CESS researchers secured 43 awards totaling $15.4 million to support 73 projects over the past two years.
Our Researchers
Our researchers publish their work in a variety of leading academic journals and books. Industry professionals, field partners, community leaders, and local and national media frequently seek out our expertise and guidance.
Counseling, Human Development and Family Science Education Social Work Center on Disability and Community Inclusion Catamount Community Schools Collaborative
Dean's Office Leadership
Dean, College of Education and Social Services • Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
Katharine.Shepherd@uvm.edu
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies • Associate Dean for Graduate, Non-Degree and Research Programming
Kieran.Killeen@uvm.edu
Professor of Education • Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Cynthia.Reyes@uvm.edu
Research Proposal Development Support
Funding, Resources and Support
UVM Funding Opportunities, Resources, and Support
CESS Funding Opportunities, Resources and Support
Recent Highlights
Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (CCSC)
Community Schools are resource hubs that provide a broad range of well-coordinated supports and services for students and families. The CCSC seeks to address systemic issues of inequity in educational and health access among Vermont rural communities.
With a particular focus on rural communities, the CCSC is dynamic research-practice-partnership (RPP) between community school partners, the Vermont Agency of Education, and the University of Vermont to support a sustainable ecosystem of community schools across Vermont.
Cultivating Collaborative and Resilience-Oriented Practices in Special Educators (C-CROPS)
Dr. Shana Haines and Dr. Jessica Strolin-Goltzman received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to address the shortage of special educators. C-CROPS will provide tuition and innovative programming for graduate students to become licensed special educators prepared to serve students with high intensity social-emotional-behavioral needs and emotional disabilities. The project will also create a network of educators working collaboratively to sustain their engagement in the profession.
Turning the Table on Teacher Turnover
In his recently published article in Research Outreach, Dr. Mathew McCluskey's research identifies that impacting the nationwide issue of teacher turnover, offering recommendations to improve retention and reduce the contagion effect.
Emerging Scholar
Dr. Brittany M. Williams is a National Academy of Education (NAEd)/ Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow serving in the Higher Education and Student Affairs graduate program at UVM. Williams delivered the keynote address at the 2023 ACPA College Student Educators International convention. She is a recipient of the 2024 ACPA Emerging Scholar Award, the 2023 ACPA Research and Scholarship Award, Coalition of Women’s Identities. Her national media appearances include National Public Radio, Teach for America, the National Black Women’s Health Imperative.
Project CORE: Participatory Action Research
Project CORE is an interdisciplinary research team focusing on community-based, participatory action research in support of educational and health equity in local communities. They utilize transformative mixed-methods community and youth participatory action research to advance school and social change.
