Education

Since his first role at UNC Charlotte over 30 years ago as a graduate assistant in what was then the Office of Adult Students and Evening Services, Mark D’Amico has been dedicated to helping students gain access to the education they seek. Now as a professor of higher education, D’Amico has taken this mission and […]

Ela Ziv, a doctoral candidate in the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction program, has been selected as the recipient of the Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Dissertation-Year Fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year, which covers tuition and fees as well as funds for travel to present her research. Her dissertation examines teacher perspectives on […]

Cato College welcomes six new faculty and one senior staff member for the new semester from all across the country, in fields like STEM education, play therapy, international education, addictions counseling, Board Certified Behavior Analyst training, higher education, assessment and accreditation and cultural competency in education. Their experience and accolades add to the prestige and […]

Ollanrewaju “Lanre” Oriowo has always loved stories. One of her favorites is One Thousand and One Nights, the tale of Scheherazade, who used storytelling as a means of survival. Having encountered the story through retellings, she expected a neatly structured narrative. Instead, the book unfolded like an onion – with stories within stories, each requiring context […]

The following Q&A took place between 2025-2026 Ed.D. program graduate assistant Kailey Galloway and Ed.D. alumna Porscha Elton during the fall 2025 semester. Responses have been edited minimally to meet AP and University style guidelines. KG: Can you describe your current role? PE: I have been the executive director for presidential communications at Clemson University […]

Last week, the National Council on Teacher Quality released its 2026 report, Teacher Prep Review: Decoding Progress in Reading Preparation, ranking institutions on their integration of evidence-based literacy education practices into elementary teacher preparation programs. UNC Charlotte is one of only three North Carolina institutions where both undergraduate and graduate programs received A+ rankings, alongside […]

Clyde C. Wilson Jr., Ed.D. ‘13 has transformed the educational trajectory of first-generation and low-income students at Oklahoma State University through visionary leadership, mentorship, and a sustained commitment to expanding access to graduate education. As the inaugural director of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program and the associate vice president for access and community […]

Cato College has an exceptional class of retiring faculty this year, with countless publications, dozens of awards and over 100 years of teaching experience between them. Many thanks to Jack Culbreth, Warren DiBiase, Dawson Hancock, Charles Hutchison, LuAnn Jordan, David Pugalee, Rebecca Shore, Shawnee Wakeman, and Chuang Wang for their years of dedication and service […]

by Kailey Galloway Kaleena Waters Why choose UNC Charlotte? Waters desired to become a scholar within the UNC system while remaining local to the Charlotte area. The hybrid schedule at UNC Charlotte was a great fit for her, and she appreciated the flexibility of the course offerings. Reflecting on her experience, she shared, “I loved […]

In 2004, Jennifer Merry graduated from UNC Charlotte with a B.M. in Music Education and a license to teach, and eventually became a band director, first at Kannapolis Middle and later at Hickory Ridge Middle. That’s how most graduate profiles end, but for Merry, her bachelor’s degree was just the beginning of her Niner story. […]