Connie L. Lurie College of Education

Credentials

Undergraduate

Masters and Doctoral

Deep Dive in Five with Robert Marx: The Queer Hope Institute

In recognition of Pride Month, Julia Halprin Jackson met with Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Development Robert Marx to learn more about the newest inclusive initiative of the Connie L. Lurie College of Education - the Queer Hope Institute.

Jindia Family Gift Supports Resource Center at SJSU

Julia Halprin Jackson writes about the Jindia family's experience at and influence on San Jose State. Read about the journey of the Jindia family, their path at SJSU, and how they're working to support Spartans today.

Lan Nguyen: Educator, Filmmaker, Community Leader

Get to know Lan Nguyen, a proud Lurie College alum whose passion for teaching and filmmaking is making a difference in immigrant and refugee communities. Julia Halprin Jackson shares Lan’s inspiring journey from the classroom to the camera—and the impact she’s making along the way.

Spartan Grad Student Paves the Way for Free Community College Tuition

Take this opportunity to read about Cade Story-Yetto, the SJSU graduate student who worked with lawmakers to make community college tuition free and how he is still working towards more student support programs.

Rhymes, Reasons and Radicals: That Math Teacher Makes Magic

Learn about Jordon Orosco and how he works to actively engage his students in learning algebra, trigonometry, and other math concepts.

Transforming Longing into Belonging

Julia Halprin Jackson shares the story behind a heartfelt tradition at SJSU that’s helped students feel seen, supported, and connected. Featuring Lurie College alums who helped launch and shape the Student and Faculty Dinner, the piece explores how a simple gathering has grown into a powerful community-building tradition that continues to foster belonging for Latinx and Black students.

Institute for Emancipatory Education

The IEE facilitates community-engaged research and advances emancipatory pedagogies. Supports redesign of learning from preschool through post-secondary education.

Healthy Development Community Clinic

Our services are developmentally appropriate, equity-minded, evidence-based, and culturally sustaining for each child and family. We focus on children and youth ages 0-17 years and their families. Using a primary prevention model, we use screenings to identify need for evaluations, provide brief services, and targeted referrals to community resources and services. Educational programs are available in individual, family, and group formats both in-person, and via telehealth.

Early Childhood Institute

Recognizing the potential each and every child brings into the world, SJSU's Early Childhood Institute (ECI) seeks to transform the field of early learning and care through impactful research, training and advocacy efforts that promote equitable, high-quality, and inclusive early learning and care settings to benefit all children.

Center for Innovation in Applied Education Policy

Serving At-Promise Youth in K-12 education across California. The IAEP Center is based at San José State University and serves to empower California systems of support providers to better serve at-promise students. The Center is committed to interprofessional and interdisciplinary collaboration centered on closing opportunity gaps.

Institute for Regenerative Futures

The Institute for Regenerative Futures (IRF) is an intergenerational community-based collective of Black and other Indigenous co-conspiratorial educators, elders, healing practitioners, memory workers (researchers) and beloved community. Our collective emerged through timely intersections of community engagement, education, and research that highlight the psychological, emotional, and physiological impacts of anti-blackness and colonization.

Queer Hope Institute

Queer and trans youth across the country–even here in the Bay Area–continue to experience violence and discrimination, leading to elevated risk of depression, suicidality, and negative academic and health outcomes. The Queer Hope Institute meets this vital need for resources and capacity by providing evaluation and strategy expertise, serving as a community-university bridge, and designing and implementing new programming—ensuring that every queer and trans youth in the Bay Area can access spaces that uplift, empower, and sustain them.