Research

Cato College faculty recognized throughout winter awards season

Posted on March 23, 2026
Categories: General News Tags: Counseling, CSLG, EDLD, Education, elementary education, MDSK, mentorship, REEL, Research, SPCD, Special education, Student Affairs, Teaching

Cato College faculty are consistently at the top of their fields, whether in research, service, or support of students. We’re rounding up the awards our faculty have won in just the last few months, highlighting yet another amazing reason to become an EduNiner! Special Education and Child Development Michael Matthews NAGC 2025 Distinguished Scholar Award […]

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Project TORCH Charlotte personnel (L to R): Kristin Davin, Scott Kissau, Debra Diegmann, and Alex Dornburg

Project Teaching Our Rich Cultural Heritage: UNC Charlotte awarded $1.5M grant to partner with Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for teacher licensure program

Posted on October 15, 2025
Categories: Research Spotlight Tags: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, EBCI, Education, ELED, Graduate Certificate in Teaching, Indigenous Education, MDSK, Project TORCH, Research, TA to Teacher, Teaching

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education to support Project Teaching Our Rich Cultural Heritage, a five-year collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in western North Carolina. The project will prepare highly qualified educators who are culturally […]

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Provost Troyer, Rector Keßler, and Associate Provost for International Programs Joël Gallegos celebrate 30 years of partnership between institutions

German-American Symposium: Unique intercontinental partnership celebrates 30 years of comparative education research

Posted on October 1, 2025
Categories: General News, Research Spotlight Tags: Dawson Hancock, EDLD, Education, German-American Symposium, PH Ludwigsburg, Research

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg have 30 years of history together, deep in the trenches of comparative education research. Originally brought about by the provost of UNC Charlotte and rector of PH Ludwigsburg, the German-American Symposium is now coordinated by Dawson Hancock in the Cato College of Education […]

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