Center for Civic Engagement at the eighth annual Engage for Change Awards.

Angela Leeper, teaching faculty of education, was selected by the United States Board on Books for Young People to serve on its 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Committee, which oversees nominations for the world’s largest prize for children’s and young people’s literature.

Angela Leeper, Education Studio director, was appointed by the American Library Association to serve on the 2025 Caldecott Committee, which awards the Caldecott Medal to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book.

Deborah Napoli, director of clinical practice for University education programs, co-authored a chapter in the edited collection International Perspectives on School-University Partnerships with Laura Kuti, assistant professor and chair of teacher education, and Bob Spires, associate professor of education. The chapter addressed the teacher shortage in Virginia.

Tricia Stohr-Hunt, assistant professor of elementary education, was elected president of the Virginia Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators, an organization representing over 30 Colleges and Schools of Education and the hundreds of faculty, leaders, and staff who prepare future teachers across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Mavis Brown, associate professor of education and interim chair of the Department of Education, has published "Preparing trauma-sensitive teachers: Strategies for teacher educators" in The Teacher Educators' Journal with Adjunct Assistant Education Professor Connie Honsinger.